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President Raeisi due in Algeria in 1st presidential visit in 14 years
Feb 29, 2024 02:47Iran's President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi is to visit Algeria over the weekend in a first trip by an Iranian president to the North African country in 14 years.
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Koreans want end to massive joint US-South Korea war games
Feb 28, 2024 14:18South Korean civil groups have demanded an end to massive “Freedom Shield” joint war games by the United States and South Korea scheduled to begin March 4 and run through March 14.
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Hamas fires volley of rockets from south Lebanon toward Israeli bases
Feb 28, 2024 14:18The military wing of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas says it has fired rockets toward the northern part of the occupied territories from south Lebanon.
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Haniyeh urges Palestinians to march on Al-Aqsa Mosque on 1st day of Ramadan
Feb 28, 2024 14:17Ismail Haniyeh, the political bureau chief of Hamas, has called on the Palestinians in the occupied West Bank to march on Al-Aqsa Mosque on the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
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South Africa says following up on Israel's non-compliance with ICJ ruling
Feb 28, 2024 14:09South Africa says it has contacted the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to pursue Israel's non-compliance with the top court’s ruling on the prohibition of genocide of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
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Iran to launch domestically-built Pars 1 research satellite into orbit
Feb 28, 2024 11:12Iran's Minister of Communications and Information Technology Issa Zarepour has announced that the homegrown Pars 1 research satellite is set to be launched into space on Thursday.
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US sanctions ‘may not apply’ to gas pipeline project with Iran: Pakistan energy minister
Feb 28, 2024 11:09Pakistan’s caretaker energy minister says the sanctions the United States has imposed on Iran over its civilian nuclear program may not apply to the gas pipeline as Islamabad was going to start work on the project within its territory and connect to neighboring Iran.
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India’s Muslims targeted by alarming spike in hate speech in 2023: Research
Feb 28, 2024 08:20Anti-Muslim hate speech more than doubled across India last year amid accusations of Islamophobic tendencies against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party, the BJP. A research group has said the incidents mostly took place in states governed by the ruling Hindu nationalist party.
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Iran to launch satellite by a Russian carrier
Feb 28, 2024 06:48Iranian satellite "Pars-I" will be sent into orbit by a Russian satellite carrier on Thursday.
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US, pushed by Israel, involved in widening war despite consequences: Iran's FM
Feb 28, 2024 06:29Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says the United States is involved in the expansion of the scope of the Israeli war on Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip to other fronts across the West Asia region.