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At least 39 die as two refugee boats sink off Tunisia
Mar 10, 2021 05:54At least 39 migrants died when two boats sank off Tunisia on Tuesday as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to the Italian island of Lampedusa, the Tunisian defense ministry said.
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Cancer patients in war-torn Yemen in dire need of help
Mar 09, 2021 14:29Thousands of cancer patients in Yemen are in dire need of help. Yemen's national center for blood transfusion and research says the blood stocks and components of concentrated red cells, fresh frozen plasma, and platelets cannot be reserved anymore due to the lack of fuel.
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Gazans mark international women’s day
Mar 09, 2021 08:24The Union of Palestinian Women held a protest rally in front of Red Cross in the Gaza Strip to show solidarity with Palestinian detainees especially women languishing in Israeli jails with no charge. The protest was part of events in the enclave to mark the International Women’s Day.
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Pope Francis meets with Ayatollah Sistani during visit to Iraq
Mar 06, 2021 08:03Pope Francis, head of the Roman Catholic Church, has held closed-door talks with Iraq’s prominent Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani on the second day of his visit to the Arab country.
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Pope lands in Iraqi capital for historic first visit
Mar 06, 2021 04:24Head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis, arrived in Iraq on Friday and is due to deliver speeches in the capital Baghdad.
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ICC opens investigation into Israeli war crimes
Mar 04, 2021 03:13The International Criminal Court opens a formal investigation into Israeli war crimes against Palestinians.
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Nigerian schoolgirls leave state capital to reunite with families after kidnapping
Mar 03, 2021 12:38Freed Nigerian schoolgirls leave the Zamfara State capital to be reunited with their families in their village. The girls, pupils at Government Secondary School in the remote village of Jangebe in northeastern Zamfara state, were abducted on Friday from their hostels by gunmen known locally as bandits, who released them early Tuesday.
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Iran, Syria hold conference to boost trade ties
Mar 02, 2021 14:07Iran-Syria Joint Chamber of Commerce has held a conference in Tehran on the business opportunities of the two countries.
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Watch: Yemeni forces fire ballistic missile at targets in Saudi capital
Mar 02, 2021 05:25Yemen has released footage of a large-scale ballistic missile strike against the Saudi capital in retaliation for the devastating military campaign that the Riyadh regime and its allies are waging on the country.
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Presence of Takfiri terrorists in Karabakh ‘serious cause of concern’: Iran deputy FM
Mar 02, 2021 03:19Iranian deputy foreign minister for political affairs says the presence of Takfiri terrorists in Nagorno-Karabakh, the region of dispute between the Republic of Azerbaijan and Armenia, is a ‘serious cause of concern’ for the Islamic Republic.