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Iraqi soil won’t be used to attack neighbors, Defense Ministry says
Mar 13, 2019 03:15A spokesman for the Iraqi Defense Ministry has condemned a recent statement by US President Donald Trump that American forces must remain in Iraq so Washington can keep a close eye on neighboring Iran, stressing that his country would never allow outsiders to use its territory for military action against any neighbor.
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President Rouhani officially welcomed by his Iraqi counterpart in Baghdad
Mar 12, 2019 05:44Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is in Baghdad on a trip aimed at solidifying strategic ties despite US efforts to keep the two neighbors apart and curb Iran's influence in the region.
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Trump ‘does not know the difference between truth and lies’: Sanders
Mar 11, 2019 05:29US Senator Bernie Sanders, who announced he is running for president again in the 2020 elections, has lashed out at US President Donald Trump, calling him a “pathological liar,” who “embarrasses” the United States daily.
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20 women, one child martyred in fresh Saudi airstrikes in Yemen
Mar 11, 2019 03:37Nearly two dozen women and a child have been martyred in the latest round of Saudi airstrikes in Yemen as the Riyadh regime presses ahead with its atrocious campaign against the impoverished southern neighbor.
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Yemen crisis: Saudi-led war causes child malnutrition, widespread illness
Mar 10, 2019 13:01Millions of Yemeni people, including children, are in dire humanitarian situation, starving to death.
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Istanbul police fire tear gas at banned Women’s Day demonstration
Mar 09, 2019 02:50Police in the Turkish city of Istanbul have fired tear gas to disperse thousands of women who were marching on International Women’s Day to denounce violence and demand greater rights in defiance of a government ban on holding protest rallies.
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UN Palestine committee slams Trump's unilateralism
Mar 07, 2019 02:11A United Nations committee charged with pursuing the rights of Palestinians visits Brussels to lobby EU officials, lawmakers and civil society organizations.
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Iran, Iraq parliament speakers call for broader economic ties
Mar 07, 2019 01:51Iran’s Parliament (Majlis) Speaker Ali Larijani held talks with his Iraqi counterpart Mohamed al-Halbousi on developing Tehran-Baghdad economic and parliamentary ties as well as on ways to establish sustainable security in the broader region.
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US: Clean-up commences after deadly tornadoes
Mar 06, 2019 04:26Residents of Talbatton, Georgia found their cars flipped over and their homes torn apart on Tuesday, after deadly tornadoes struck the state on Monday and over the weekend.
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Austria’s headscarf exhibition attempts to counter stereotypes
Mar 04, 2019 12:52Austria's capital is the venue for an exhibition titled 'The Headscarf'. The organizers of the event are trying to use art to challenge anti-Muslim stereotypes and misconceptions.