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Trump administration ends funding for Palestinian refugees
Sep 07, 2018 04:10After weeks of speculation and leaks, the Trump administration announced Friday that it is to end all its payments to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, UNRWA, including the $290 million planned for this year.
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Why Trump is trying to crush Turkey
Sep 06, 2018 15:40The United States and Turkey, as of the second week of August 2018, are ready to break off diplomatic relations as a result of broad US sanctions on Turkey. However, not only is Turkey a full NATO member, an organization whose charter legally prohibits President Trump’s actions under its “mutual assistance” tenets, but Turkey also hosts US forces as well.
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Reviving BIMSTEC as alternative to SAARC will only stunt it
Sep 06, 2018 15:29Last Thursday and Friday, Kathmandu hosted the fourth summit of the Bay of Bengal Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) involving heads of state/government from its seven member nations, namely Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand.
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Battle of Idlib: No mass flight, expulsion or humanitarian crisis
Sep 06, 2018 15:19Syrian President Bashar Assad says “Idlib Province is home to tens of thousands of terrorists and that region is among the priority areas for the Syrian military's operations.”
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Gaza's Unhealed Wounds
Sep 06, 2018 15:14Israeli military prosecutors have just closed yet another internal probe into the conduct of soldiers during the army’s assault on the occupied Gaza Strip in summer 2014.
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Iranian Athletes Come of Age at Asian Games
Sep 06, 2018 15:08The Islamic Republic of Iran has carved out a glorious name for itself in sporting events in the international scene, with its scintillating performances in a variety of fields that often bring it world titles, especially in wrestling and weightlifting, as well as moral victories even in defeats in various other games, such as the heroic play of its footballers in the recent World Championship in Moscow, where the national bowed out, but full honours.
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Onus on Iran, Turkey & Pakistan to knit ranks against US plots
Sep 05, 2018 05:07Till now, Iran was the lone voice in the region vis-à-vis the enmity of successive US administrations against independent Muslim countries, which are beginning to realize the roguish nature of Washington, as Turkey is experiencing with sanctions on its economy, and as Pakistan has begun to suffer with cuts in the hundreds of millions of dollars it used to receive as aid for the so-called campaign against terrorism.
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Trump hits out at China over North Korea
Sep 05, 2018 04:53US President Trump again criticized China in a series of tweets, accusing Beijing of applying pressure to North Korea not to meet US demands to denuclearize. The verbal attack on China comes amid growing signs that negotiations over Pyongyang’s nuclear programs, initiated at a Singapore summit between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in June, have stalled.
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Mubahela determined Islam’s truthfulness & divine-designated leadership
Sep 05, 2018 02:07Felicitations to you on an auspicious day which saw the triumph of a novel challenge for determining the manifest truth of Islam when faced with the intransigence of the elders of Christianity and their misconstrued concept of Jesus being a godson when the Almighty Creator is far too Glorious to have the human traits of spouse and children. Before we present you a special feature in this regard, we invite you to listen to ayah 59 of Surah Aal-e Imran of the holy Qur’an, where God Almighty says:
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Support for Iranian Products
Sep 04, 2018 12:25The sacred Islamic system vigilantly and prudently seeks progress, fulfillment of talents, and maintenance of national honor, security, and strength, within the framework of the strategies of the soft power of Resistance Economy; and via support and reinforcement of Iranian products. Meanwhile, implementation of Resistance Economy policies, and reinforcement of Iranian goods is a surefire way of fulfillment of this significant goal, and resolution of problems.