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Zarif to US, Europe: Palestinians should not pay for your crimes, guilt This poster posted on Khamenei.ir, the official website of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, on May 20, 2020 promotes the Islamic Republics proposal for a referendum on the fate of Palestine to be attended by Palestinians of all origins.
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Iran scolds Europe for stunning captivity to Israeli lobby Iran has lashed out at Europe for its "stunning captivity" to Israeli lobby groups and its failure to stop Tel Aviv from violating the international law.
"Stunning is Europes captivity to Zionist lobby," Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi tweeted on Friday.
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Ayatollah Khamenei: Everyone must assist in holy struggle to liberate Palestine Ayatollah Khamenei delivers his televised speech on the occasion of Quds Day on May 22, 2020.
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the struggle to liberate Palestine is an obligation and an Islamic goal, adding "everyone must assist the Palestinian nation in this holy... |
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Quds Day marked by rallies across world despite pandemic This years International Quds Day rallies seek to shed light on the atrocities of the Israeli regime and its supporters through a different angle, given that the coronavirus pandemic has forced authorities to pull worldwide rallies. (File photo by Tasnim)
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Jamal Khashoggis son says family forgives killers Salah Khashoggi son of the murdered Journalist Jamal Khashoggi has announced in a tweet that his family have decided to forgive their fathers killers.
"In this blessed night of the blessed month (of Ramadan) we remember Gods saying: If a person forgives and makes reconciliation, his reward is due... |
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Human Killing Machine: Tweets by Irans Foreign Ministry put Israeli crimes in focus Iran says Israels long record of atrocities and apartheid policies against the people of Palestine over the past decades certifies its reputation as a "human killing machine."
Irans Foreign Ministry brought attention to some of the crimes the Israeli regime has committed in the occupied Palestinian... |
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Trump orders US flags lowered to half-staff for COVID-19 victims US President Donald Trump has announced that US flags will be lowered to half-staff over the next three days to honor tens of thousands of Americans who have died due to the coronavirus.
Trump in a tweet on Thursday said the flags will be flown at half-staff over the next three days as the coronavirus... |
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US ready to spend Russia, China into oblivion to win nukes race: US envoy The United States is ready to spend Russia and China "into oblivion" in order to be able to win a new nuclear arms race, President Donald Trumps arms control negotiator says.
"The president has made clear that we have a tried and true practice here. We know how to win these races and we know how to... |
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US cannot bring Iranian nation to its knees: President Rouhani President Hassan Rouhani says the United States cannot bend the Iranian nation into submission, something that is clearly witnessed by the countrys operationalizing of various developmental projects some two years after Washington renewed its sanctions against Tehran.
"The US cannot bring [the Iranian]... |
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Trump: China wants to continue to rip-off the United States US President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson (R) and Kansas Governor Laura Kelly (L), on May 20, 2020, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC. (AFP photo)
US President Donald Trump has said China desperately wants Democratic presidential... |
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Syrian army troops block US convoy in Hasakah, force it to move back A US military convoy has been forced to retreat from an area in Syrias northeastern province of Hasakah after government soldiers blocked its way, amid rising popular anger at the deployment of foreign occupying forces in the oil-rich region.
Syrias official news agency SANA reported that Syrian army... |
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Israeli forces kidnap nearly two dozen Palestinians in dawn raids in West Bank, al-Quds Israeli troops react during clashes with Palestinian demonstrators at a protest against the US-brokered proposal for a settlement of the Middle East conflict, following Friday prayers in the Palestinian city of al-Khalil (Hebron) in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on January 31, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
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Biden says Trumps actions are absolutely irresponsible The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has criticized US President Donald Trump over his comments about taking an anti-malaria drug, dubbed as hroxychloroquine, to prevent coronavirus despite warnings from the medical community.
"Its like saying Maybe if you inject Clorox into your... |
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Painful US sanctions have also led to great achievements in Iran President Hassan Rouhani (R) and other government officials attend an exhibition of Irans achievements in Tehran in 2017.
US sanctions have caused immense pain and harm to Iranians over the years, but they also led to great achievements such as self-sufficiency in many products.
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US, China divisions deepen amid spat over coronavirus, Taiwan US Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Kelly Craft addresses the Security Council, at the UN headquarters in New York, the US. (File photo by AP)
Tensions between China and the United States keep escalating on the international stage, with representatives from the two sides trading barbs at a United... |
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Rwandan genocide suspect brought before court in France Eric Emeraux, the head of the Gendarmeries Central Office for Combating Crimes Against Humanity, Genocides and War Crimes (OCLCH), displays documents with a wanted poster depicting a photograph of Felicien Kabuga, in Paris, France, on May 19, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
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Riot police deployed as youths set cars ablaze in Paris suburbs Riot police were deployed in force as youths set cars ablaze in some low-income housing estates in the Paris suburbs overnight, online news reports and postings on Twitter showed on Wednesday, amid tensions heightened by the coronavirus lockdown.
The latest unrest in the banlieues - high-rise, low-income... |
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Highly sophisticated hackers access details of 9 million easyJet passengers Travel details and email addresses of around nine million easyJet customers have been accessed through a "highly sophisticated" cyber hack, according to the airline.
In a statement on Tuesday, the budget carrier said the credit card details of a further 2,208 people had been accessed, but added there... |
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US sanctions Chinese logistics firm over business with Irans Mahan Air An Airbus A340-600 airplane of Mahan Air is seen at Simon Bolivar International Airport outside Caracas, Venezuela April 8, 2019.(Reuters photo)
The United States has imposed sanctions on a China-based company saying it acted on behalf of Irans Mahan Air, which has been sanctioned by Washington.
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Pelosi warns morbidly obese Trump not to take hydroxychloroquine US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has advised "morbidly obese" President Donald Trump, who has a heart condition and takes drugs to reduce high cholesterol, of taking hydroxychloroquine as a potential treatment for the coronavirus caused disease COVID-19.
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Defections rob Frances Macron party of parliamentary majority French Education and Youth Affairs Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer (C-L), French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe (C), and French Junior Minister of Relations with the Parliament Marc Fesneau (C-R) take part in a session of questions to the government, at the National Assembly in Paris, France, on May 19,... |
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US not allowed to disrupt legal international trade: Iran FM Zarif Irans Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the US is not permitted to disrupt legal trade among other countries, slamming such interventionist policies as a threat to the entire world community.
If a country moves to hinder legal trade "based on its own wrong policies", it will "definitely face... |
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US redeployment of nukes to Poland would violate NATO accord: Russia Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says the redeployment of US nuclear weapons from Germany to Poland would be a direct violation of a Russia-NATO agreement.
The top Russian diplomat made the comment during a presser held following a meeting of the Council of Baltic Sea States, which was held through... |
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Syria finds US-made TOW missiles, Israeli mines in southern region The photo, taken on May 19, 2020, shows weapons and ammunition seized by Syrian government forces during clean-up operations in the southern part of the country. (Photo by SANA)
Syrian government officials have seized major stocks of Western-made weapons and munitions, including American TOW anti-tank... |
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Syria vows fight against American, Turkish, Israeli occupiers Syrias UN envoy says any presence of foreign forces on Syrian soil without authorization from the Damascus government amounts to "aggression and occupation," emphasizing the Arab nations right to defend its sovereignty and resources.
Addressing a teleconference meeting of the UN Security Council on... |
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India, China deploy more troops to disputed border after recent scuffle This file photo, taken on July 10, 2008, shows a Chinese soldier (L) gesturing next to an Indian soldier at the Nathu La border crossing between India and China, in Indias northeastern Sikkim State. (By AFP)
India and China have been reinforcing their military presence in the disputed Galwan Valley... |
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COVID-19 deadliest in New Yorks black, Latino neighborhoods Medical workers transport a patient outside a special coronavirus illness area at Maimonides Medical Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on May 17, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
New data shows New York Citys black and Latino neighborhoods have seen death rates from the coronavirus nearly 15 times... |
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US smearing WHO to distract from own botched response to outbreak: China US President Donald Trump boards the Marine One helicopter as he departs for the Camp David presidential retreat from the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, the US, on May 15, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
China says the United States is accusing the World Health Organization (WHO) of being biased... |
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China been open, transparent in fight against COVID-19: President Xi Residents wait in line to provide swab samples to be tested for the COVID-19 coronavirus, in a street in Wuhan in Chinas central province of Hubei on May 15, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
President Xi Jinping says China supports a ‘comprehensive inquiry into the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic... |
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Iran: US bears responsibility for any foolish act against tankers heading to Venezuela Irans Foreign Ministry has warned again that the United States will itself bear the responsibility for any foolish act that it could take against Venezuela-headed Iranian fuel tankers, saying Washington cannot come in the way of legitimate trade among independent countries.
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