AMMAN – The Palestinian poet Ibrahim Tuqan (1905–1941) addressed the British occupiers and the calamities they brought upon Palestine and the Arab world, writing:
“Since you occupied us, the ill omen of life has weighed us down,
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Balfour at 108: Betrayal, responsibility and the ongoing dispossession of Palestine
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Iranian filmmaker Ebrahim Mokhtari to chair international jury at French film festival
TEHRAN – Iranian filmmaker Ebrahim Mokhtari will serve as the president of the international jury of the 4th New Persian Images Festival, where a number of films from Iran will be screened.
Mokhtari, whose 1994 film “Zinat” will be shown in…
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Canada, Philippines sign defence pact to deter Beijing in South China Sea | Conflict News
China has frequently accused the Philippines of acting as a ‘troublemaker’ and ‘saboteur of regional stability’.
Published On 2 Nov 2025
The Philippines and Canada have signed a…
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Soaring burial costs push Iranians to rural graveyards, daily reports
In Mashhad, the report said, grave prices have reached record levels. Plots in municipal cemeteries range from sixty million rials (about $55) in public sections to more than 18 billion rials (around $16,700) for private family plots.
Mashhad is…
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Louvre jewellery heist carried out by petty criminals, Paris prosecutor says
ReutersLast month’s jewellery heist at the Louvre museum was carried out by petty criminals rather than organised crime professionals, Paris’s prosecutor has said.
“This is not quite everyday delinquency… but it is a type of delinquency that we…
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IRGC serviceman martyred in southeast Iran
The IRGC’s Ground Forces Quds Base stationed in southeast Iran issued a statement on Saturday, announcing the martyrdom of one of its security forces in Sistan and Baluchestan province.
“Last evening, the vehicle of one of the security forces…
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Iranian entrepreneur building trade, friendship bridges at Canton Fair
by Xinhua writers Yang Shenshen and Hong Zehua
GUANGZHOU, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) — At each Canton Fair, Iranian businessman Amin Khoshnavaz can often be seen guiding large groups of buyers from his homeland — sometimes more than 100 at a time.
When…
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Feature: Iranian entrepreneur building trade, friendship bridges at Canton Fair
by Xinhua writers Yang Shenshen and Hong Zehua
GUANGZHOU, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) — At each Canton Fair, Iranian businessman Amin Khoshnavaz can often be seen guiding large groups of buyers from his homeland — sometimes more than 100 at a time.
When…
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Holy hostility: How Trump weaponizes religion to threaten Nigeria
TEHRAN – U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent threat to launch military strikes against Nigeria under the banner of protecting Christians is not a sudden outburst — it is part of a long-standing pattern.
Cloaked in the language of faith,…
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Thomas Barrack’s ‘failed state’ narrative masks Washington’s missteps
BEIRUT— U.S. foreign policy, long celebrated by Washington as a beacon of democracy and human rights, is in reality a carefully engineered system of global corruption and control.
From imposing economic blockades to orchestrating political…
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