TEHRAN, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) — Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has launched the main stage of a “combined, intense and targeted” military exercise in the Strait of Hormuz.
The drill, dubbed the “Smart Control of the Strait of Hormuz,”…
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Report – Middle East Monitor
The Israeli government is planning to expand the area of occupied East Jerusalem through expanding settlement building in the West Bank, a move that would mean annexing more Palestinian land, an Israeli newspaper said…
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‘Rats run over our faces’: Gaza’s displaced forced to live on infested land | Israel-Palestine conflict
The smell hits you before you even see the tents. In the al-Taawun camp, wedged between Yarmouk Stadium and al-Sahaba Street in central Gaza City, the line between human habitation and human waste has been erased.
Forced to flee their homes by…
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Mother of Alexei Navalny says poison finding confirms he was murdered
On the second anniversary of his death, Lyudmila Navalnaya says her son did not “simply die in prison”.
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Italy says it stands ready to train police in Gaza
ROME, Feb 16 (Reuters) – Italy stands ready to help train police forces in Gaza and elsewhere in the Palestinian territories, its foreign minister said on Monday, as Rome aims to play a role in stabilizing the Middle East.
“We are ready to train a…
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2 killed, several injured in blast in NW Pakistan
The explosion occurred near the Miryan Police Station in the Bannu district, a local police official told Xinhua.
Security forces and rescue teams rushed to the site and shifted the injured to a nearby hospital, with several reported to be in…
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Iran FM in Geneva for US talks, as Guards begin drills in Hormuz Strait
Iran’s foreign minister arrived in Geneva ahead of a second round of negotiations with the United States, as the Revolutionary Guards on Monday begin military drills in the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
According to Tehran, “indirect” Iran–US…
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Iran says US ‘more realistic’ on nuclear issue, as Guards begin drills in Hormuz Strait
Iran said on Monday that the United States’s position on Iran’s nuclear programme “has moved towards a more realistic one”, a day ahead of a second round of US-Iranian talks in Geneva.
Tehran’s foreign minister arrived in Geneva for the new round…
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Israeli military official warns of possible nuclear ambitions in Egypt, Turkey – Middle East Monitor
An Israeli military official has urged caution over what he described as possible nuclear ambitions among regional powers, including Egypt and Turkey.
Yuval Steinitz, chairman of the board of Rafael Advanced Defence…
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ICCIMA issues statement urging reform of economic governance structure
TEHRAN – The Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA) has issued a statement calling for reforms to the country’s economic governance structure, emphasizing that macroeconomic stability is a prerequisite for…
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