HONG KONG: A surge in tech firms helped Tokyo’s Nikkei lead most Asian equities higher on Friday (Oct 3) as investors headed into the weekend on a broadly positive note, with United States rate-cut hopes out-muscling concerns about a government…
Category: 1. Iran
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Latest unfortunate case of Brit unable to pay his medical bills
Another Brit faces a cash crisis in his Thailand hospital treatment. Alexander Parker, a 73-yearold Scot, lies immobile in a Thai provincial government hospital with suspected blood cancers or lymphoma. Neither he…
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Thailand clarifies laws about filming of sexy nightlife
Zara McDermott finds out that there’s more to videoing Thailand nightclubs than producing a film permit. PATTAYA, Thailand – The Ministry of Tourism and Sports has clarified the circumstances of a dispute…
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Football and movie streaming hub in Thailand raided by police
Many rows of computer servers were discovered in the warehouse raid (photo courtesy of DSI). PATTAYA, Thailand – The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has released details of a recent raid on a large…
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He made an 'illegal' film in Iran. Now the U.S. government is preventing him from coming to the Bay Area – MSN
He made an ‘illegal’ film in Iran. Now the U.S. government is preventing him from coming to the Bay Area MSN
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Iran says it supports 'any initiative' for Palestinian self-determination, on eve of Gaza talks – The Times of Israel
Iran says it supports ‘any initiative’ for Palestinian self-determination, on eve of Gaza talks The Times of Israel
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He made an 'illegal' film in Iran. Now the U.S. government is preventing him from coming to the Bay Area – MSN
He made an ‘illegal’ film in Iran. Now the U.S. government is preventing him from coming to the Bay Area MSN
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Iran hands death sentences to three prisoners of conscience
The defendants were identified as Nasimeh Eslamzahi, a woman from Iran’s Baluch minority; her husband, Arsalan Sheikhi, from a Kurdish minority community in the northwest; and a third man identified only as Hassan.
Eslamzahi is being held in…
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