Chinese weather experts are calling Super Typhoon Ragasa the “king of storms”, according to the BBC’s Laura Bicker.
Reporting from Zhuhai, China, Bicker said residents of southern China are largely heeding warnings from authorities as the storm…
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No ‘luxury goods’ purchase: Trump administration bars Iranian diplomats from shopping; Iran condemns move
Iranian diplomats and officials visiting the United States will no longer be allowed to shop at Costco or other wholesale retailers without prior approval from the State Department, according to new restrictions published in the Federal…
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Israel’s UN ambassador rules out fresh war with Iran
Speaking to Iran International at UN headquarters in New York, Danon said the strikes in June delivered a major setback to Iran’s nuclear program, and that it would take Tehran “years” to rebuild.
Still, he framed the strikes as a chance to…
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Daily World Briefing, Sept. 24
UNGA begins general debate to address global issues
Representatives from United Nations (UN) member states, including some 150 heads of state and government, will take turns at the podium of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) to deliver an address on…
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Israel-US attacks on Iran nuclear sites ‘dark, dangerous chapter’ in non-proliferation history: FM
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi calls the Israeli regime’s and the United States illegal and unprovoked attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities in June “a dark and dangerous chapter” in the history of the…
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Colombia blasts genocidal Israel and allies over Gaza atrocities | Humanitarian Crises
NewsFeed Colombian President Gustavo Petro told the UNGA the world must end the “genocide in Gaza,” blasting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the US, and Europe as genocidal. He also tied US strikes on Caribbean boats to wider abuses…
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Polish president rails against European immigration, climate policies | United Nations
NewsFeed “I agree with President Donald Trump.” Polish President Karol Nawrocki told the UN General Assembly that an “ideological madness” had taken over Europe in recent years, leading to “bad decisions on migration” and a “green…
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History repeating itself? Khamenei risks another ‘poison chalice’ moment
Then, as now, Iran faced a grinding impasse: Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini resisted UN Resolution 598 which called for an end to hostilities until the cost of defiance became unbearable.
The resolution, passed on July 20, 1987, demanded a…
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Iran Not Likely To Get Its Air Force Upgraded By Russia Or China Soon
An Iranian Mikoyan MiG-29 fighter jet takes off during the Iranian air force military drill in the Tabriz Air Base near suburb of the city of Tabriz on Sunday, September 03, 2006. (Photo by Hossein Fatemi / Middle East Images / Middle East Images…
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Iran Not Likely Getting Its Air Force Upgraded By Russia Or China Soon
An Iranian Mikoyan MiG-29 fighter jet takes off during the Iranian air force military drill in the Tabriz Air Base near suburb of the city of Tabriz on Sunday, September 03, 2006. (Photo by Hossein Fatemi / Middle East Images / Middle East Images…
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