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Iran’s military adviser in Syria martyred by Israeli airstrike
According to Iran press news agency, the warplanes of the Zionist regime targeted the south of Damascus in the city of Aqraba (western Syria) on the airport road, a short distance from Sayeda Zeinab district. As a result of these attacks, Saeed Alidadi, the military advisor of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps, was martyred. Meanwhile, the…
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Office of Public Affairs | Justice Department Announces Terrorism and Sanctions-Evasion Charges and Seizures Linked to Illicit, Billion-Dollar Global Oil Trafficking Network That Finances Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Its Malign Activities
The Justice Department today announced the unsealing of three federal cases, across two U.S. Attorneys’ Offices, as the most recent in a series of efforts to combat the illicit trafficking of Iranian oil that funds Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), and its Qods Force (IRGC-QF), Iran’s primary mechanism…
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U.S. Slaps Sanctions On Iranian Firms, Individuals Involved In Drones, Revolutionary Guard
Listen to the Talking China In Eurasia podcast Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google | YouTube Welcome back to the China In Eurasia Briefing, an RFE/RL newsletter tracking China’s resurgent influence from Eastern Europe to Central Asia. I’m RFE/RL correspondent Reid Standish and here’s what I’m following right now. As Huthi rebels continue their assault…
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New health evidence advocates for clean fuels in African homes and schools
Credit: Professor Nigel Bruce/University of Liverpool University of Liverpool researchers have conducted the first comprehensive analysis of the substantial health gain that can be realized when switching African homes from polluting fuels to clean fuels such as bottled gas (Liquefied Petroleum Gas, LPG). Evidence from this global evidence synthesis has crucial energy and health policy…
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Blood test could reveal cause of brain injury in newborn babies
Association of whole-body hypothermia with magnetic resonance spectroscopic biomarkers and time to target temperature among inborn vs outborn neonates. NAA indicates N-acetyl aspartate. Credit: JAMA Network Open (2023). DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.12152 Researchers from Imperial College London have shown that a blood test can pinpoint the underlying cause of brain injury in newborns. … Continue Reading News…
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How Closely Does Iran Control Its Proxy Forces? It Depends. – The New York Times
How Closely Does Iran Control Its Proxy Forces? It Depends. The New York Times Continue Reading News Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/02/world/middleeast/iran-militias-israel.html
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Police lacked knowledge to spot danger signs in Newport death, inquest finds | Police
Police officers who restrained a highly agitated man before he had a cardiac arrest had “insufficient knowledge” of acute behavioural disturbance (ABD), an inquest has concluded. Mouayed Bashir, 29, who had mental health issues, died after being restrained with his hands cuffed behind his back and his legs bound together at his family’s house in…
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US Imposes Sanctions Targeting Iran’s Drone Programs, Cyber Capabilities
The US imposed a raft of sanctions targeting Iran’s ballistic-missile and drone programs as well as its ability to wage cyber warfare against the US. The Treasury Department sanctioned four Iran and Hong Kong-based entities that are part of what it called a covert procurement network for Iran’s missile and drone programs. In a separate…
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Components of political, electoral system in Iran
The 12th Parliamentary Elections and 6th Assembly of Experts Elections will be held in Iran on March 1, 2024. Republic and Islam are two pillars of Iran’s Constitution. The two aspects give legitimacy to the Iranian political system. The most important difference between this Constitution and the Constitution of other countries is the presence of…
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Nigerian traditional monarch shot dead and wife kidnapped from palace | Nigeria
Gunmen killed a Nigerian traditional monarch and kidnapped his wife after raiding his palace, police said, as outrage grows over a spate of abductions across the country. Attackers stormed the palace of Oba Aremu Olusegun Cole in south-western Kwara state, shot him dead and abducted his wife and another person on Thursday. State police said…
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