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Iran to get $32 bn of unfrozen assets after sanctions end: central bank

Iran to get $32 bn of unfrozen assets after sanctions end: central bank

Iran will receive US$32 billion of unfrozen assets after the lifting of sanctions as part of a deal with world…
Businesses in Israeli settlements contribute to rights abuses: HRW

Businesses in Israeli settlements contribute to rights abuses: HRW

Companies operating in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank contribute to "an inherently unlawful and abusive system" violating Palestinian…
Fighting between Syrian army, Islamic State kills scores: monitoring group

Fighting between Syrian army, Islamic State kills scores: monitoring group

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights group said scores of Syrian government forces have been killed in three days of…
Saudi Arabia alarmed, in private, at Iran’s sanctions relief

Saudi Arabia alarmed, in private, at Iran’s sanctions relief

Saudi officials have said little in public, but they fear the end of sanctions on Iran could boost what they…
Iran denounces new US sanctions on missile program

Iran denounces new US sanctions on missile program

Iran denounced new US sanctions on its missile program on Monday but pushed ahead with international cooperation after its historic…
IAEA chief lands in Tehran to meet Iran’s president

IAEA chief lands in Tehran to meet Iran’s president

The head of the United Nations atomic watchdog Yukiya Amano arrived in Tehran Monday for talks with President Hassan Rouhani,…
Car bomb in Yemeni port city kills four, injures others: witnesses

Car bomb in Yemeni port city kills four, injures others: witnesses

Four people were killed and several others injured on Sunday when a suicide car bomb exploded outside the home of…
Islamic State’s double standards sow growing disillusion

Islamic State’s double standards sow growing disillusion

Mohammed Saad, a Syrian activist, was imprisoned by the Islamic State group, hung by his arms and beaten regularly. Then…
Iraqi police confirm three US citizens missing in Baghdad

Iraqi police confirm three US citizens missing in Baghdad

Iraqi police confirmed on Monday that three US nationals had been reported missing in Baghdad, and that it was investigating…
Iconic Jerusalem church hit by anti-Christian graffiti

Iconic Jerusalem church hit by anti-Christian graffiti

Anti-Christian graffiti has been sprayed on a wall of a Jerusalem abbey built where tradition says the mother of Jesus…
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