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Functioning weather service may have prevented Libya flood casualties: WMO
Many of the casualties from the devastating floods in Libya this week could have been avoided if the divided country…
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Power being restored in Nigeria after nationwide grid collapse
Nigeria experienced a nationwide power outage for about 10 hours after the country’s electrical grid collapsed due to a fire,…
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Rival governments cooperate to aid Libya’s flood victims as misery piles on
It has now been more than three days since Libya’s eastern port city of Derna was practically flattened as Storm…
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Iran ready to implement Qatar-mediated prisoner swap deal with US: Foreign minister
Iran is ready to implement a Qatar-mediated deal with the United States, its foreign minister said on Thursday, under which Washington…
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US sanctions five Turkey-based firms in broad Russia action against 100 targets
The Biden administration on Thursday imposed sanctions on five Turkish companies and a Turkish national, accusing them of helping Russia evade…
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Iran’s IRGC seizes two ships smuggling 1.5 million liters of fuel: State media
Naval forces of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have in recent days seized two Panama-flagged ships smuggling 1.5 million…
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Kremlin calls businessmen who criticize Russia to get sanctions relief ‘traitors’
The Kremlin on Thursday said that Russian businessmen who voiced anti-Russian views in an effort to get personal Western sanctions…
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Ukraine backtracks on retaking Andriivka village, says ‘heavy fighting is underway’
Ukraine’s deputy defense minister Ganna Malyar backtracked on an announcement earlier Thursday that Kyiv had retaken an eastern village near…
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Iran summons Australia envoy in response to sanctions
Iran has summoned the Australian charge d’affaires to protest what it described as an “interventionist statement” and a round of…
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Canadian man who killed four Muslims driven by White nationalist ideology: Prosecutor
Canadian federal prosecutors argued that a man facing murder charges in the deaths of four members of a Muslim family was…
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