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Iran in first arrests as school poisoning cases top 5,000 07 Mar 2023 - 04:29 pm
This grab taken from a UGC video made available on the ESN platform on March 4, 2023, shows families gathering and chanting slogans outside an education ministry building in Tehran, following poisoning attacks on students. (Photo by Anonymous/ESN / AFP) 
Alliance picks main opposition leader to run against Erdogan 06 Mar 2023 - 11:41 pm
Kemal Kilicdaroglu leader of the Republican People party CHP speaking after he was confirmed as the Turkish opposition's joint candidate to run against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Turkiye's Presidential elections in May in Ankara, Turkiye, on March 6, 2023. (Photo by Adem ALTAN / AFP)
UNESCO chief promises help in restoring Iraq's looted sites 06 Mar 2023 - 09:39 pm
UNESCO chief Audrey Azoulay smiles as she is gifted a traditional dress during a visit to the national museum in Baghdad on March 6, 2023 as part of a three-day visit to Iraq where many priceless cultural treasures have been damaged or destroyed during decades of conflict. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)
Archaeologists in Egypt unearth Sphinx-like Roman-era statue 06 Mar 2023 - 06:16 pm
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Al-Qaida says 2 operatives killed in drone strike in Yemen 06 Mar 2023 - 06:02 pm
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Lebanon to quiz embattled central bank chief 06 Mar 2023 - 05:28 pm
File Photo: Lebanon's Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh
School poisonings, if deliberate, deserve death: Iran leader 06 Mar 2023 - 05:19 pm
A handout picture provided by the office of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on March 6, 2023 shows him speaking following a ceremony marking the week of
Syria slams US general's visit to Kurdish-held northeast 05 Mar 2023 - 10:05 pm
File Photo: US General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, holds a news conference after a meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact group at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium June 15, 2022. (REUTERS/Yves Herman)
Egypt arrests 29 over alleged online crypto scam 05 Mar 2023 - 07:26 pm
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More Iranian schoolgirls targeted in mystery poisonings 05 Mar 2023 - 06:54 pm
Representative image: Iranian schoolgirls are pictured in the capital Tehran. (Atta Kenare /AFP file photo)
Al-Qaeda confirms top figure killed in Yemen strike: monitor 05 Mar 2023 - 06:39 pm
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'It feels like yesterday': Turkiye quake overturns lives 05 Mar 2023 - 04:12 pm
A man walks among debris of collapsed buildings in Kahramanmaras, on March 4, 2023, one month after a massive earthquake struck south-east Turkey. Photo by Eylul YASAR / AFP
US military commander in Syria briefed on anti-IS operations 04 Mar 2023 - 11:39 pm
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley speaks during a media conference after a meeting of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, on October 12, 2022.
More Iranian schoolgirls sickened in suspected poisoning wave 04 Mar 2023 - 09:49 pm
Representative image. Iran has been seeing a series of poisoning attacks. Photograph:( AFP )
UN nuclear chief says Iran visit could produce 'important agreements' 04 Mar 2023 - 09:34 pm
A handout picture provided by the Iranian presidency shows Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi welcoming International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi ahead of their meeting in Tehran on March 4, 2023. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / Iranian Presidency / AFP)
World Bank: Quake caused damage worth $5.1 billion in Syria 03 Mar 2023 - 10:49 pm
A child's toy lies amidst the rubble of a home destroyed in a deadly earthquake in the town of Jandaris, in Syria's rebel-held part of Aleppo province on February 9, 2023. (Photo by Bakr Alkasem / AFP)
UAE officials deny report they’re considering quitting OPEC 03 Mar 2023 - 08:07 pm
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UN nuclear watchdog head to go to Iran for high-level talks 02 Mar 2023 - 07:06 pm
File Photo: International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi attends a news conference during a board of governors meeting at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria, June 7, 2021. (REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger)