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Record Number of 168 Million People Will Need UN Assistance in 2020
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A record number of 168 million people, or about one in 45 worldwide, will need assistance in 2020, the United Nations said on Wednesday, adding they would need $29 billion to provide that help.
In 2018, the United…
US Has Killed More Than 20 Million People in 37 “Victim Nations” Since World War II
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First published in November 2015
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Let us put this in historical perspective: the commemoration of the War the End All Wars acknowledges that 15 million lives were lost in the course of World War…
Germany Rejects US Anti-Iran Maritime Coalition. Will Other EU Member States “Follow Suit”?
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Trump regime hardliners are struggling to enlist anti-Iran Operation Sentinel maritime coalition partners.
Britain’s limited Persian Gulf naval presence so far is separate from the Trump regime’s. The size of its…
Iran begins gasoline export with first shipment to Afghanistan
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Iran has officially kicked off a long-anticipated program for gasoline export with a shipment to neighboring Afghanistan as authorities seek to offset the impacts of US sanctions on the oil industry through the sale of…
Britain asks European allies to join naval mission in the Gulf
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Britain has approached several of its European allies as it gauges interest in a plan to launch a naval mission in the Gulf, senior diplomats told Reuters news agency, but Iran rejected the idea.
The UK…
Kuwaiti Paper: US Not Able to Decrease Iran’s Deterrence Power by Maximum Pressure
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A leading Kuwaiti paper wrote that the US maximum pressure on Iran merely pressures the Middle-East as Iran has come out of difficulties and sanctions safely in the past 40 years and developed its missile and nuclear…
Official: Saudi Intelligence Chief Lobbies UK to Attack Iran after US Cancellation
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A senior British official says a Saudi intelligence chief has lobbied the UK to conduct limited strikes on Iranian military targets after US President Donald Trump allegedly cancelled such raids.
The official, who…
Iran Releases Photos of Downed US Drone’s Wreckage
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Iran has released the first photos of the wreckage of a US spy drone which was shot down early Thursday after intruding into the Iranian airspace.
The IRGC Aerospace Force displayed parts of the doomed drone on…
British Prime Minister Announces her Resignation
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British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Friday she would step down as leader of the Conservative Party, triggering a contest for a new prime minister who will have to try to break the impasse over Britain’s…
Russia, France, Germany Defend JCPOA, Support Trade with Iran
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The leaders of Russia, France and Germany have underscored the need to preserve the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, stressing their commitment to boosting trade ties with the Islamic Republic despite the United States’…