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39 people recover from coronavirus in Iran
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Feb 27 (Sputnik/ANI): A total of 39 people have recovered from the deadly coronavirus (COVID-19) in Iran since the recent outbreak of the disease in the country, the national Fars news agency reported on Wednesday, citing doctors.
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Hanau Shooting: Five persons of Turkish origin among killed
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Hanau [Germany], Feb 20 (Sputnik/ANI): Five persons of Turkish origin were among those killed in the shooting in the German town of Hanau, Anadolu news agency reported on Thursday.
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Prominent Taliban leader killed in Afghan forces operation in Badakhshan p
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Feb 20 (Sputnik/ANI): A prominent Taliban leader was killed during an operation by the Afghan security forces in the northeastern province of Badakhshan, The Khaama Press News Agency reported on Thursday, citing the country's Defense Ministry.
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Civilian killed in clash between Syrian army, US forces
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], Feb 12 (ANI): A Syrian civilian was killed on Wednesday in a clash between the Syrian army and a US patrol in the town of Khirbet Ummo in Qamishli city in northeastern Syria, state news agency SANA reported.
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Police shoot dead man holding 3 persons hostage in autonomous Chinese regi
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Jan 13 (Sputnik/ANI): Police officers in the autonomous Chinese region of Inner Mongolia in the north of the country have shot dead an armed man who was holding three people hostage, the Xinhua news agency reported, citing local police.
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UK ambassador arrested in Iran amid anti-regime protests in Tehran
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jan 12 (ANI): British Ambassador to Iran Rob Macaire was temporarily arrested on Saturday evening amid the ongoing anti-regime protests in Tehran in the wake of the Iranian Guards' 'unintentional' downing of a Ukrainian plane last week that killed 176 people on board, the c
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Iranian authorities to announce cause of Ukrainian airliner crash on Satur
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jan 11 (Sputnik/ANI): Iranian authorities are planning to announce the cause of the crash of a Ukrainian Boeing 737 passenger plane on Saturday, the Fars news agency reported citing a source.
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Iran refutes claims Ukrainian Boeing 737 downed by missile
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jan 10 (ANI): Iran on Friday refuted claims that the Ukrainian passenger plane that crashed near its capital Tehran, killing 176 people, was hit by a missile, saying that the cause behind the mishap would be determined only after opening the black box, state-run Islamic Republ
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Ukrainian Airlines flight with 180 aboard crashes in Iran
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jan 8 (ANI): A Ukrainian Airlines flight carrying 180 passengers and crew crashed shortly after take-off from Imam Khomeini Airport in Tehran on Wednesday, according to Iran's semi-official news agency ISNA.
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Iran fires multiple missiles on US' Al Asad airbase in Iraq
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Jan 08 (ANI): Iran on Wednesday launched multiple rockets at US' Al Asad airbase, days after Washington assassinated Iranian general Qassem Soleimani.
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Iranian Parliament designates US Army, Pentagon as terrorist entities
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jan 7 (Sputnik/ANI): The Iranian Parliament unanimously voted on Tuesday to designate the US Army and Pentagon as terrorist entities in the wake of the killing of Iranian Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani, the country's Tasnim news agency reported.
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Body of slain general Qasem Soleimani returned to Iran
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jan 5 (ANI): The body of Iran's elite Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani -- who was killed in a US airstrike earlier this week -- was returned to Iran on Sunday, country's state-run IRIB news agency reported.
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