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60 injured in clashes between protestors, police in Iraq
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Jan 12 (Sputnik/ANI): Nearly 60 people, including 48 police officers, were injured in clashes between security forces and students outside the University of Wasit in Iraq's eastern Wasit province, media reported on Sunday, citing a security source.
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Afghanistan: 16 killed due to heavy snowfall in Kandahar, Herat
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Herat [Afghanistan], Jan 12 (ANI): At least 16 people have been killed due to heavy snowfall and rains in Afghanistan's western province of Herat and southern province of Kandahar, Sputnik reported citing Afghan media.
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First patient died of coronavirus in China's Wuhan, says Healthcare Depart
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Jan 11 (Sputnik/ANI): The first person died in the Chinese city of Wuhan of pneumonia caused by a new type of coronavirus, the city's Healthcare Department said on Saturday (local time).
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Iranian authorities to announce cause of Ukrainian airliner crash on Satur
Updated : 6 years, 2 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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Boeing 737 downing by missile possible, but unconfirmed, says Ukrainian Pr
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kiev [Ukraine], Jan 10 (Sputnik/ANI): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Friday that the West's claims that the Ukrainian airplane that crashed in Iran was allegedly downed by a missile were possible, but remained unconfirmed and called on the US, UK and Canada to provide eviden
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Hundreds of New Yorkers demand US to reduce tensions with Iran amid escala
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [USA], Jan 10 (Sputnik/ANI): Hundreds of people took to the streets of New York on late Thursday to protest a potential US military action against Iran.
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Airstrikes target Iran-backed PMF near Iraqi-Syria border
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iran], Jan 10 (ANI): Airstrikes targeted Iran-backed Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) in Iraqi-Syria border on Friday morning, Sputnik reported citing Arabic-language outlet Al Mayadeen.
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Libyan coast guards detain 150 migrants at Sea: UN
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], Jan 10 (Sputnik/ANI): Libyan coast guards found more than 150 migrants in national waters and brought them back to the shore, the United Nation's International Organisation for Migration said on Thursday.
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No injuries in rocket fire that hit Baghdad's Green Zone
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Jan 09 (Sputnik/ANI): No people were injured in the rocket fire that hit the Green Zone of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, where government agencies and foreign embassies are located, the country's security services said.
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Iran declares Jan 9 mourning day after plane crash, Kerman stampede at Sol
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jan 09 (Sputnik/ANI): The Iranian government has declared January 9 as the day of national mourning over the deadly Ukrainian passenger plane crash and a stampede at the funeral of Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps' Quds Force, in his home
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Two rockets hit Green Zone in Iraq's Baghdad
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Jan 09 (ANI): Two rockets fell in Baghdad's Green Zone on Thursday, Sputnik reported citing local media.
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Pilot mistake unlikely in Ukraine International Airlines plane crash in Ir
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Jan 8 (Sputnik/ANI): A pilot error is unlikely to have caused the crash of Ukraine's Boeing 737 near Tehran, the vice president of operations at the Ukraine International Airlines said on Wednesday.
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