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‘Blow to clean athletes’: Condemnation as Russia doping ban cut to two years

Russia's ban from international sport was halved to two years on Thursday and its athletes were cleared to compete as neutrals, drawing condemnation from...

Blast kills 15 civilians, injures 20 in Afghanistan: Interior Ministry

At least 15 civilians were killed and 20 more were wounded in an explosion in Afghanistan at a gathering in Gelan district, Ghazni Province,...

Iran’s daily coronavirus death toll drops to 178

Restrictions for Yalda Night celebrations

Freed Nigerian schoolboys return home, tell of beatings, hunger

Scores of schoolboys who were rescued from kidnappers in northwest Nigeria arrived back home on Friday, many of them barefoot and wrapped in blankets...

Iran, Turkey urge increasing trade

In a telephone call with Turkish Minister of Trade Ruhsar Pekcan, Iran’s Minister of Industry, Mines and Trade Alireza Razm-Hosseini referred to the decrease...

IORA Council of Ministers meeting held in UAE

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) hosted the 20th Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Council of Ministers (COM) meeting on Thursday.

No doubt Iran will ratify FATF conventions: Businessman

A well-established Iranian businessman with close links to the government said he is certain a top legislative watchdog in the country would finally approve...

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