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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...

Iran’s eight-month car manufacturing up 27.3%

Iranian carmakers produced 566,844 different types of cars during the first eight months of the current Iranian year (March 20-November 20) indicating a 27.3...

Beijing: US smearing Chinese firms by calling undersea cable a threat

China said the US is smearing Chinese companies by accusing Beijing of threatening Pacific island nations' security by a project to build an undersea...

Turkish troops pull out from seven posts in northwest Syria: Source

The Turkish military evacuated from seven observation posts in the northwestern part of Syria, withdrawing troops from territory liberated by Syrian government forces to...

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...

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