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Gaza’s ‘only Iranian’ wants to go home

There is only one known Iranian in Gaza – an aging former bodyguard to longtime Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat who dreams only of returning...

Zarif advises neighbors to exclude US, E3 from regional talks

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called on Iran’s neighboring countries to hold talks about regional developments without foreign interference.

Rouhani: No talks needed for US rejoining nuclear deal

UN chief: JCPOA a testament to efficacy of multilateralism

Ethiopia’s war risks leaving manufacturing dreams in tatters

When Bangladeshi textile firm DBL set up shop in Ethiopia two years ago, the African nation was the garment industry’s bright new frontier, boasting...

Central banks step up $5.6 trillion bond binge despite doubts

Global central banks are embarking on fresh waves of bond-buying to fight the fallout from the pandemic, despite mounting claims that the once-mighty policy...

Singapore ‘cruise to nowhere’ ends after passenger tests positive

A Royal Caribbean ship has returned to Singapore on day three of a four-day "cruise to nowhere" after a passenger tested positive for COVID-19.

Over 400,000 need urgent aid in Central America: Rights group

More than 400,000 people in Honduras and Guatemala are in urgent need of humanitarian aid, a refugee rights group said on Wednesday, over a...

Forced displacement passes 80m by mid-2020: UNHCR

While a full picture for 2020 is yet to be established, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimates that global forced displacement...

Nine out of 10 in poor nations to miss out on inoculation as West buys up COVID vaccines

Nine out of 10 people in 70 low-income countries are unlikely to be vaccinated against COVID-19 next year because the majority of the most...

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