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September 18, 2023

TIMELINE - US-Iran relations from 1953 coup to 2023 detainee swap deal

The United States and Iran are to free five detainees each under an exchange agreement that also involves the transfer of $6 billion of unfrozen Iranian assets from South Korea to...
September 18, 2023

Five US citizens land in Qatar as part of US-Iran prisoner swap

Five US citizens left Iran and landed in Doha on Monday in a prisoner swap for five Iranians held in the United States and the transfer of $6 billion in Iranian...

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September 18, 2023

In Pakistan, a switch in fishing methods saves thousands of dolphins

In 2013, at least 12,000 dolphins were killed in Pakistani territorial waters in the Arabian Sea, caught in the massive nets cast by fishermen, Anadolu Agency reports. Those gill...

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September 18, 2023

Biden sanctions Iran former President Ahmadinejad after prisoner swap

Fresh off a prisoner swap between Washington and Tehran, US President Joe Biden announced, on Monday, new sanctions against a former Iranian president and the country’s Intelligence Ministry, Anadolu...

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September 18, 2023

Israel forcibly transferring Palestinians in West Bank: Rights group

The Israeli government is carrying out a forcible transfer of Palestinians in the Occupied West Bank, a human rights group said Monday, Anadolu Agency reports. Israel works to make...

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September 18, 2023

Germany slams Iran for barring IAEA nuclear inspectors

Germany strongly condemned Iran, on Monday, for barring several International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors from monitoring the country’s atomic program, Anadolu Agency reports. We strongly condemn this step....

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September 18, 2023

Israeli forces fire tear gas at Palestinian journalists in Gaza

Palestinian journalists preparing to report on protests at Gaza's eastern border fence with Israel were hit with tear gas canisters, fired at high speed by Israeli forces stationed along...

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September 18, 2023

5 Americans released by Iran, expected to be in return for unfreezing billions in funds

Iran and the United States exchange prisoners on Monday after nearly $6 billion in once-frozen Iranian assets reached Qatar, a key element of the planned swap, Reuters reports. According...

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September 18, 2023

Alibaba unveils $2bn Turkiye investment in Erdogan meeting

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. announced plans to invest $2 billion in Turkiye after a meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Bloomberg reports. According to the report, the head of the Chinese...

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September 18, 2023

A week after Libya floods, families haunted by fate of the missing

Sabreen Blil was on her hands and knees atop the rubble of her brother’s house, the wind beating at her black robe as she clawed with her bare hands...

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