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The Guards 'seized a foreign vessel carrying 200,000 liters of smuggled fuel in the north of the Persian Gulf and directed it to Bushehr," broadcaster IRIB said
Shanghai, the country's biggest city, reported 39 COVID-19 deaths Sunday, its highest daily toll despite weeks of lockdowns
'It is with great sadness that I announce that we have just recorded our first in-country death attributed to COVID-19,' Prime Minister Mark Brown said in a statement Sunday
The world's largest security body voiced concern about four of its Ukrainian members detained in pro-Russian separatist areas in the county’s east
At least six people died, including a little girl, and almost 50 others were rescued after migrant boat capsized off Lebanon, state media say, in the latest tragedy at sea off crisis-hit country
More than 200 people, mostly Palestinians, have been wounded over the past week
The total population of 37 million contains 8 million Francophones
He’s seeking $28 million
An official had said there was a possibility of postponement
Turkey has closed its airspace to Russian civilian and military planes flying to Syria, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu was quoted as saying Saturday by local media
Criminal gangs and jihadists have staged repeated attacks in Kogi, breaking into jails to free detained colleagues and other inmates
Clashes between Arab tribesmen and ethnic minority farmers in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region have killed eight people and wounded 16, an aid group said on Saturday
Emad Sharghi, viewed by the US as a ‘political pawn,’ was sentenced to 10 years in prison on spying charges, Iranian media reported in January 2021
The country is suffering its most painful economic downturn since independence in 1948, with months of blackouts and acute shortages of food, fuel and other essentials
Mwai Kibaki, who died aged 90, served as the country's third president from 2002 to 2013, taking over from the authoritarian rule of Daniel arap Moi
Thousands of pieces were stolen
Victims were members of the Patriotic Union communist party
It was felt across the Balkans as far away as Belgrade, Zagreb and Skopje
Some activists opposed such presence, fearing threat to sovereignty, but outcome of vote was in little doubt, with parliament dominated by president's allies
Government officials are unharmed in blast, which sparks fire inside building that sent diners scrambling to safety
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