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Feb 14, 2024

US seizes Iranian-linked Boeing 747 bound for Venezuela

In a recent development, the United States has taken custody of a Boeing 747 cargo plane that was sold by Iran to a Venezuelan state airline.

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Feb 14, 2024

Iran’s main gas pipeline hit by sabotage, oil minister says

While such attacks are rare in Iran, Arab separatist militants in Iran claimed in 2017 that they had blown up two oil pipelines in coordinated attacks in the country’s western Khuzestan province.

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Reuters
Feb 14, 2024

Thai couples marry on elephants for Valentine’s Day

With dancers in traditional costumes leading the procession, the couples rode their elephants up to a local district official, also sat on an elephant, who oversaw the signing of the marriage licenses.

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Feb 14, 2024

Turkey: Several trapped after landslide hits gold mine

Dangerous levels of cyanide-laced soil had collapsed, making search operations difficult, officials said. Cyanide is a chemical compound controversially used in open-pit mining to extract minuscule amounts of gold from a lot of rock.

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Feb 14, 2024

Indonesians vote, floods disrupt some polling

Nearly 259,000 candidates are contesting 20,600 posts across the archipelago of 17,000 islands in the world’s biggest single-day election.

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Feb 14, 2024

Russia puts Estonian PM on wanted list for destroying Soviet monuments

Destroying monuments to Soviet soldiers is punishable by a five-year prison term under the Russian criminal code.

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Feb 14, 2024

Modi signs intercontinental trade pact during UAE visit

Modi is also set to inaugurate a Hindu temple during his visit to the Gulf state.

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Feb 13, 2024

Truce talks open in Cairo as Gazans brace for Israeli assault on Rafah

Officials from the US, Egypt, Israel and Qatar were meeting in Cairo to try to agree a truce in Gaza as Israel prepares to assault on Rafah

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Feb 13, 2024

India police use tear gas on farmers demanding higher crop prices

Police in India fired tear gas on Tuesday at hundreds of farmers and their supporters during a protest march towards New Delhi to pressure the government to honour a promise it made in 2021 to pay more for crops.

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Reuters
Feb 13, 2024

Russia warns the West: we will be very tough if you ‘steal’ our assets

The EU on Monday adopted a law to set aside windfall profits made on frozen Russian central bank assets, it said on Monday, in a first concrete step towards the bloc’s aim of using the money to finance the reconstruction of Ukraine.