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2022-04-26 18:00
By Mohammad Mazhari
Ukraine war is a Russia-US confrontation where Ukraine has only become a casualty: researcher
TEHRAN – A Pakistani researcher believes that the Ukraine war in its essence is a conflict between Washington and Moscow while Ukrainians have fallen victim to this confrontation.
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2022-04-26 17:56
UN calls on U.S. to alleviate Afghan suffering
A group of UN-appointed experts have issued a warning over the harmful consequences on Afghans, especially women, as a result of the United States’ freezing of Afghanistan’s assets.
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2022-04-26 13:27
By Mohammad Mazhari
US-Pakistan ties won’t come at cost of strategic engagement with China: expert
TEHRAN - Director of China Pakistan Study Centre at the Institute of Strategic Studies in Islamabad says that Pakistan will not sacrifice its good ties with China for other powers.
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2022-04-25 17:34
Macron secures second term in a divided French nation
Current President Emmanuel Macron has defeated Marine Le Pen in the second round of France’s elections but faces an uphill task to unite a much more polarized nation than when he first took the helm in 2017.
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2022-04-25 14:04
German Chancellor Scholz: "There cannot be a nuclear war"
In an interview with Der Spiegel, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz discusses arms deliveries to Ukraine and growing calls for Berlin to supply heavy weapons. He also talks about why he has been hesitant to act in this crisis and addresses critical questions about his party's policies toward Russia in the past.
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2022-04-25 12:12
By Mohammad Mazhari
Youth and middle class still support Imran Khan: researcher
TEHRAN - A research associate at the India Study Centre at the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI) says that the recent gathering by PTI in Karachi and Lahore reflected the youth and middle class still support Imran Khan.
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2022-04-25 11:49
UK rationing cooking oil amid supply crisis
Supermarkets in the United Kingdom have started rationing how much cooking oil each customer is allowed to purchase amid shortages that have been made worse by the conflict in Ukraine.
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2022-04-25 02:15
Macron beats Le Pen, wins over 58% of the votes
French President Emmanuel Macron has won a second term in office, defeating his far-right rival Marine Le Pen by a comfortable margin in a runoff election.
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2022-04-23 18:20
Native Americans warn of voter suppression in U.S.
Native Americans have sounded the alarm over a host of congressional bills that they say will suppress their right to vote.
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2022-04-23 13:25
UN chief to meet separately with Putin and Zelenskyy in peace effort
A spokesperson for Secretary-General António Guterres informed correspondents in a note that on Tuesday, 26 April, he will have a working meeting and lunch with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and will be received by President Putin in Moscow.
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2022-04-23 13:08
Macron and Le Pen proposing two very different futures for France
Macron v Le Pen and two visions for France
As French voters decide on Sunday which of the two will lead their country, what are their rival plans for the next five years?
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2022-04-20 18:19
By Zahra Samimi
We are already in the beginning stages of an Intifada: analyst
“The Palestinian national movement has to be revived and led by the younger generations”
TEHRAN – A British political analyst, Robert Inlakesh, believes that the recent developments in Palestine are signs of a new Intifada.
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2022-04-20 18:13
Guterres calls for Ukraine ceasefire amid warning over UN’s existence
The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appealed to Russia and Ukraine to halt fighting as over 200 former UN officials sent a joint letter to the UN chief warning of the world body’s future existence if he does not personally intervene to end the war.
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2022-04-19 17:03
Ukraine says "Battle of Donbass" has started
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says a large-scale military operation by the Russian military in the country’s east has started.
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2022-04-19 13:15
Two bombs rock a boys' school in Shia neighborhood in Afghan capital
Several casualties were feared after two bombs rocked a boys' school in a Shia Hazara neighborhood of the Afghan capital on Tuesday, police said, with social media showing grisly images of dead and wounded at the scene.
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2022-04-19 12:18
By Zahra Samimi
U.S. was said to be annoyed with Khan’s ‘independent foreign policy’: professor
“It is a fact that the U.S. administration was not happy with Pakistan under Imran Khan’s leadership.”
TEHRAN – Syed Qandil Abbas, assistant professor at School of Politics and International Relations in Quaid-i-Azam University, says that Washington is said to be unhappy with Imran Khan’s policies, especially his visit to Moscow.
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2022-04-18 17:41
“High levels” of U.S. Muslim students bullied at school
The largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy group in America has highlighted the ongoing problems facing Muslim American students who are not only still facing different types of bullying and intimidation but their problems are getting worse.
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2022-04-17 18:56
How American children fell into poverty again?
Last year, the U.S. federal government signed into law a policy to lift millions of American children out of poverty by expanding the Child Tax Credit.
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2022-04-16 18:20
By Mohammad Mazhari
Many Americans believe bearing arms is necessary to retain democratic rights: professor
TEHRAN - Shireen Tahmaasb Hunter, a professor of political science at Georgetown University, says many American citizens are of the opinion that carrying guns is necessary for self-defense and protecting democratic rights.
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2022-04-16 18:13
By Zahra Mirzafarjouyan
Falk talks of Western hypocrisy regarding refugees, occupation
TEHRAN– Describing the reasons behind the West's double standards towards the issue of refugees and occupation, international law professor Richard Falk says the most immediate relevant answer is race, location, and control of the global humanitarian discourse.
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2022-04-16 17:44
U.S., Europe hit record inflation levels amid Ukraine crisis
The United States’ Labor Department has announced that inflation has hit another record high level since 1981, rising 8.5 percent over the year to the end of March as the conflict in Ukraine drives up energy costs for average households.
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2022-04-16 14:17
By Mohammad Mazhari
American society suffused with anger and violence: analyst
TEHRAN - American political analyst Martin Love is of the opinion that the recent shooting in the New York subway station mirrors anger and violence entrenched in American society.
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2022-04-16 13:52
Noam Chomsky, 93, issues warning: 'We're approaching the most dangerous point in human history'
“There is no one other than Donald Trump –in history– who has done more to try to drive the human race to extinction”
With the ongoing climate crisis and the looming possibility of nuclear war, Noam Chomsky, 93, often hailed as one of the world’s most important intellectuals alive, warns that “we’re approaching the most dangerous point in human history.”
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2022-04-15 18:11
UK plan for asylum seekers “cruel” and “inhumane”
Under a new British government scheme, thousands of asylum seekers who cross the English Channel on small boats will be detained and flown more than 6,500 kilometers on one-way tickets to the African country of Rwanda.
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2022-04-13 18:38
Russia-Ukraine peace talks “to resume” as Biden seeks escalation
A source has told Russian media that peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv are set to resume on Monday after the Russian president said the negotiations had effectively run into a “deadlock.”
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2022-04-13 18:35
By Mohammad Mazhari
Imran Khan’s ouster represents tenuousness of Pakistan’s democratic institutions: researcher
TEHRAN – A research associate at the Centre for Air Power Studies (CAPS) in New Delhi says that Imran Khan’s ousting showed the weakness of democratic institutions in face of military-backed figures.
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2022-04-12 18:03
By Mohammad Mazhari
Highly unlikely that Pakistan would go back to U.S. camp: professor
TEHRAN - A leading Indian academic says that Washington is happy over the development in Pakistan, however, it looks highly unlikely that Islamabad would go back to the U.S. camp.
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2022-04-12 17:58
By Mohammad Mazhari
Biden’s policy in Yemen is ‘disappointing’: professor
TEHRAN - A professor of political science from the University of South Alabama says that the U.S. administration’s performance in Yemen is disappointing despite President Joe Biden’s pledges to put more pressure on the Saudi Kingdom which has been pounding Yemen since March 2015.
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2022-04-12 17:50
Hezbollah chief to Israeli leaders: “you are delusional”
Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has, in a speech assured the Israeli regime that the Palestinians will continue their “courageous” resistance.
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2022-04-11 18:04
France on edge for two weeks over country’s future
TEHRAN- Incumbent French President Emmanuel Macron and challenger Marine Le Pen have qualified for what looks likely to be a very tightly fought presidential election runoff on April 24.