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After military failure, Saudi, allies resort to diplomacy on Yemen’s Hudaydah

Political experts believe that after Saudi Arabia and its regional and international allies failed to conquer Yemen’s Hudaydah port through military force, they are currently turning to diplomatic means in order to reach a settlement with the Houthi Ansarullah fighters, thus attesting to ability of the country’s popular forces to …

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Iran basketball B squad overcomes Indonesia in 2018 William Jones Cup

The Iran men’s national basketball B team has maintained its fine style at the 2018 William Jones Cup in Taiwan, and edged past Indonesia. On Saturday, the Iranian sportsmen defeated the Indonesian squad 66-62 (23-19, 14-9, 13-18 and 16-17) in a match played at the Xinzhuang Gymnasium of New Taipei City. The Iran men’s …

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Yemeni forces fire missile at Jizan Airport in southwestern Saudi Arabia

In this file picture, Yemeni forces prepare to launch a domestically-manufactured Badr-1 ballistic missile at a military site in Saudi Arabia’s southern border region of Najran. (Photo by the media bureau of Yemen’s Operations Command) Yemeni army forces, supported by allied fighters from Popular Committees, have fired a domestically-designed and …

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Iran’s missile program irrelevant to foreigners: Velayati

On the sidelines of his meeting with EP’s Chairman of Foreign Affairs Committee David McAllister, Mr. Velayati dismissed any compromise over Iran’s missile program. (MNA) — “To defend our country, based on our national interests, we move on the evolutionary path of missile program and it is totally irrelevant to …

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Rouhani: Sanctions target ordinary Iranians; US isolated

President Hassan Rouhani says new US sanctions are aimed at targeting the Iranian nation, adding the plan has made Washington more isolated than ever, even among its allies. “Today, the United States is isolated in the public opinion of the world, and is even more secluded among the Iranian people …

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Pakistan Election Rally Attack: Death Toll Hits 128

The toll from a suicide attack at an election rally in southwestern Pakistan in the second election-related attack on Friday hit 128 people killed, officials said, amid growing tensions over ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s return ahead of the July 25 vote. The bombing was the most deadly attack in …

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Ansarullah Leader: Saudi, UAE pushing US projects in ME

The leader of Yemen’s Ansarullah revolutionary movement Sayyed Abdul Malik Badreddine al-Houthi said Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are going to great lengths to further the agenda of the US administration in the Middle East and please their masters. Addressing his supporters via a televised speech broadcast from the …

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