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Tanker explosion starts massive fire at Iran-Afghanistan border | South China Morning Post
A fuel tanker exploded at a customs post near the Iran-Afghanistan border on February 13, 2021, igniting a massive fire. Around 500 vehicles caught alight and dozens of people were injured. Two blasts were reportedly powerful enough to be spotted from space by Nasa satellites. It was not immediately clear what cause…
Iran Celebrates 1979 Revolution Amid Economic Misery
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Alleged Iran Spy Ring Arrest Seen as Sign of Increasing Rivalry with Turkey
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South Korea sends destroyer after Iran seizes tanker - Asia Times
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Chinese and Russian bombers fly joint patrol over Pacific | South China Morning Post
Russian and Chinese bombers flew a joint patrol mission over the Western Pacific on December 22, 2020. Four Chinese H-6Ks and two Russian Tu-95s flew together over the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea in an exercise that was part of an annual programme of military cooperation, China’s defence ministry said. The j…
South Korean POWs in North Korea detail misery slaving in coal mines | South China Morning Post
Lee Sun-woo was a prisoner of war in North Korea. An estimated 50,000 former South Korean prisoners of war were never returned by Pyongyang after the 1950-53 conflict. They and their descendents were forced to work in coal mines for decades - an industry that was a major earner for North Korea until sanctions blocke…
Iran vows revenge as it holds funeral for assassinated nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrinzadeh | South China Morning Post
The body of Iran's top nuclear scientist Dr Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was laid to rest outside the Imamzadeh Saleh mosque in Tehran on November 30, 2020, days after he was gunned down in his car. Tehran has blamed Israel for the killing of the 59-year-old scientist, believed to have been in charge of Iran’s secret nuclear …
VOA60 World- Iran lays to rest the body of a nuclear scientist shot dead last week
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Afghanistan’s first female tattoo artist tackles taboos in Islamic community | South China Morning Post
Soraya Shahidy is no regular tattoo artist. She is the first female tattoo artist in Afghanistan, an Islamic country where women often face discrimination and where many people consider skin tattoos to be sinful. Shahidy trained to become a body artist while living as a refugee in Iran and Turkey.
Malnourished three-month-old twins in Yemen among victims of ‘world’s worst famine in decades’ | South China Morning Post
Three-month-old Yemeni twins, Al-Hasan and AI-Hussein, are suffering from acute malnutrition and are among the more than 20 such cases admitted each day to the hospital where they are now being treated. Yemen is in “imminent danger of the worst famine the world has seen for decades”, United Nations Secretary General…
Pink flamingos take shelter on Kazakhstan's Karakol Lake | South China Morning Post
A massive flock of pink flamingos was seen taking up temporary residence on Karakol Lake in Kazakhstan on November 17, 2020. According to local authorities, the flamingos arrived from the Kazakh Korgalzhyn State Nature Reserve, where they live on Tengiz and Korgalzhyn lakes. The birds were expected to head to the Kh…
Iran’s Misleading Rebuttal to UN Human Rights Report
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Russia’s Lavrov Wrongly Calls EU Sanctions Over Navalny Poisoning Illegal
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Iran’s ‘magnetic man’ sticks to goal of earning Guinness record for attaching items to his skin | South China Morning Post
Abolfazl Saber Mokhtari has a special ability where he can make any object stick to his body. The 51-year-old Iranian claims that he channels energy through “telekinesis” to allow the items to stick to his skin. Scientists have dismissed his theories about body magnetism, saying his bizarre talent is only because he…
Unique market position of ‘Made in Hong Kong’ companies vanishes under US relabelling order | South China Morning Post
US president Donald Trump announced on August 11, 2020, that the “Made in Hong Kong” label could no longer be used on US-bound exports from the city. The order, which requires Hong Kong exports to be labelled as “Made in China”, came as Washington imposed sanctions against Hong Kong over a national security law impo…
Russia kicks off Kavkaz 2020 military exercises with China, Iran, Belarus and others | South China Morning Post
Russian troops have started a week of joint military drills with their counterparts from China and other countries. The six-day Kavkaz 2020 exercises got under way on September 21, 2020, in the Astrakhan region as well as in the Black and Caspian seas. Along with host Russia and China, forces from Armenia, Belarus, …
Iran’s Supreme Leader Spins Charlie Hebdo Case Into a Western Conspiracy
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'A Bargaining Chip': Jailed British-Iranian Mother Faces New Trial in Tehran
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Chinese Border City Enables Sanctions Evasion, Report Claims
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Iran, Russia Baselessly Claim NATO is Running Drugs in Afghanistan
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China says US sanctions of firms over South China Sea constructions are illegal | South China Morning Post
Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian on August 27, 2020, called the US sanctions on Chinese firms working in the South China sea ”illegal”, saying it is reasonable for Chinese companies to participate in “construction in their own country” and that such moves have “nothing to do with militarisation”.
VOA60 America- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the U.S. for moving to reissue sanctions on Iran
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EU Sanctions Belarus Officials, But Lacks Leverage Against Lukashenko
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US sanctions 11 Hong Kong and mainland officials including Hong Kong’s chief executive Carrie Lam | South China Morning Post
The Trump administration on August 7, 2020 imposed economic sanctions on 11 current and former Chinese officials, including Hong Kong’s chief executive, Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, marking a drastic escalation in tensions with Beijing over its imposition of a national security law in the semi-autonomous city.
Tensions Between Israel, Iran Mount Following Strikes in Syria
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Afghans Refute Iran's Claim Fatemyon Fight in Syria Is for 'More Secure' Afghanistan
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UK bans Huawei from 5G network after US sanctions | South China Morning Post
Huawei Technologies equipment will be banned from Britain’s 5G network, UK Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden announced on July 14, 2020. London earlier planned to allow Huawei a limited role in Britain’s super-fast wireless infrastructure, giving it up to a 35 per cent involvement of the overall project, but excluded …
British Lawmakers Demand Sanctions on Hong Kong Leader
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Britain Sanctions Russian, Saudi Officials; Is China Next Target?
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INTERPOL Denies Issuing Red Notices for Donald Trump, U.S. Officials, as Iran Claimed
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US Sanctions ICC Staff Probing Alleged War Crimes in Afghanistan
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US Criticizes China, Iran, Nigeria for Religious Freedom Violations
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