SOCIETY
US wildfire burns amid exceptional drought
Wildfires threatened homes and businesses in two small Tennessee resort towns north of the Great Smoky Mountains.
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SYRIA
Militants leave besieged Damascus suburb
Vehicles holding at least 1,200 people reached Idlib on Tuesday morning, said the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
NORTH AFRICA
Tunisia to get billions in aid to rescue economy
Saudi Arabia will give Tunisia $800 million in loans and aid while Kuwait will lend the African country $500 million in the next five years.
INTERVIEWS
‘US cannot be trusted with JCPOA’
A university professor says the US cannot be trusted because of its defiance to abide by its commitments under the nuclear deal between Iran and the P5+1 group.
INTERVIEWS
‘US troops must leave Persian Gulf’
A university professor says US naval forces have to withdraw from the Persian Gulf region because littoral states are capable of securing the region.
AFGHANISTAN
Afghan general killed in helicopter crash
General Mohiuddin Ghori, the army corps' commander in Badghis province, was killed in the crash.
POLITICS
‘Iran to enrich up to 190k SWU if JCPOA breached’
A senior Iranian lawmaker says Iran will increase its uranium enrichment capacity to 190,000 SWU if the US violates the JCPOA.
INTERVIEWS
‘Cubans talk of Fidel Castro as father figure’
The majority of Cubans have a favorable and positive view of their country’s late revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, Dr. Denise Baden says.
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Gas explosion injures 16 in Australia
A gas main explosion in the Australian city of Sydney injures 16 people.
AFGHANISTAN
Taliban pledges to protect projects in Afghanistan
The group said in a surprise statement that it "backs all national projects which are in the interest of the people."
TURKEY
AL slams Turkey’s meddling in Syria, Iraq
Ahmed Aboul Gheit says Turkey backed Daesh in a bid to overthrow the Syrian government, but the Takfiri terrorist group acted against its sponsor.
POLITICS
Iran confirms Daesh leader killed along border
The Iranian intelligence minister confirms that a ringleader of the Daesh terrorist group has been killed in the country’s border area.
PALESTINE
Abbas re-elected as head of Palestine’s Fatah
Tuesday’s event was the first Fatah conference in seven years is planned to run for at least five days.
SYRIA
16,000 flee militant-held eastern Aleppo: UN
The intensity of attacks on eastern Aleppo neighborhoods has forced thousands of civilians to flee to other parts of the city, the UN says.
SPORTS
Three Iranians elected to FIE commissions
The International Fencing Federation has elected three Iranians to three of its commissions.
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Zuma survives attempt to remove him
Jacob Zuma has been under fire for a series of scandals.
POLITICS
‘Iran's options numerous if JCPOA breached’
A senior Iranian official says Iran has multiple options at its disposal in case of any violation of the JCPOA.
POLITICS
CNN has become worse since Nov. 8: Trump
Donald Trump says CNN has become "worse" since he defeated Hillary Clinton in the November 8 election.
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