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The debris of buildings in the Iranian village of Varnakesh, about 120 km (75 miles) southeast of the city of Tabriz, in East Azerbaijan Province, is seen following a 5.9-magnitude earthquake. — AFP
Iran earthquake kills five, leaves 300 injured
TEHRAN — An earthquake rocked northwestern Iran before dawn on Friday, killing at least five people and injuring more than 300 in crumbling and collapsed buildings.The 5.9-magnitude quake struck at 1:17 a.m. (2247 GMT Thursday) about 120 km (75 miles) southeast of the city of Tabriz, in East Azerbaijan province, the Iranian Seismological Centre said.Described as "moderate", the quake was eight kilometers (five miles) deep and was followed by five aftershocks.The provincial governor, Mohammad-Reza Pourmohammadi, told Iranian media that rescue operations were underway in 41 villages, but the damage was largely concentrated in two, Varnakesh and Varzaghan.According to the emergency services, nearly 340 people were admitted to hospital for treatment, but all but 17 were discharged...
November 08, 2019

Iran earthquake kills five, leaves 300 injured

Lebanese students wave the national flag and chant slogans as they gather outside the Ministry of Education and Higher Education during ongoing anti-government protests, in the capital Beirut, on Friday. — AFP
In Lebanon's streets, women denounce a double burden
BEIRUT — Marching along with hundreds of other women in Lebanon's capital, 41-year-old Sahar says she had twice the reasons to join in the nation's mass anti-system protests than any man."As women, we're doubly oppressed," she said passionately, while around her hundreds waved Lebanese flags and chanted against the patriarchy.Women have been at the forefront of Lebanon's mass street movement since Oct. 17 demanding an overhaul of a political system seen as incompetent and corrupt.Like their male counterparts, they have denounced their inability to alleviate a raft of woes from a deteriorating economy to unclean water and endless power cuts.But in a country viewed as one of the most liberal in the region, they are also crying out against discriminatory laws and...
November 08, 2019

In Lebanon's streets, women denounce a double burden

Lebanese students take part in an anti-government demonstration in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon (Saida) on Thursday. — AFP
Protest-hit Lebanon's prosecutor orders graft probes
BEIRUT — Lebanon's financial prosecutor on Thursday ordered sweeping investigations into suspected corruption and waste of public funds by senior officials, the state National News Agency reported.The move comes as a nationwide protest movement over poor services, economic woes and official corruption enters its fourth week with demonstrators hoping to expel an elite they say has ruled the country like a cartel for decades.Financial prosecutor Ali Ibrahim has launched probes into customs authority chief Badri Al-Daher over suspected "waste of public funds", NNA reported.It said he had ordered an inquiry into "all the ministers of successive governments since 1990".Protesters have been demanding an overhaul of the political elite, which has hardly changed since the...
November 07, 2019

Protest-hit Lebanon's prosecutor orders graft probes

UK Royal Navy, Commander B. C. Keith, is pictured at the International Maritime Security Construct (IMSC) following its opening at the US 5th Fleet Command in the Bahraini capital Manama on Thursday. — AFP
US-led coalition launches operation to protect Gulf waters
MANAMA — A US-led naval coalition officially launched operations in Bahrain on Thursday to protect shipping in the troubled waters of the Gulf, after a string of attacks that Washington and its allies blamed on Iran.The coalition, aimed at warding off the perceived threat to the world's oil supply, has been in the making since June.Bahrain, which hosts the US Navy's Fifth Fleet, joined the International Maritime Security Construct (IMSC) in August. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates followed suit in September.Australia and Britain are the main Western countries to have agreed to send warships to escort Gulf shipping. The newest member, Albania, joined on Friday.Vessels will be escorted through the Strait of Hormuz, the strategic chokepoint at the head of the Gulf and the...
November 07, 2019

US-led coalition launches operation to protect Gulf waters

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo talks to US soldiers, not pictured, as he visits the military basis in Grafenwoehr, Germany, on Thursday. — AFP
US calls for 'serious steps' as Iran resumes uranium enrichment
WASHINGTON — The United States on Thursday called for "serious steps" to be taken after Iran resumed uranium enrichment at its underground Fordow plant in a new step back from its commitments under a 2015 nuclear deal.Engineers began feeding uranium hexafluoride gas into the plant's mothballed enrichment centrifuges in "the first minutes of Thursday", the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization announced.The suspension of uranium enrichment at the long secret plant was one of the restrictions Iran had agreed to in return for the lifting of UN sanctions."Iran's expansion of proliferation-sensitive activities raises concerns that Iran is positioning itself to have the option of a rapid nuclear breakout," US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a...
November 07, 2019

US calls for 'serious steps' as Iran resumes uranium enrichment

A handout picture released by Iran's Atomic Energy Organization on Wednesday shows the entrance of the nuclear power plant of Natanz, some 300 km south of capital Tehran. — AFP
EU voices 'deep concern' over Iran nuclear inspector incident
VIENNA — The EU said on Thursday it was "deeply concerned" by an incident involving an inspector with the UN's nuclear watchdog last week in Iran which led to her having her accreditation cancelled.In a statement delivered to a special meeting of the governing body of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), an EU representative said: "The EU is... deeply concerned by the incident concerning one IAEA inspector"."We understand that the incident was resolved and call upon Iran to ensure that no such incidents occur in the future," the statement said.Reiterating the EU's "full confidence in the inspectorate's professionalism and impartiality", the statement called "upon Iran to ensure that IAEA inspectors can perform their...
November 07, 2019

EU voices 'deep concern' over Iran nuclear inspector incident

A Lebanese student takes part in an anti-government demonstration in front of the Ministry of Education in the capital Beirut on Thursday. — AFP
Students take to Lebanon streets as protests grow
BEIRUT — Thousands of students took to the streets across Lebanon Thursday to demand a better future as anti-government protests now entering their fourth week continued to spread.Pupils carrying their schoolbags picked up the baton from thousands of women who ignited the main protest site in Beirut on Wednesday evening by banging pots and pans to demand their rights.In Tripoli, where mobilization has been relentless since the protests erupted on Oct. 17, demonstrators planned to take down the giant portraits of politicians plastered all over the city's buildings.Grievances initially focused on poor infrastructure and abysmal public services quickly grew into an unprecedented nationwide push to drive out an elite protesters say has ruled the country like a cartel for...
November 07, 2019

Students take to Lebanon streets as protests grow

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres attends the 10th ASEAN-UN Summit in Bangkok on the sidelines of the 35th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in this Nov. 3, 2019 file photo. — AFP
UN chief condemns live fire at Iraqi protesters as 'disturbing'
BAGHDAD —The United Nations chief Antonio Guterres denounced as "disturbing" reports that Iraqi security forces have fired live ammunition at anti-government protesters in Baghdad, as mass rallies continued to rock the capital and southern Iraq.The demonstrations broke out on Oct. 1 in anger over corruption and unemployment but have morphed into demands that the entire ruling system be upended.The violence has left nearly 280 dead, with security forces resuming their use of live rounds on Monday after nearly two weeks of using volleys of tear gas, but no firearms, to push back protesters.Secretary General Antonio Guterres expressed his "serious concern over the rising number of deaths and injuries during the ongoing demonstrations in Iraq"."Reports of the...
November 07, 2019

UN chief condemns live fire at Iraqi protesters as 'disturbing'

This handout undated picture released by the press service of the Turkish Government shows Asma Fawzi Muhammad Al-Qubaysi, believed to be the first wife of slain Daesh (the so-called IS) leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, captured in the Turkish border city of Hatay by Turkish security officials. — AFP
Baghdadi's wife revealed Daesh group secrets after capture
ISTANBUL — The wife of slain Daesh leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi revealed "a lot of information" about the militant group's "inner workings" after she was captured last year, a Turkish official said.The official said that Baghdadi's spouse identified herself as Rania Mahmoud but was in fact Asma Fawzi Muhammad Al-Qubaysi.She was said to be the "first wife" of the Daesh leader, who was killed in a US special forces raid in Syria last month.The woman was arrested on June 2, 2018 in the province of Hatay, near the Syrian border, along with 10 others, including Baghdadi's daughter, who identified herself as Leila Jabeer.The official said the family links were confirmed using a DNA sample of Baghdadi provided by Iraqi authorities."We discovered...
November 07, 2019

Baghdadi's wife revealed Daesh group secrets after capture

A handout picture released by Iran's Atomic Energy Organization on Wednesday shows the interior of the Fordo (Fordow) Uranium Conversion Facility in Qom, in the north of the country. — AFP
Iran resumes uranium enrichment in new step away from nuclear deal
TEHRAN — Iran resumed uranium enrichment at its underground Fordow plant south of Tehran on Thursday in a new step back from its commitments under a landmark 2015 nuclear deal.Engineers began feeding uranium hexafluoride gas into the plant's mothballed enrichment centrifuges in "the first minutes of Thursday", the Iranian Atomic Energy Organisation said.The suspension of uranium enrichment at the long secret plant was one of the restrictions Iran had agreed to on its nuclear program in return for the lifting of UN sanctions.Iran's announcement that it would resume enrichment at the Fordow plant from midnight (2030 GMT Wednesday) had drawn a chorus of concern from the remaining parties to the troubled agreement.Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia have been trying...
November 07, 2019

Iran resumes uranium enrichment in new step away from nuclear deal

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