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Iranian President Hassan Rohani, center, is seen during a ceremony to mark National Nuclear Technology Day in Tehran in this April 9, 2018 file photo. — AFP
Iran announces sharp rise in enriched uranium production
TEHRAN — Iran announced on Monday a more than tenfold increase in enriched uranium production following a series of steps back from commitments under a 2015 nuclear deal abandoned by the United States.Iran has also developed two new advanced centrifuges, one of which is undergoing testing, said Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran.Enriched uranium production has reached five kilograms per day, Salehi told reporters at the Natanz facility in central Iran in remarks broadcast by state TV.That compares with the level of 450 grams two months ago when it abandoned a number of commitments made under a landmark 2015 nuclear deal.Tehran decided in May to suspend certain commitments under the accord, a year after US President Donald Trump withdrew from the deal and...
November 04, 2019

Iran announces sharp rise in enriched uranium production

A convoy of Egyptian armored vehicles heads along a road in El-Arish on the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, in this Aug. 13, 2011 file photo. — AFP
Egypt army reports killing 83 militants in North Sinai
CAIRO — Egypt's army said Monday it had killed 83 militants in clashes in the restive Sinai Peninsula, where a Daesh (the so-called IS) affiliate has waged a long-running insurgency.Security forces "eliminated 77 takfiris", referring to Sunni Muslim extremists, who were found with stacks of weapons and ammunition in north and central Sinai, the army said.Six other "highly dangerous" militants were killed in shootouts in the region, the army said in a statement on a nationwide anti-militant operation between Sept. 28 and Nov. 4.Three soldiers were killed or wounded in the fighting, the statement added, without elaborating.About 61 "criminals, wanted individuals and suspects" were arrested, it said.Security forces also destroyed dozens of hideouts and...
November 04, 2019

Egypt army reports killing 83 militants in North Sinai

Iraqi demonstrators set tires ablaze behind the walls protecting the Iranian consulate in the Shiite Muslim shrine city of Karbala, south of Iraq's capital Baghdad, during Sunday night. — AFP
Iraq protests spread after 4 killed outside Iran consulate
KARBALA, Iraq — Four protesters were shot dead early Monday outside the Iranian consulate in Iraq's holy city of Karbala where demonstrators vented their anger at what they see as Tehran's meddling in their country's politics.The bloody unrest was part of a wave of ongoing protests, road blocks and a campaign of civil disobedience against the Iraqi government which the demonstrators accuse of rampant corruption and blame for poverty and unemployment.More than 270 people have lost their lives since the anti-government rallies broke out on Oct. 1, according to an AFP count, but officials have stopped providing precise casualty numbers in recent days.Late Sunday night, a crowd of protesters in Karbala gathered around the consulate of neighboring Iran, which they accuse of...
November 04, 2019

Iraq protests spread after 4 killed outside Iran consulate

Lebanese protesters wave the national flag during an anti-government demonstration in downtown Beirut, on Sunday. -AFP
Lebanon protests rage on as politicians stall
BEIRUT — Demonstrators in Lebanon tried to block key roads on Monday after a weekend of mass rallies confirmed that political promises had failed to extinguish the unprecedented protest movement.Nationwide cross-sectarian rallies have gripped Lebanon since Oct. 17, demanding a complete overhaul of a political system deemed inefficient and corrupt.The movement forced the government to resign last week and has spurred a raft of promises from political leaders, who have vowed to enact serious reforms to combat corruption.But on Monday demonstrators battled on, vowing to keep up their street movement until all their demands are met, including the formation of a technocratic government."The people in power are not serious" about forming a new government, said Aadi, a 30-year-old...
November 04, 2019

Lebanon protests rage on as politicians stall

Demonstrators set fire in front of the Iranian consulate, as they gather during ongoing anti-government protests in Kerbala, Iraq on Sunday. -Reuters
Three killed as Iraqi protesters try to break into Iran consulate in Kerbala
BAGHDAD - Iraqi security forces opened fire on a crowd of protesters trying to break into the Iranian consulate in the Shi'ite Muslim holy city of Kerbala overnight, killing three, security and medical sources said on Monday.Burning tires and chanting "Iran out, Kerbala remains free," the crowd assembled in front of the consulate late on Sunday."We came here today to revolt and hold a protest in front of the Iranian consulate. We came to pull down the Iranian flag and lift the Iraqi flag instead," said one protester in Kerbala who refused to be identified.Iraq's official human rights watchdog confirmed the deaths. The Iraqi High Commission for Human Rights (IHCHR) said three people were killed due to bullet wounds. A dozen were injured, including security...
November 04, 2019

Three killed as Iraqi protesters try to break into Iran consulate in Kerbala

An Iraqi protester shouts slogans during ongoing anti-government demonstrations in the eastern city of Diwaniyah on Sunday. Protesters in Iraq's capital and the country's south shut down streets and government offices in a new campaign of civil disobedience, escalating their month-long movement demanding change to the political system. — AFP
Iraq protests ramp up, shutting roads, offices and schools
BAGHDAD — Protesters in Iraq's capital and the country's south shut down streets and government offices in a new campaign of civil disobedience Sunday, escalating their month-long movement demanding change to the political system.Demonstrations broke out on Oct. 1 in outrage over rampant corruption and unemployment in Iraq, but were met with a violent crackdown that left dozens dead.Since resuming later last month, the protests have swelled again with the support of students and trade unions, who jointly announced a campaign of non-violent resistance on Sunday.In Baghdad, university-age demonstrators parked cars along main thoroughfares to block traffic on the first day of the work week in the country, as police officers looked on.Other students took part in sit-ins at their...
November 03, 2019

Iraq protests ramp up, shutting roads, offices and schools

Algerians take part in an anti-government demonstration in the capital Algiers on Friday. -AFP
Five candidates running to replace ousted Algerian president Bouteflika
ALGIERS - Five candidates, including two former prime ministers, will run to replace ousted Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the country's election authority said Saturday, amid widespread protests against the vote.A total of 23 candidates had submitted their papers to run and five were approved, head of the election authority Mohamed Charfi told reporters in Algiers.The list will be passed to the constitutional council for final validation.Former premiers Ali Benflis and Abdelmadjid Tebboune are considered front-runners in an election opposed by the mass protest movement that alongside the army forced Bouteflika to resign in April after 20 years in power.The other candidates are Azzedine Mihoubi, leader of the Democratic National Rally party (RND) that was part of...
November 03, 2019

Five candidates running to replace ousted Algerian president Bouteflika

Lebanese protesters wave flags and shout slogans during an anti-government demonstration at Al-Nour Square in the northern port city of Tripoli on Saturday. -AFP
Lebanese keep protest alive in northern city of Tripoli
TRIPOLI, LEBANON - Thousands of Lebanese flocked together in Tripoli Saturday, an AFP reporter said, to keep a protest movement alive in a northern city dubbed "the bride of the revolution".Despite its reputation for conservatism, impoverished Tripoli has emerged as a festive nerve center of anti-graft demonstrations across Lebanon since October 17.The movement has lost momentum in the capital since the government resigned this week, but in the Sunni-majority city of Tripoli late Saturday it was still going strong.In the main square, protesters waved Lebanese flags and held aloft mobile phones as torches, before bellowing out the national anthem in unison, the reporter said."Everyone means everyone," one poster read, reiterating a common slogan calling for all political...
November 03, 2019

Lebanese keep protest alive in northern city of Tripoli

Iraqi demonstrators are seen inside the high-rise building, called by Iraqis the Turkish Restaurant, during anti-government protests in Baghdad, on Saturday. -Reuters
Hollow building becomes centre of Iraq's uprising
BAGHDAD - The skeleton of a high-rise building overlooking Baghdad's central Tahrir Square known as the Turkish Restaurant has become a temporary home and a bustling center for protesters staging demonstrations against Iraq's ruling elites.On the ground floor, a group of young men calling themselves the logistical support committee organized stacks of donated clothes, food, and other supplies such as battery packs, blankets and cigarettes on Saturday to keep the once-empty building's new occupants well-stocked."We didn't know each other but here, we became one," said Abu Al-Baqir, wielding a large wooden stick. "We are all Iraqis."Dressed in combat trousers and wearing an Iraqi flag as a cape, the 35-year-old is the leader of the group, made up of 20-odd...
November 03, 2019

Hollow building becomes centre of Iraq's uprising

A Syrian man stands next to a burning motorcycle at the site of a car bomb explosion in the northern Syrian Kurdish town of Tal Abyad, on the border with Turkey, on Saturday. -AFP
At least 13 dead in car bomb in Syrian border town
TAL ABYAD, SYRIA - A car bomb killed at least 13 people in a Turkish-held border town in northeast Syria Saturday, as thousands of Kurds in the wider region protested against "Turkish occupation".The bombing ripped through Tal Abyad, one of several once Kurdish-controlled towns seized by Turkey last month in a deadly cross-border offensive.The blast came despite a truce last week to halt the Turkish assault that began on October 9 and sparked the latest humanitarian disaster of Syria's eight-year war.On Saturday, an AFP correspondent in Tal Abyad saw the remains of two motorbikes ablaze in the middle of a rubble-strewn street.A group of men carried the severely burnt body of a victim onto the back of a pickup truck, as a veiled young woman stood aghast by the side of the...
November 03, 2019

At least 13 dead in car bomb in Syrian border town

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