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Russia to start building Iran nuclear reactors

Russia will begin building two nuclear reactors in Iran next week, a top Iranian atomic energy official has said. The news comes a year after Tehran signed a contract with Moscow to construct a further two reactors at the existing Russian-built Bushehr power plant in southern Iran. Behrouz Kamalvandi, deputy[…]

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Two wounded in blast at Istanbul airport

An explosion at Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen airport wounded two cleaning staff on a plane, but the cause of the blast was not clear, Pegasus airline said on Wednesday. Pegasus said the blast occurred at 2:05 am (7.05 p.m. Et Tuesday) when no passengers were in the area and that operations[…]

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Iraqi troops storm into center of IS-held Ramadi

Iraq’s armed forces stormed the center of Ramadi on Tuesday, a spokesman for the counter-terrorism units said, in a drive to dislodge Islamic State militants from their remaining stronghold in a city they captured in May. The operation to recapture Ramadi, a Sunni Muslim city on the river Euphrates some[…]

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IS shelling of Syrian school area kills nine

Islamic State militants shelled a school district in eastern Syria on Tuesday, killing at least nine students and wounding around 20 other people, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said. Syrian state media said nine girls had been killed and said “shells fired by terrorists” had hit the[…]

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Davutoglu condemns Russia for strikes on Idlib

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Tuesday condemned an attack on the rebel-held Syrian city of Idlib, believed to have been carried out by Russian jets, and said Syria will not be part of “Russian imperialist goals”. Relations between Ankara and Moscow are already at their worst in recent memory[…]

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US officials, activists push back against Islamophobia

The past week has witnessed a spike in hate crimes against Muslim Americans, including vandalism of mosques and verbal and physical assaults on followers of the faith. However, civil rights activists, interfaith groups and government officials are pushing back against the rise of anti-Muslim sentiment. In Seattle, Washington, the city[…]

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