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Iran orders village evacuation over dam failure
Heavy snow hits most parts of Iran as officials order the evacuation of a village over a potential dam failure.

Heavy snow hits most parts of Iran as officials order the evacuation of a village over a potential dam failure.

Myanmar sentences a Muslim Rohingya to death over his alleged role in a deadly attack on police last October.

A senior Iranian official says Western countries must make amends for their shortcomings in implementation of the JCPOA.

Iran says it expects to receive two more Airbus planes within the next few weeks.

The Egyptian and Lebanese presidents agree they need to jointly fight terrorism.

An academic says Saudi Arabia is seeking to tighten its grip on Yemen by declaring Hudaydah a military zone in an effort to impose its will on Yemenis.

At least 13 people are killed in a bomb attack targeting a protest rally in the Pakistani city of Lahore.

An activist says there there is a rise of fascism on the back of Islamophobia and hatred of Muslims which is extremely worrying because such demonization always leads to ethnic cleansing.

World leaders should not pay attention to President Trump's statements because he would change his mind within a few minutes, a journalist says.

The UN chief says he deeply regrets the US veto of Palestinian ex-PM as UN’s envoy to Libya.

A Kenyan court jails seven officials of the country's medics union for not ending a strike paralyzing the health care sector.

Iran sentences a 62-year-old man to a 10-year prison term on the charge of espionage.

According to a local activist, Monday's violence occurred near Tshimbulu in Kasai-Central Province of DR Congo.

President Trump has grown frustrated with a number of his senior advisers and cabinet members.

A senior member of the Hamas military wing replaces Ismail Haniyah as the movement’s new chief in Gaza.

Iran’s naval forces successfully repulse a pirate attack on an Iranian merchant vessel in the strait of Bab el-Mandeb.

Some 4.7 billion barrels of these reserves are recoverable, said Seyyed Saleh Hendi who also announced the discovery of 128 trillion cubic feet of gas.

Trump’s national security adviser, Michael Flynn, is under attack for contacting Russia’s ambassador over US sanctions.