
War-torn Syria sets presidential election for 26 May
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War-torn Syria on Sunday set May 26 as the date for presidential elections expected to give incumbent President Bashar al-Assad a new term in office.
War-torn Syria on Sunday set May 26 as the date for presidential elections expected to give incumbent President Bashar al-Assad a new term in office.
Iran has started the process of enriching uranium to 60% fissile purity at an above-ground nuclear plant at Natanz, the UN nuclear watchdog said on Saturday, confirming earlier statements by Iranian officials.
Iran has finalized a deal with Russia over purchasing 60 million doses Sputnik V Coronavirus vaccine, state-run IRNA news agency reported Thursday.
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday its decision to boost uranium enrichment to 60% was a response to arch-foe Israel's "nuclear terrorism" against its Natanz facility, AFP reports.
Iran charged on Monday that its arch-enemy Israel was "of course" behind an attack on its main nuclear site, the Natanz uranium enrichment plant, and vowed "revenge... in due time".
Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of an ancient city in the desert outside Luxor that they say is the "largest" ever found in Egypt and dates back to a golden age of the pharaohs 3,000 years ago, AFP reported.
Turkey has passed 50,000 coronavirus infections per day, marking the highest level since the beginning of the pandemic, dpa reported. The Health Ministry reported late Wednesday a total of 54,740 new coronavirus infections and 276 deaths in one day.
The United States committed to move all remaining combat forces from Iraq without setting a clear timeline, news wires reported. The first "strategic dialogue" with Iraq under US President Joe Biden's administration comes as Iranian-linked Shiite paramilitary groups fire rockets on daily basis at bases with foreign troops.
President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced the United States would resume funding to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees that his predecessor Donald Trump had severed, news wires reported. In a call with Jordan's King Abdullah II, a longstanding US ally, Biden "affirmed that the United States supports a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict," a White House statement said.
After met in Tripoli on Tuesday his Libyan counterpart Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, Italy's PM Mario Draghi said that it was time for two Mediterranean countries to rebuild their friendship, ANSA reported.