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Iran’s daily COVID death toll hits record high as cases surge
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Iran’s daily tally of coronavirus deaths hit a record high of 434 on Sunday, the…
Man rescued from rubble as Turkey quake death toll hits 51
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — A 70-year-old man was pulled from the rubble of a flattened building in western Turkey…
Iran imposes new restrictions to stem coronavirus spread: Rouhani
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Weddings, wakes and conferences will be banned in the Iranian capital until further notice as…
Iran brands U.S. ‘pirates’ over seized Venezuela-bound oil
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Iran accused the United States on Friday of acting like the “Pirates of the Caribbean”…
Strong earthquake kills 14 people in Turkey and Greek islands
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Fourteen people were killed in Turkey and Greece after a strong earthquake struck the Aegean…
Turkey has right to act if militants not cleared from Syria border – Erdogan
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Turkey had the legitimate right to…
Turkish court sentences U.S. consulate employee over aiding terrorist organization
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — An Istanbul court on Tuesday sentenced a local U.S. consulate employee to jail for aiding…
Blast at Pakistani religious school kills seven, wounds more than 80
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — A bomb blast at a religious seminary in the Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday…
Saudi Arabia condemns cartoons offending Prophet Mohammad
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Saudi Arabia, birthplace of Islam, on Tuesday condemned cartoons offending the Prophet Mohammad and any…
U.S. issues fresh Iran-related sanctions targeting state oil sector
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — The United States on Monday imposed fresh Iran-related sanctions targeting the Islamic Republic’s oil sector,…
Iran reports coronavirus death every five minutes
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Hospitals in many Iranian provinces are running out of capacity to handle coronavirus cases, health…
U.S. suspends Turkey visa services after reports on potential attacks
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — The U.S. Embassy in Ankara said it was temporarily suspending all American citizen and visa…