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Iran's new DDF system fully operational: cmdr.

Sat Oct 5, 2013 21:54:42

A senior Iranian commander says the enemy can no longer conceal itself since the new Digital Direction Finder (DDF) system has become fully operational.

Iran to launch new indigenous satellite soon: official

Sat Oct 5, 2013 21:20:26

Iran plans to launch a new advanced home-made satellite into the orbit in near future, an Iranian aerospace official says.

Iran Majlis delegation heads to Geneva for IPU confab

Sat Oct 5, 2013 20:08:49

An Iranian parliamentary delegation has departed Tehran for Switzerland to participate in the 129th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly in Geneva.

Five people, including two journalists killed in Iraq

Sat Oct 5, 2013 19:06:40

Attacks across Iraq have killed five people, including two journalists, and wounded five others, officials say.

Syria talks to fail without Iran: Top UN diplomat

Sat Oct 5, 2013 18:13:34

UN under-secretary-general for political affairs says the ongoing crisis in Syria cannot be resolved without the presence of Iran in upcoming negotiations.

Israeli settlers destroy olive trees in WB: farmers

Sat Oct 5, 2013 17:08:53

A group of Israeli settlers have destroyed dozens of olive trees in the occupied West Bank as the annual harvest of the important crop begins, Palestinian farmers say.

Iran should isolate global Zionism: Iranian official

Sat Oct 5, 2013 16:22:53

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s chief of staff says the Islamic Republic should isolate “global Zionism.”

Egypt's military destroyed over 1,000 Gaza tunnels

Sat Oct 5, 2013 14:48:31

Egypt’s military forces have demolished 1,055 supply tunnels at the nation’s borders with the Gaza Strip since January 2011, according to the commander of the Egyptian border guard forces.

Syrian asylum seekers rejected at UK border

Sat Oct 5, 2013 13:50:30

British border police have turned away 60 Syrian asylum seekers at the French border port of Calais that were ‘desperately’ trying to enter Britain due to their mistreatment by French authorities.

Slave labor in Qatar raises FIFA concerns

Sat Oct 5, 2013 12:07:17

Amid new revelations that scores of foreign construction workers have died last summer in Qatar under conditions described as slave labor, chief of world football federation FIFA has finally expressed concerns over the issue, vowing to discuss it with Qatar’s new emir.

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