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The troop pullback process in the area of Petrivske village in eastern Ukraine was completed, the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) spokesperson Oleksander Shtupun said on Monday. “The third day of the actual process of personnel, […]

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that a massive reserve of crude oil was discovered in Iran’s southwestern province of Khuzestan. The new field has 53 billion barrels of crude oil, Rouhani said. The […]

Up to 319 people died in anti-government demonstrations since early October in Iraq, an official news agency said on Sunday. The latest death toll of the ongoing protests included both protesters and security members, the […]

Australian researchers are trialling a novel way of treating sea lion pups for hookworm, in the hope they can help populations of the endangered species recover, it was revealed on Friday. Sea lions are a […]

A new round of power blackouts hit South Africa on Thursday, plunging large parts of the country into darkness, according to a South African public electricity utility. “Today we lost three additional generation units and […]

A 5.9-magnitude earthquake hit the Tark region in Iran’s northwestern East Azarbaijan province at 2:17 a.m. local time Friday (2247 GMT on Thursday night), according to Iran’s Seismological Center. The epicenter of the earthquake was […]

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) monitors a new anti-doping act in the United States, which aims at criminalizing international doping conspiracies, said WADA president Craig Reedie here. The act, named the Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act, was […]

A 5.4-magnitude earthquake hit Roydar region in Iran’s southern Hormozgan province on Wednesday, according to Iran’s Seismological Center. The epicenter of earthquake, which took place at 11:10 local time (0740 GMT), was at the depth […]