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                <title><![CDATA[Iran allows longer operating hours at key Tehran airports]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, May 19: Tehran’s two main airports have expanded their daily operating hours, allowing a broader flight schedule for both domestic and international services, Iran’s Civil...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 09:34:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Trump says attack on Iran delayed as Qatar, Saudi Arabia and UAE push diplomacy]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Trump targets Iran and “fake news media” in latest social media post]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Germany urges Iran to open Strait of Hormuz as IEA warns of rapidly shrinking oil inventories]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Iran says it has responded to latest US proposal as Iranian President Pezeshkian calls for negotiations]]></title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 12:31:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Strong quake in south China kills 2 and triggers evacuation of 7,000]]></title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 10:33:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[4 crew members eject safely after two Navy jets crash during air show in Idaho]]></title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 10:22:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Iran says 6,500 arrested since start of war as CENTCOM calls Tehran global threat]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, May 18: Iran’s police chief Ahmadreza Radan said security forces have arrested 6,500 people since the outbreak of the war involving the United States and Israel on Feb. 28,...]]></description>
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                <title><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia intercepts and destroys three drones entering from Iraqi airspace]]></title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 23:31:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Iran’s Prison Horror: Survivors Reveal System of Rape, Torture and Psychological Abuse]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, May 17: A growing body of testimony from inside Iran’s prison system is exposing a grim reality: detainees are subjected not only to brutality but to systematic sexual viol...]]></description>
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                <title><![CDATA[Attack near Barakah Nuclear Plant in UAE shows 'Criminal Disregard' for civilian lives]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[ABU DHABI, May 17: Anwar Gargash, an Emirati politician who served as the minister of state for foreign affairs, has strongly condemned the drone attack near the Barakah nuclear pl...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 21:14:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[“Clock is ticking for Iran,” Trump warns in fresh escalation]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, May 17: US President Donald Trump has issued a new warning to Iran, saying that “the clock is ticking” for its leadership to take action, in a post on Truth Social on S...]]></description>
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                <title><![CDATA[UAE says it has full rights to respond to 'Terrorist Attacks' on nuclear plant]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[ABU DHABI, May 17: The United Arab Emirates has told the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that it reserves the full right to respond following a drone strike that caused a...]]></description>
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                <title><![CDATA[Eid al-Adha set for May 27 in Saudi Arabia]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[RIYADH, May 17: Saudi Arabia has announced that Monday, 18th May, will mark the first day of Dhul-Hijjah for the year 1447 AH, setting key dates for the upcoming Hajj season and Ei...]]></description>
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                <title><![CDATA[UAE intercepts three UAVs, one strikes area near Barakah nuclear plant]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[ABU DHABI, May 17: The UAE Ministry of Defence has announced that its air defence systems intercepted three unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that entered the country from the wester...]]></description>
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                <title><![CDATA[IAEA says radiation normal after drone strike near UAE nuclear plant]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[ABU DHABI, May 17: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has confirmed that radiation levels remained normal at the United Arab Emirates’ Barakah Nuclear Power Plant follow...]]></description>
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                <title><![CDATA[Streeting of the Labour Party wants to be Britain's next prime minister]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[LONDON, May 17, (AP): Wes Streeting's ambition to head the British government was one of the worst-kept secrets in UK politics. But if anyone was unaware, it's now official - the f...]]></description>
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                <title><![CDATA[US sets 5 conditions on Iran proposals, demands 400kg uranium transfer and nuclear limits]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Iranian lawmaker warns Bahrain over ‘anti-Iran move’ while Bahrain confirms 'highest levels' of readiness]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Drone strike sparks fire near Barakah Nuclear Power Plant in Abu Dhabi]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[ABU DHABI, May 17: Authorities in Abu Dhabi said emergency teams responded to a fire that erupted in an electrical generator outside the inner perimeter of the Barakah Nuclear Powe...]]></description>
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                <title><![CDATA[Driver plows into pedestrians in Modena, 8 injured as driver detained after attempted escape]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[USS Ford returns home after 11-month deployment supporting Iran war and Maduro's capture]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Iran to Unveil Strait of Hormuz Traffic Mechanism, Plans Shipping Fees]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Firefighter killed, 11 injured in lumber mill explosion and massive fire in Maine]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Trump says Islamic State group leader was killed in a joint US-Nigerian mission]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Iran’s President Thanks Pope Leo Over Iran War Stance as Pope Reiterates Opposition to Nuclear Arms]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Trump Weighs Iran Options After China Trip as China Distances Itself From Iran after Trump-Xi summit]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[India Hikes Fuel Prices After Election Period by ₹3, While Pakistan Reduces Fuel Costs by Rs5]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Iraqi National Charged in US Over Alleged Plot of Multiple Terror Attacks in Europe]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[UAE Slams Iran Over Attempts to Justify Attacks on Gulf Countries]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Iran's Foreign Minister Says Hormuz Not Closed, Allows Friendly Shipping Through Key Waterway]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Palestinians Mark 78th Nakba Anniversary as Reports Emerge of Mahmoud Abbas’s Son’s Rising Political Role]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Worsening Medicine Crisis Hits Iranians; While Regime Calls for UN Security Council Reform at BRICS Summit]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[UAE Accelerates Key Pipeline to Bypass Strait of Hormuz Route]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Trump, Xi Agree on Keeping Strait of Hormuz Open Without Tolls or Military Control]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[US offers $15 million bounty on Iranian Regime-linked drone production officials]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[FBI offers $200,000 reward for ex-FBI counterintelligence officer spying for Iran]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[UAE condemns “terrorist attack” on Indian vessel off Oman coast, warns of threat to maritime security]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Iran warns against politicizing World Cup amid visa concerns, as ex-FBI official warns of Iranian regime's sleeper cell threat]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Indian cargo vessel sinks near Hormuz after suspected drone attack, as Iranian FM attends BRICS meet in India]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[CENTCOM says 70 ships turned back to Iranian Ports while Iranian Regime allows select vessels through Hormuz]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Now, Iranian regime proposes charges on undersea internet cables in Hormuz]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Trump, Xi agree Strait of Hormuz ‘must remain open’]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[India condemns attack on Indian-flagged ship off Oman coast]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Video: Women gang behind Muscat home burglaries arrested]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Latvian prime minister resigns after controversy over stray Ukrainian drones]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Heavy rain and lightning kill at least 96 people in northern India]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Top US officials warn Iran nearing nuclear weapons capability]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Iran likely behind cargo ship attack near Strait of Hormuz, South Korea says]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Iranian Regime Executes One More Protester Detained During January Unrest]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[India, Iran Hold Talks on Bilateral and Regional Issues Ahead of BRICS Meeting]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Gunfire Reported at Philippine Senate as Senator Accused by ICC Remains Holed Up Amid Arrest Standoff]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Trump Receives Grand Welcome in China Ahead of Xi Summit]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Brazil's Lula launches $2 billion anti-organized crime project ahead of elections]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[12 hospitalized after torrential rains trigger severe floods in northern Turkey]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Macron faces backlash after interrupting Africa summit panel in Kenya]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Iranian Regime Executes One More Without Sufficient Evidence, Poet Peyman Farahavar To Be Hanged]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Iranian Regime Preparing for Possible Renewed Conflict; Australia to Join UK-Led Hormuz Security Mission]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[6 Chinese-Linked Tankers Cross Hormuz Amid Iran’s Sea-Based Crude Exports Halt for 28 Days]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[US Senator and Former Envoy Criticize Pakistan Over Iranian Aircraft Reports; Pakistan Rejects Claims]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[US Considers ‘Operation Sledgehammer’ Name if Iran Truce Collapses]]></title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 23:36:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Exiled Prince Reza Pahlavi Calls Iran Regime a ‘Wounded Beast’ Dominated by IRGC]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Bahrain Court Sentences Defendants in Sabotage, IRGC Links, and Cybercrime Cases]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Trump Says Iran Will “100%” Halt Enrichment as Iranian Regime  Takes Dispute to Hague Court]]></title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 16:42:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Indian rupee slumps to record low as India's PM urges austerity measures on fuel, gold, and travel]]></title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 11:52:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Bomb rigged to rickshaw explodes in Pakistan bazaar, killing 9 people]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[PESHAWAR, Pakistan, May 12, (AP): A bomb  rigged to a rickshaw exploded in a bazaar in northwest Pakistan on  Tuesday, killing at least nine people and wounding more than two dozen...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 11:46:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Iranian Regime Says Public Anger Over Internet Blackout Is Justified as 74-Day Shutdown Crushes Businesses]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Iranian studies organization seeks UN, EU condemnation over campus strikes]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, May 12: A leading international academic body specializing in Iranian studies has called on the United Nations and the European Union to condemn alleged US-Israeli strikes...]]></description>
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                <title><![CDATA[Australia sanctions Iran over “Brutal Oppression” of Iranians as US, UK Push for Reopening of Hormuz]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[CANBERRA, May 12: Australia imposed targeted sanctions on seven Iranian individuals and four entities over what it described as Tehran’s “brutal oppression” of its people and effor...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 09:49:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Pakistan Rejects CBS Report on Iranian Aircraft Presence as ‘Misleading’]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD, May 12: Pakistan dismissed a report by CBS News claiming that Iranian military aircraft were parked at Pakistani airbases to avoid possible US strikes, calling the alleg...]]></description>
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                <title><![CDATA[CBS News Claims Pakistan Allowed Iranian Military Aircraft to Park at Nur Khan Air Base]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[WASINGTON, May 11: Pakistan allowed Iranian military aircraft to park on its airfields following recent regional tensions, potentially shielding them from possible US strikes, acco...]]></description>
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                <title><![CDATA[US Sanctions 10 Individuals, Firms For Supplying Iran Drone and Missile Components]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Trump Says Iran Ceasefire on ‘Massive Life Support’ After Tehran’s ‘Garbage’ Response]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[9 Arrested in Thailand After Largest Ivory Haul in 10 Years]]></title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 15:24:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[China-US Anti-Drug Operation Dismantles Drug Trafficking Ring, 5 Suspects Detained]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[SHANGHAI, May 11: The Ministry of Public Security of China said on Monday that Chinese and US authorities had jointly dismantled a cross-border drug trafficking network in a coordi...]]></description>
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                <title><![CDATA[35 Million in Iran Face Water Shortages as Officials Urge Energy Saving, While Iranian Regime Hails Nation as ‘4th Superpower.’]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Philippine House votes to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Thailand's former PM Thaksin released from prison]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Turkish Airlines Flight Passengers Evacuated at Kathmandu Airport Following Landing Gear Smoke]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Starmer pledges to bring Britain closer to the EU as he fights calls for his ouster]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Iranian Regime Executes Researcher without sufficient evidence; Questions Grow Over Ghalibaf Family’s Australian Property ties]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[One Evacuee Diagnosed With Hantavirus, Second Passenger Shows Symptoms on Flight]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Iranian Regime Releases Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi on Bail for Medical Treatment]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Trump rejects Iran's response to US proposal as 'totally unacceptable']]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Trump Escalates Rhetoric on Iran, Says “They Will Be Laughing No Longer”]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[US Redirects 61 Iranian Ships, Disables 4 in Hormuz Blockade Operation]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Iranians Abroad Stage Anti-Government Protests in Switzerland, Japan, and Australia]]></title>
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                <title><![CDATA[Iranian Regime Delivers Reply to US War-End Proposal Through Pakistan]]></title>
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