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January 1, 2018 8:18 AM

Anti- govt protests continue in several cities of Iran; 2 killed

At least two people have been killed and dozens arrested since protests broke out Thursday in the city of Masshad and spread to Tehran and other cities. An official in Tehran said that 200 people were arrested during the protests in the Iranian capital, the semi-official ILNA news agency reported. I...

January 1, 2018 7:22 AM

Venezuela raises minimum wage 40 %, stoking world's fastest inflation

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has announced a 40 percent increase to the minimum wage. In his televised year-end address, leftist Maduro said the new wage level would protect workers against what he calls Washington's economic war to sabotage socialism. Most economists say the government ...

January 1, 2018 7:22 AM

Venezuela raises minimum wage 40 %, stoking world's fastest inflation

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has announced a 40 percent increase to the minimum wage. In his televised year-end address, leftist Maduro said the new wage level would protect workers against what he calls Washington's economic war to sabotage socialism. Most economists say the government ...

January 1, 2018 7:21 AM

New year 2018 being celebrated across the world today

New year 2018 is being celebrated across the world today. New Zealand became the first country in the world to usher in the new year. Tens of thousands of New Zealanders took to streets and beaches, as the new year dawned in this southern hemisphere nation, fireworks boomed and crackled above city c...

January 1, 2018 6:57 AM

12 killed in Costa Rica plane crash

A small passenger plane crashed in Costa Rica, killing all 12 people on board, most of whom were foreign tourists. The country's security Ministry said the aircraft, a single-propellor Cessna 208 Caravan, came down in a mountainous area near the Pacific coastal beach town of Punta Islita in the...

January 1, 2018 6:56 AM

Citizens free to express criticism must not jeopardise security: Iranian Prez

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said that Iranian citizens were completely free to express their criticism of the government or stage protests in a way that would lead to the improvement of the country's conditions but must not jeopardise security. Speaking at a cabinet session, President ...

December 31, 2017 9:59 PM

Iran: Iron fist threatened if unrest continues

Iran's Revolutionary Guards have warned anti-government protesters they will face the nation's iron fist if political unrest continues. Three days of demonstrations over falling living standards have become the biggest show of dissent since pro-reform rallies in 2009. <br/><br/&gt...

December 31, 2017 8:13 PM

Palestine recalls its ambassador to Pakistan

Palestine has recalled its ambassador to Pakistan after India objected to his appearance in a public meeting along with 26/11 Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed. <br/><br/>A statement by the Palestinian foreign ministry said the minister of foreign affairs and expatriates under ...

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