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Trump is staring down a deadline to keep the Iran nuclear deal alive

President Donald Trump has multiple opportunities to scrap the Iran nuclear agreement in the coming days, and the energy market will be watching for signs that his patience with an accord he calls the “worst deal ever” is wearing thin. That 2015 deal — President Barack Obama‘s signature foreign policy achievement — lifted crippling sanctions against Iran in exchange for… Read more »

Iran Hit By Series Of Moderate Quakes, Most In Iraqi Border Region

Damage caused by a major quake in Iran’s western Kermanshah province in November Share A series of moderate earthquakes struck near the Iran-Iraq border and other areas of Iran on January 11, most of them occurring in the same region hit by a major quake in November that killed over 530 people. Four people suffered minor injuries from the latest… Read more »

Worries in Iran as Trump mulls new nuclear sanctions

US President Donald Trump is set to decide whether or not to reimpose wide-ranging sanctions on Iran, the latest in a series of actions that put into question the survival of the 2015 nuclear agreement between world powers and the Islamic Republic. Trump, who has repeatedly vowed to “rip up” the deal signed by his predecessor Barack Obama, is expected… Read more »

Indian man carves road through hills so children can attend school

Jalandhar Nayak used a chisel, hoe and pickaxe to dig five-mile route, with officials planning to compensate him for his efforts Jalandhar Nayak and his family are the only residents of the remote village of Gumsahi in eastern India. Photograph: BBC India Michael Safi in Delhi 1937 A man in a remote eastern Indian village has single-handedly carved a five-mile… Read more »

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Recently in Iran and Iraq there was an earthquake. This earthquake killed more than 450 people and injured 7000. It also destroyed many houses, leaving approximately 70000 citizens of Iran homeless. This was a devastating earthquake. People in the us rushed to create funds for the Iranian people. But all of these relief efforts were soon shot down due to… Read more »

Iran earthquake: Baby found alive in rubble three days after tremors

Many people called the rescue a “miracle”, expressing that the child’s survival is cause for hope after the tragedy Rescue workers have found a baby alive and well, three days after a deadly earthquake that struck on the Iran-Iraq border. The child was found amid the rubble of the town of Sarpol-e-Zahab on Wednesday morning – two and a half… Read more »

US sanctions snag donations to Iran earthquake victims

An estimated 70,000 people have been left homeless following the 7.3-magnitude quake on Sunday [Atta Kenare/AFP]When Tohid Najafi first learned that a devastating 7.3 magnitude earthquake had struck his native country, Iran, he wasted no time. A medical professional based in Detroit, US, Najafi quickly set up a Facebook page to raise money for the families of the victims and… Read more »

Iran-Iraq earthquake: Olympic champion auctions gold medal for victims

An Iranian weightlifter has put his Rio 2016 gold medal up for auction to raise money for the victims of last week’s deadly 7.3-magnitude earthquake near the Iran-Iraq border. Kianoush Rostami, 26, announced the news on his Instagram page. More than 400 people were killed and close to 10,000 injured in the quake. The western Kermanshah province is the worst-affected… Read more »

Iran factions use earthquake relief effort to pursue power struggle

ANKARA (Reuters) – Political infighting among Iran’s ruling elite has moved on to a new battleground – the relief effort after an earthquake that killed at least 530 people and injured thousands. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei meets with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and other officials following an earthquake that hit Kermansheh province, in Tehran, Iran November 15, 2017…. Read more »

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I do not know much about central and southern Asia yet but do have some prior knowledge on the topic of women rights. I know that that is a topic not of then discussed in those arias of the world. That women in India often go to classes on how to properly hit men with big sticks in the threat… Read more »