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Iran Suspects Israeli Involvement in Assassination of Top Nuclear Commander

ForeignDeskNewsNovember 27, 2020November 28, 2020

A top Iranian Revolutionary Guard commander, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, was allegedly assassinated Friday near Tehran, and Iranian officials are expressing suspicion that Israel was behind the attack. “Terrorists murdered an...

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Journalist Detained in China for Reporting on Covid-19

ForeignDeskNewsNovember 16, 2020November 23, 2020

A 37-year-old journalist may face five years in prison in China for spreading ‘misinformation’ about the government’s response to the virus, The Guardian has reported. Zhang Zhan, was arrested...

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Experts: Progress in Middle East Likely to be Upheld By Freedom-Seeking Youth

ForeignDeskNewsNovember 12, 2020November 23, 2020

Author and Former Advisor to President Trump, Dr. Walid Phares and Former White House Advisor, Bijan Kian say it would be difficult, if not impossible, to reverse the progress...

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Iran to Arab neighbors: ‘Trump’s Gone. Show Allegiance to Iran, Or Else!’

ForeignDeskNewsNovember 11, 2020November 23, 2020

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif sent a message to its neighboring Persian Gulf states, warning that they can no longer rely on the U.S. for protection and must begin...

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Iranian Foreign Minister Doubles Down on Biden as Iran’s Preferred Candidate

ForeignDeskNewsNovember 5, 2020November 23, 2020

Javad Zarif, Iran’s Foreign Minister said he finds Joe Biden’s campaign “more promising” for Iran in an interview with CBS News this week. “The statements by the Biden camp...

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Iran Compares U.S. to ‘Pirates’ for Selling Seized Iranian Oil

ForeignDeskNewsNovember 2, 2020November 23, 2020

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh compared the U.S. to the “Pirates of the Caribbean” after the United States announced it seized and sold Iranian crude oil intended for...

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ISIS Philippines militant allegedly threatens to behead Christian captives

ForeignDeskNewsMay 30, 2017

As the Philippines army battles ISIS-aligned terrorists in the country’s southern city of Marawi, the fate of dozens of Christians kidnapped by the jihadi group remains in the balance...

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On eve of 9/11 anniversary, Al Qaeda threatens more attacks

ForeignDeskNewsSeptember 9, 2016

Days before the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, terror group Al Qaeda has released a video referring to the day as a “slap” to the U.S. and...

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Pakistan: Thousands of Christian and Hindu girls forced to convert to Islam and into marriages

ForeignDeskNewsAugust 12, 2016

Young Hindu and Christian girls in Pakistan are being kidnapped and forced to undergo Islamic conversions before being married off to their captors, according to Pakistani activists. At rallies...

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Pakistan fears increase in ISIS presence and recruitment

ForeignDeskNewsApril 13, 2016

Islamic State recruiters operating at religious schools and universities across Pakistan have fueled concerns about the terror group’s growing presence, despite Pakistani military campaign efforts to target and crush...

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ISIS Philippines militant allegedly threatens to behead Christian captives

On eve of 9/11 anniversary, Al Qaeda threatens more attacks

Pakistan: Thousands of Christian and Hindu girls forced to convert to Islam and into marriages

Pakistan fears increase in ISIS presence and recruitment

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