1235 GMT March 02, 2021
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Iran’s deputy Foreign Minister described any efforts to pass anti-Iranian resolution by the United Nation nuclear watchdog’s Board of Governors as unconstructive.
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Rapporteur for Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Abolfazl Amouei on Monday said Tehran will strongly react if the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors issues an anti-Iran resolution.
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A group of Armenian protesters barged into a government building in the capital chanting for Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to quit as rival rallies were held later on Monday.
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A French court found former president Nicolas Sarkozy guilty on Monday of trying to bribe a judge and influence peddling, making him the second head of state in modern-day France to be convicted of corruption.
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A Myanmar court filed two more charges against ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday, a lawyer acting for her said, as protesters marched in defiance of a crackdown by security forces that killed at least 18 people the previous day.
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The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department (TMPD) is advising the public to be on the alert against suspicious phone calls from scam artists taking advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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China's new rules governing school disciplinary methods came into force on Monday, banning physical punishment and verbal abuse in primary and secondary schools.
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A coalition of UK aid agencies warned Monday that the COVID-19 pandemic is worsening the “dire humanitarian” crisis in fragile states and raising the risk of famine, including in Yemen.
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The portion of male births of the total newborns in South Korea declined to a record low last year, data showed on Monday, in the latest sign that traditional preference for male children has waned.
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Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araqchi expressed “serious concern” about the presence of Takfiri terrorist groups in the Nagorno-Karabakh region – the scene of recent deadly clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
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Wales became the first of the UK nations to make it illegal to smoke on hospital and school grounds, public playgrounds and other outdoor day care and childminding settings.
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The daily death toll from the coronavirus pandemic in Iran notched above 100 on Monday, returning to a three-digit number after several weeks.
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Iran’s Foreign Ministry “categorically” rejected the Tel Aviv regime’s allegation of Iran’s involvement in a recent explosion on an Israeli-owned ship in the Sea of Oman.
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Human Rights Watch and Rohingya Muslim refugees in India urged the government on Monday to provide refuge to 81 Rohingya people whose boat has been drifting in the Andaman Sea for over two weeks.
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Former US president Donald Trump hinted on Sunday at a possible presidential run in 2024, attacked President Joe Biden and repeated his fraudulent claims he won the 2020 election in his first major appearance since leaving the White House nearly six weeks ago.
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