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The Islamic Republic of Iran has the second largest reserves of natural gas, and the third largest reserves of oil, in the world. In the past thirty years, the country has received more than $1.4 trillion from the sale of oil alone. Yet in this resource-rich country, the people of Iran have been suffering economically. Today, over 40 million Iranians live in absolute poverty, and nearly 70 percent of the population falls below the relative poverty line.
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The European political machine actively conspires to silence Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi through a calculated strategy of diplomatic betrayal and systemic negligence. European leaders prioritize their blood-soaked deals with the Islamic Republic over the democratic aspirations of the Iranian people, effectively acting as the silent executioners of the opposition.
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President Donald Trump intensified scrutiny of the Southern Poverty Law Center following a sweeping federal indictment, declaring that if the allegations are proven true, the 2020 presidential election should be "permanently wiped from the books."
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The criminal indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center this week was met with much outrage but little surprise from civil rights leaders, who have for more than a year prepared for heightened legal scrutiny from the Trump administration...
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Pakistan's Foreign Ministry said on Friday that Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar received a phone call from Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi on Friday, where Dar underscored the importance of dialog and engagement to address outstanding issues.
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Israel has until now not sufficiently grasped the importance of the information war. It has allowed Hamas to run circles around it, putting out lie after lie, without the IDF ever providing a thorough, systematic, and rapid rebuttal to those calumnies.
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House Republicans are facing a fresh challenge in the 2026 midterms: the Homeland Political Action Committee, a new conservative super PAC targeting Republican members of Congress who support immigration reform legislation. The group's initial goal is to unseat Republicans...
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A clear majority of Americans blame President Donald Trump for surging gasoline prices, which is weighing on his Republican Party ahead of November's congressional midterm elections, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.
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A proposed bill to allow terminally ill adults in England and Wales to choose to end their lives is set to fall Friday as parliamentary time runs out.
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Two forest fires continued to spread toward residential areas in a northern Japanese town on Friday, prompting authorities to expand evacuation orders to more than 3,000 people as firefighters struggled to bring the blazes under control, according to media reports. The fires...
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Tesla's much-touted autonomous "robotaxi," called the Cybercab, has started production, CEO Elon Musk said on Friday, the same week that the carmaker reported first-quarter profits that beat expectations.