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Iran says an Israeli strike in Syria killed two Revolutionary Guard members while on advisory mission
A Revolutionary Guard member stands guard in front of an Iranian domestically built missile displayed during Basij paramilitary force rally in support of the Palestinians in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Nov. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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Iran sends a hip-hop artist who rapped about hijab protests back to jail
FILE PHOTO: The Iranian flag waves in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, Austria, March 1, 2021. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File Photo
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The dream of normalizing ties between Saudi Arabia and Israel is not dead
Dennis Horak
food & wine
How Middle Eastern food is revitalizing Toronto’s Kensington Market
People reflected in the window of Eat Nabati, the Kensington Market cafe restaurant on November 11, 2023. (Cole Burston/The Globe and Mail)
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Detained Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi released on bail after year in jail
Smog covers Tehran on November 14, 2023, as Iranian authorities urged young schoolchildren and many civil servants in the capital to stay at home and warned people against engaging in any "outdoor activities" due to a spike in air pollution levels. Tehran, a city of around nine million people, suffers from chronic air pollution and regularly ranks among the world's most polluted cities. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP) (Photo by ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)
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Great Reads: Flying high in a Second World War icon, did Canada fumble its chance to finance critical minerals, and how Ukraine keeps its banks going
End of the production line at Victory Aircraft in Milton, Ontario, shows five almost completed Lancaster bombers that have been built by Canadians of all-Canadian materials for service during World War II. These aircraft are only a few hours from flight test, January 28, 1944.
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Pakistan and Iran are Afghanistan’s neighbours, but their treatment of Afghans is shameful
Shoaib Rahim
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Iran does not want Israel-Hamas conflict to spread, foreign minister says
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian speaks to an emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly on the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., October 26, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Segar
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Iranian teen injured on Tehran Metro while not wearing a headscarf has died, state media says
FILE - In this image from surveillance video aired by Iranian state television, women pull 16-year-old Armita Geravand from a train car on the Tehran Metro in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023. The Iranian teenage girl injured weeks ago in a mysterious incident on Tehran's Metro while not wearing a head scarf has died, Iranian state media reported Saturday, Oct. 28.(AP Photo/Iranian state television, File)
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U.S. strikes Iran-linked sites in Syria in retaliation for attacks on American troops
Pentagon spokesman Air Force Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder speaks at the Pentagon on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023 in Washington. The U.S. military launched airstrikes early Friday on two locations in eastern Syria linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Pentagon said, in retaliation for a slew of drone and missile attacks against U.S. bases and personnel in the region that began early last week. According to the Pentagon, there have been at least 12 attacks on U.S. bases and personnel in Iraq and four in Syria since Oct. 17. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)
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Iranian teenage girl Armita Geravand is ‘brain dead,’ state media reports
In this image from surveillance video aired by Iranian state television, women pull 16-year-old Armita Geravand from a train car on the Tehran Metro in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023. The mysterious injury suffered by Geravand not wearing a headscarf while boarding a Metro train in Iran's capital has reignited anger just after the one-year anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini and the nationwide protests it sparked. (AP Photo/Iranian state television)
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Iran sentences 2 journalists for collaborating with United States. Both covered Mahsa Amini’s death
FILE - A woman holds a placard with a picture of Iranian woman Mahsa Amini during a protest against her death, in Berlin, Germany, on Sept. 28, 2022. A court in Iran sentenced two female journalists to up to seven years in prison for “collaborating” with the United States government among other charges, local reports said Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023. Both have been imprisoned for over a year following their coverage of the death of Mahsa Amini while in police custody in September 2022. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)
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Even as Israel-Hamas war escalates, the global economy will be fine
John Rapley
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Hamas’s attack has opened up another front in the growing war against liberal democracy
Chris Alexander
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U.S. targets Iran missile, drone programs as UN measures lapse
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during The Third Belt and Road Forum at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. Several European officials including the French and Italian ambassadors to China and former French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin walked out while Putin spoke and returned afterwards. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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An antisemitic thread runs from Hamas to Tehran
Kaveh Shahrooz
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How Middle East tension could ripple through markets
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Sept. 26.
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How Hamas secretly built a ‘mini-army’ to fight Israel
FILE PHOTO: A Palestinian fighter from the armed wing of Hamas takes part in a military parade to mark the anniversary of the 2014 war with Israel, near the border in the central Gaza Strip, July 19, 2023. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/File Photo
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Oil surges nearly 6% after Israel begins ground raids into Gaza
Working oil pumpjacks dot the landscape on oilfields on the outskirts of Taft, Kern County, California on September 21, 2023. California produces 311,000 barrels of crude oil every day, around 2.4 percent of all US production, making it the seventh largest producing state in the union. But it is also at the leading edge of environmentalism in the United States, and is determined to shrink its dependency. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)
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U.S. Secretary of State Blinken calls on Israel to minimize civilian deaths ahead of expected ground invasion of Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) looks on as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken gives statements to the media inside The Kirya, which houses the Israeli Defence Ministry, after their meeting in Tel Aviv on October 12, 2023.
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CIA publicly acknowledges 1953 coup it backed in Iran was undemocratic as it revisits ‘Argo’ rescue
FILE - Former Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, left, is sentenced to three years solitary confinement by a military court after finding him guilty on 13 charges of acting against the shah, in Tehran, Iran on Dec. 21, 1953. In August 1953, a CIA-backed coup toppled Iran's prime minister, cementing the rule of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi for over 25 years before the 1979 Islamic Revolution. (AP Photo, File)
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Iran’s UN mission says Tehran not involved in Hamas attacks
A large crowd gathers at Palestine Square in Tehran, Iran to show support for the Hamas attacks on Israel, on Saturday Oct. 7, 2023. Iranian media and social media channels affiliated with the countryÕs Revolutionary Guard provided minute-by-minute updates of the sudden conflict on Saturday, boasting that Hamas militants had caught Israel off guard in one of the most serious security breaches in recent years. (The New York Times)
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Attack on Israel likely to boost appeal of gold, safe haven assets
A currency trader talks on the phone at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. Asian shares mostly rose Thursday, boosted by a cheaper yen that's a plus for exporting economies in the region, although it recovered slightly in Asian trading. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi reflects on decades of resistance against Iran’s regime
MADRID, SPAIN - MARCH 29: Iranian human rights lawyer and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize Shirin Ebadi (R) attends WomenNOW Summit by Santander Bank on March 29, 2019 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images)
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Jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi wins Nobel Peace Prize
Taghi Ramahi, husband of Narges Mohammadi, a jailed Iranian women's rights advocate, who won the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize, poses with an undated photo of himself and his wife, during an interview at his home in Paris, France, October 6, 2023. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
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Iran rights group says mother of hospitalized teenage girl arrested
FILE PHOTO: The Iranian flag waves in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters, before the beginning of a board of governors meeting, in Vienna, Austria, March 1, 2021. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File Photo/File Photo
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Canada opens applications for scholarships commemorating victims of Iran flight PS752
A woman views the photos of people killed on Flight PS752 during a protest against Iran on Parliament Hill, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022 in Ottawa. The families of those killed when Iran's Revolutionary Guard shot down Flight PS752 in January 2020 are demanding the federal government take a harder line against the regime. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Netanyahu tells UN that Israel is ‘at the cusp’ of a historic agreement with Saudi Arabia
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 78th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, U.S., September 22, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
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Iran’s parliament passes stricter head scarf law days after anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death
FILE - A woman holds a placard with a picture of Iranian woman Mahsa Amini during a protest against her death, in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. Iranian celebrities have been startlingly public in their support for the massive anti-government protests shaking their country. And the ruling establishment is lashing back. Celebrities have found themselves targeted for arrest, have had passports confiscated and faced other harassment. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)
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U.S.-bound plane leaves Doha with five Americans freed by Iran
FILE PHOTO: The Iranian and U.S. flags are seen printed on paper in this illustration taken January 27, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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Gunmen kill a member of Iran’s paramilitary force and wound 3 others on protest anniversary
This is a locator map for Iran with its capital, Tehran. (AP Photo)
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Iran’s security forces out in force a year after Mahsa Amini’s death, briefly detain her father
FILE PHOTO: A photo of Mahsa Amini is pictured at a condolence meeting organised by students and activists from Delhi University in support of anti-regime protests in Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini, in New Delhi, India, September 26, 2022. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis/File Photo
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Canada should honour Mahsa Amini’s memory by sanctioning her killers
Ratna Omidvar, Bill Browder and Brandon Silver
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Canada sanctions more Iran officials to mark one year since Mahsa Amini’s death
Canada is sanctioning more Iranian officials to mark the one-year anniversary of the death of a young woman that sparked global protests. Demonstrators rally at the National Mall to protest against the Iranian regime, in Washington, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022, following the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of the Islamic republic's notorious "morality police." THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Jose Luis Magana
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Mahsa Amini’s death anniversary sees heavy security in Iran, rights groups, witnesses say
FILE - A woman holds a placard with a picture of Iranian woman Mahsa Amini during a protest against her death, in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. Iranian celebrities have been startlingly public in their support for the massive anti-government protests shaking their country. And the ruling establishment is lashing back. Celebrities have found themselves targeted for arrest, have had passports confiscated and faced other harassment. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)