TEHRAN -- Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) on Thursday announced that it will press on with plans to boost its regional clout and boost Iran's missile power, Tasnim news agency reported.
In a statement, the IRGC said that the U.S. President Donald Trump's recent aggressive remarks against Iran's defense program and his plan to impose sanctions on the IRGC were an indication of their anger at the IRGC's effective role in the region. (Iran-IRGC-Missile)
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ISTANBUL -- Top envoys from the Developing 8 countries met in Istanbul on Thursday on ways to boost trade relations in a wide range of areas to better address global challenges.
"We need to use our wealthy potentials more effectively by creating business partnerships in a broad range of fields," Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said at the opening session. (Turkey-D-8 Meeting)
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GAZA -- Islamic Hamas movement rejected Thursday the demands of the U.S. Middle East Envoy Jason Greenblatt to accept the requirements of the International Quartet for Peace in the region.
"Hamas movement expresses its rejection to the American blackmail and bias demands that serves the Israeli interests, and has been earlier explained by Greenblatt," Hamas said in an official press statement. (Gaza-Hamas)
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TRIPOLI -- The UN migration agency is carrying out an emergency support plan to assist migrants in Libya, especially in the west, UN Support Mission in Libya said in a report on Thursday.
"In the aftermath of weeks of conflict in the Libyan coastal city of Sabratha, at least 14,000 migrants, previously held in numerous informal detention centres and camps, have been transferred to a hangar in the city's Dahman area, where the International Organization for Migration (IOM) is providing emergency assistance," the support mission said. (UN-Libya) Enditem
