Turkey hosts latest diplomatic push on ME war

ANTALYA, Apr 18 (AFP): No date has been set for the next round of Iran-US peace talks brokered by Pakistan following the failure of the first one, Iran's deputy foreign minister said on Saturday."Until we agree on the framework, we cannot set the date," Saeed Khatibzadeh told journalists on the...

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Iran says its enriched uranium 'not going to be transferred'

TEHRAN, Apr 18 (AFP): Iran's foreign ministry on Friday said the country's stockpile of enriched uranium would not be transferred "anywhere", denying an earlier claim by US President Donald Trump that the Islamic republic had agreed to hand it over."Iran's enriched uranium is not going to be transferred anywhere," Iranian...

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Families in Iran struggle with school closures even as airstrikes stopped

TEHRAN, Apr 18 (AP): Mahnaz Ataei, a finance manager in Tehran, brings her 7-year-old to the office and oversees his online classes while trying to do her job.Schools have been closed across Iran since the United States and Israel launched the war on Feb. 28, with no word on when...

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One dead as car hits pedestrians in Melbourne

MELBOURNE, Apr 18 (BBC): Police have arrested a man in Melbourne after a car mounted a kerb and crashed into pedestrians, killing one.A grey Toyota struck two pedestrians on Langs Road in the Ascot Vale suburb just before 17:00 local time on Saturday, Victoria Police said.One pedestrian died at the...

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