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Oct 20, 2022
Iranian climber Elnaz Rekabi greeted as hero after competing without hijab
Climber apologizes for causing concern as doubts swirl about her safety.
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WORLD
Oct 20, 2022
Deadly Iran jail fire erupted during police clash with inmates
The bloody crackdown by the police and the deadly fire on the evening of Oct. 15, whose origins are disputed, have shaken a society already on edge after a month of violence.
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WORLD
Oct 19, 2022
Iran agrees to ship missiles and more drones to Russia, defying the West
The appearance of Iranian missiles in addition to drones in Moscow's arsenal in the war with Ukraine would raise tensions between Iran and the United States.
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WORLD
Oct 18, 2022
Iran prison fire toll doubles as protest tensions surge
Human rights groups say they doubt the official version of events and fear the real toll could be higher.
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WORLD
Oct 16, 2022
Fire erupts at Iran’s most notorious prison amid national protests
Contradictory reports on social media cited an explosive device, an attempted escape and an infiltration of the prison from the outside.
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COMMENTARY / World
Oct 11, 2022
Back to the brink in Iran
After decades of repression and corruption, Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and his fellow hard-liners will find it difficult to quell the current unrest with force alone.
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WORLD
Oct 11, 2022
Fame no shield from 'frightening' Iran arrest wave
The list of those rounded up so far includes prominent athletes, artists, journalists, lawyers, activists and technology experts.
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SOCCER
Oct 11, 2022
Iran returns soccer legend Ali Daei's seized passport over protests
The retired Team Melli forward used social media to call on the government to 'solve the problems of the Iranian people rather than using repression, violence and arrests' in late September.
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WORLD
Oct 9, 2022
Female students tell Iran's president to 'get lost' as unrest rages
The government has described the protests as a plot by Iran's enemies including the United States, accusing armed dissidents — among others — of violence.
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WORLD / ANALYSIS
Oct 7, 2022
Braced to crush unrest, Iran's rulers heed lessons of Shah's fall
The protests have spiraled into a revolt against what protesters said was the increasing authoritarianism of its ruling Islamic clerics.
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WORLD
Oct 6, 2022
'Get lost': Iran schoolgirls join protests over Mahsa Amini death
Students are reportedly staging sporadic rallies in defiance of a lethal crackdown by the security forces.
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WORLD
Oct 3, 2022
Iranian drones, cheap and plentiful, help Russia terrorize Ukraine's port of Odesa
The bombardment is leading some Ukrainians to flee the city again for the first time since before the summer.
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WORLD
Sep 30, 2022
Iran targets celebrities and media over Mahsa Amini protests
The warnings came after almost two weeks of protests and a deadly crackdown that a rights group says has been marked by 'ruthless violence by security forces.'
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WORLD
Sep 29, 2022
Protest-hit Iran launches strikes that kill 13 in Iraqi Kurdistan
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has accused the Iraq-based Kurdish groups of 'attacking and infiltrating Iran ... to sow insecurity and riots and spread unrest.'
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WORLD
Sep 27, 2022
Iran protest death toll tops 75 as crackdown intensifies, rights group says
The Iranian authorities' official death toll, meanwhile, remained at 41, including several members of the security forces.
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WORLD
Sep 26, 2022
Iranians protest for 10th night, defying judiciary warning
At least 41 people have died since the unrest began, mostly protesters but including members of the Islamic Republic's security forces, according to an official toll.
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WORLD
Sep 25, 2022
Iran protesters return to streets, defying deadly crackdown
The protests entered their ninth night after the death of a woman in morality police custody, despite a crackdown by security forces in which at least 41 people are believed to have died.
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WORLD / ANALYSIS
Sep 24, 2022
Iran's leaders are safe but protests raise the stakes over imposing veil
The popular revolt in Iran triggered by the death of a woman held by police is unlikely to pose an immediate threat to clerical rulers, who have crushed many protests in recent years.
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WORLD
Sep 23, 2022
Iran's president warns against 'acts of chaos' over death of woman in custody
Women have played a prominent role in the demonstrations, waving and burning their veils, with some publicly cutting their hair in a direct challenge to clerical leaders.
As ‘Buy Canadian’ grows, more U.S. firms say retailers turning away products
Empty shelves with "Buy Canadian Instead" signs are seen in the American Whiskey section of the BC Liquor in Vancouver, British Columbia, on March 10.
U.S. tourist arrested after bringing a handgun into Japan
Hyogo police believe the handgun a U.S. tourist inadvertently brought into Japan slipped through security procedures at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture.
Trump unveils 10% global tariff, with Japan levy set at 24%
Trump tosses a MAGA hat to the crowd during an event in which he unveiled new tariffs in the White House on Wednesday.
Meiji says sayonara to bottled milk, a staple of Japan's bathhouses
Meiji bottled milk lined up in a fridge at Kosugiyu, a bathhouse in Tokyo. The sticker urges patrons to enjoy the milk one last time before it’s gone.
Japan’s leader didn’t read the job description
Prime Minister and ruling Liberal Democratic Party leader Shigeru Ishiba is facing a political funding scandal that has damaged his reputation and sparked speculation that internal efforts to remove him are underway.
Nintendo to launch the Switch 2 on June 5
The controllers for the Switch 2 will attach to the console magnetically rather than sliding on rails as with the original device.
A new human trafficking trend emerges from Myanmar scam centers
Victims of scam centers who were tricked or trafficked into working in Myanmar gather at a compound inside KK Park, a fraud center on the country's border with Thailand, after a multinational crackdown in February.
Meiji says sayonara to bottled milk, a staple of Japan's bathhouses
Meiji bottled milk lined up in a fridge at Kosugiyu, a bathhouse in Tokyo. The sticker urges patrons to enjoy the milk one last time before it’s gone.
A Canadian made a weekend trip to Costco a Japanese pastime
Under the watchful eye of Ken Theriault, Costco representative director and Japan country manager, the American membership-model wholesaler has flourished in Japan.
On defense, Japan may avoid Trump's worst impulses — for now
Defense Minister Gen Nakatani and U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth chat after reviewing an honor guard during a welcome ceremony at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Sunday.

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