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TOKYO, Dec. 12 (YPA) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of five shook eastern Japan on Sunday, public broadcaster NHK said. The epicenter of the quake was the southern part of Ibaraki Prefecture, east of Tokyo, the NHK added.…

WORLD, Dec. 11 (YPA) - The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has described Saudi Arabia as one of the world's most violating countries for freedom of expression. The Committee ranked Saudi Arabia eighth in the world after Russia in…

SANAA, Dec. 11 (YPA) - The Iranian President, Ebrahim Raisi, criticized the normalization of relations between some countries in the region with the Israeli occupation. Raisi affirmed that "the step does not provide security for these…

SANAA, Dec. 11  (YPA) - At least one Armenian soldier was killed and eight more were wounded in yet another clash with Azerbaijani forces on the border between the two countries, The Armenian military reported on Friday. Armenia's…

DEIR EZZOR, Dec. 11 (YPA) - A child was killed, and two others were injured in landmine blast left behind by Daesh (ISIS) terrorists in Marat town, Deir Ezzor northern countryside, Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported on Friday. …

SANAA, Dec. 11 (YPA) - The US Treasury Department on Friday announced financial sanctions on 15 individuals and 10 entities for their alleged involvement in human rights abuses and repression in countries including China, Myanmar and North…

TEHRAN, Dec. 11 (YPA) - Iran’s ambassador to Britain, Mohsen Beharvand, said that surveillance cameras at the Iranian facility of Karaj were destroyed by an Israeli act of sabotage last June. “There was sabotage by Israel, some cameras were…

SANAA, Dec. 11 (YPA) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky  Said on Friday that Ukraine continues its way to NATO, explaining that there is a "barrier", there is no way to get around it. "We're continuing our way to NATO, and we're…

BEIRUT, Dec. 11 (YPA) - A large explosion hit a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, according to Reuters. The state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported an unspecified number of deaths, but local media and civil defense workers on scene…

RIYADH, Dec. 10 (YPA) - The Saudi authorities have arrested 4 children at Dammam airport, while they were trying to travel abroad to meet their opposing father, and deprived them of all their basic rights. Saudi dissident Ali Hashim…