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05.11 / 12:27

Binance Crypto Exchange Binance Helped Iranian Firms Trade $8 Billion Despite Sanctions: Report

Binance didn't answer detailed questions about the new transactions uncovered by Reuters.

29.10 / 21:03

Twitter Religion rights Iran protests: Europe's cities rally for Mahsa Amini and women's rights

Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard issued a new warning on Saturday to Iranians joining the protests that have roiled the country since last month.

29.10 / 11:07

Climate change Iranian security forces shot at protesters in Zahedan, activists say

Iranian security forces opened fire on Friday on demonstrators in a southeastern city that has seen weeks of unrest amid nationwide demonstrations, activists said.

28.10 / 14:15

Twitter Advertising film Santiago Sánchez: Spanish man trekking to Qatar World Cup likely detained in Iran

The fate of a Spanish man who was trekking from Madrid to the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, and reportedly went missing in Iran is still uncertain, with strong suggestions that he is being held in an Iranian detention centre.

23.10 / 13:33

Asia Bitcoin Destinations Kazakhstan among top 3 Bitcoin mining destinations after US and China

For over a year, the oil-rich Central Asian country of Kazakhstan has maintained its position as the third-biggest contributor to Bitcoin (BTC) mining after surpassing Russia back in February 2021.

22.10 / 20:23

Tens of thousands gather in Berlin to protest against Tehran regime

Tens of thousands of people gathered in Germany's capital on Saturday to show solidarity with protesters in Iran -- a movement sparked by the death of a woman in the custody of morality police now challenging the Islamic Republic authorities.

21.10 / 17:47

Fact-check: Are UK weapons being used against protestors in Iran?

Iran is currently gripped by the largest -- and most significant -- wave of unrest in its recent history.

19.10 / 23:59

Cinema Europe's energy crisis Iran sanctions UK in tit-for-tat exchange over death of Mahsa Amini

Iran blacklisted several UK organisations and individuals on Wednesday, days after London slapped sanctions on Tehran in a tit-for-tat exchange.

18.10 / 17:57

European Union Elnaz Rekabi: Concerns grow for female climber from Iran who competed without hijab

Concerns are growing for a female Iranian athlete, who took part in a climbing competition in South Korea without wearing her nation's mandatory headscarf covering.

15.10 / 18:41

Government Nature Mahsa Amini: Protesters in Iran take to the streets once more despite repression

Angry demonstrators took to streets across Iran again Saturday despite more than a hundred casualties and continued harsh pushback, including internet access restrictions, as the protest movement sparked by Mahsa Amini's death in custody entered the fifth week.

14.10 / 17:35

Iran protests: What caused them? Who is Generation Z? Will the unrest lead to revolution?

Iran has been rocked by the biggest protests in years following the death of Masha Amini on 16 September.

12.10 / 15:39

Platform Bittrex Bittrex Crypto Exchange Fined for US Sanction Evasion

The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed a fine of about $24 million on crypto exchange Bittrex which also had to sign a $29 million settlement with the department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). The fines are related to the exchange’s violations of anti-money laundering regulations and sanctions on the residents of certain countries and territories.

11.10 / 16:02

BLOCK Southern Iran Oil Workers Strike as Antigovernment Protests Expand

Workers at a petrochemical complex in southern Iran went on strike Monday, the latest sign that antigovernment protests now in the fourth week are broadening to critical sectors of the economy.

10.10 / 23:37

European Union Kyiv 'You don't know where to hide': Kyiv residents reel from deadly Russian missile attacks

Workers have started to clear debris in downtown Kyiv after Russian forces launched a barrage of fatal bombardments in the capital and across Ukraine.

08.10 / 16:05

Climate change European Union 'We are no longer afraid': More anti-government protests sweep through Iran

Protestors came out across Iran on Saturday as anti-government demonstrations enter their fourth week.

07.10 / 11:43

European economy peace Watch live: Who will be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2022?

The winner, or winners, of this year's Nobel Peace Prize will be announced Friday at the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo.

07.10 / 10:45

European economy Power France launches "sobriety" energy savings drive to avoid winter power cuts

Homes and offices heated to a maximum of 19°C; no hot water in public buildings; no lit advertising overnight; a ban on doors left open in heated or air-conditioned shops; reduced temperatures in swimming pools and gyms: these are some examples of the action France is taking to save energy.

07.10 / 09:35

Europe's energy crisis Ukraine war: Russia nuclear weapon threats are 'most serious' since Cuban Missile Crisis, says Biden

Russian threats to use nuclear weapons are the most serious such warnings since the Cuban Missile Crisis, said US president Joe Biden.

06.10 / 08:57

European Union Ukraine war: Kyiv 'liberates' more villages in Kherson as Russia's annexation map shrinks

Ukraine says its army has recaptured more settlements in Kherson, one of the four Russian-occupied regions annexed by the Kremlin.

05.10 / 23:53

European Union Putin vows to 'stabilise' Ukrainian regions as he signs annexation decrees

President Vladimir Putin has said that Russia will stabilise the situation in four Ukrainian regions it has claimed as its own territory, even as Russian troops have been fleeing the front lines in those areas.

05.10 / 17:49

European Union 'Everything is overheating': Why is Turkey's economy in such a mess?

Turkey’s economy is in tatters.

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