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Germany arrests two suspected Hezbollah members over ‘recruiting activities’

Germany designated the Lebanese militant group a terror organization in 2020 and has seen its relations with Iran sour in the last year. German authorities announced on Wednesday the arrest of two suspected members of the Lebanese Iran-funded Hezbollah group, which Germany designated a terror organization in 2020. The German …

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Iran increases trade with BRICS including China, as it eyes to join bloc

Iran has seen a 14% year-on-year increase in non-oil trade with members of the five-state alliance, which includes Brazil, China, India, Russia and South Africa. Iran has been ramping up trade with members of the BRICS group, as Tehran looks to join the five-nation alliance that is often seen as …

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Can Russian Overseas Publishing Emulate Its Cold War Success?

The publication of Russian-language writers abroad is unlikely to be very successful in the long term. An author’s main objective is to be read, and that is more easily accomplished inside Russia. One of the phenomena spawned by the Cold War era was tamizdat: the publication, free from censorship, of …

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