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This photo released on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019, by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran shows centrifuge machines in Natanz uranium enrichment facility in central Iran. Iran announced on Monday that had started gas injection into a 30-machine cascade of advanced IR-6 centrifuges in Natanz complex

14:55 GMT 11 April 2021 / updated: 16:01 GMT Middle East

Natanz Plant Incident Caused by 'Act of Nuclear Terrorism', Iran's Vice-President Says

This handout picture taken and released on 6 April 2021 by the Turkish Presidential Press Service shows Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan receiving EU Council President Charles Michel (L) and President of the EU Commission Ursula von der Leyen (R) at the Presidential Complex in Ankara. (Photo by HANDOUT / TURKISH PRESIDENCY PRESS OFFICE / AFP)

‘Insult From Turkey’: French Minister Blames Ankara for Chair Mishap With Ursula von der Leyen

US Hawks Worry as Biden Mulls Appointing Russia Sanctions Critic as Adviser, Report Says

Taiwan Navy's Perry-class frigate launches an ASROC (anti-submarine rocket) during the annual Han Kuang military exercises.

US Secretary of State Accuses China of 'Increasingly Aggressive Actions Directed at Taiwan'

'Teacher, Critic, Father of the Nation': UK Royals Pay Tribute to the Late Prince Philip

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Middle East
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US
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UK
Several Thousands Join Petition to Commemorate Late Prince Phillip With London Statue
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Sport
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