DOHA -- Qatar will withdraw from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) as of January 2019, said a report by Qatar-based English newspaper Gulf Times on Monday.

The decision came after Qatar reviewed ways to enhance its role internationally and plan long-term strategy, said the report, quoting Minister of State for Energy Affairs Saad bin Sherida al-Kaabi. (Qatar-OPEC-Withdrawal)

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SANAA -- A United Nations-chartered plane carrying 50 wounded Houthi rebel fighters on Monday left Yemen's rebel-held capital Sanaa for Omani capital Muscat for treatment, a Xinhua photographer witnessed.

The flight also carried 50 accompanying persons and three Yemeni doctors, a Houthi official told Xinhua. (UN-Yemen-Houthi)

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TEHRAN -- Iran is against a U.S.-drafted resolution seeking to condemn the Palestinian Hamas movement in the United Nations, Press TV reported on Monday.

In a telephone conversation with Ismail Haniyeh, head of the political bureau of the Islamic Hamas movement, on Monday, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif reaffirmed Iran's full support for the Palestinian people's rights. (Iran-Hamas)

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GAZA -- Four Palestinians were shot and injured on Monday evening during clashes with Israeli soldiers in the northern Gaza Strip close to the border with Israel, the health ministry said.

Ashraf al-Qedra, spokesman of the Health Ministry in Gaza, told reporters that the four moderately injured were transferred to a hospital in the northern Gaza Strip. (Palestine-Gaza-Protests) Enditem

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