TEHRAN -- At least eight people were killed in a passenger bus accident near Iran's capital Tehran on Friday morning, Iranian Student News Agency (ISNA) reported.

The accident happened as the bus, moving from Iran's central Kerman city, turned over on Tehran-Qom highway, according to the report. (Iran-Bus Accident)

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BEIRUT -- Hezbollah on Friday strongly rejected Britain's listing of the group as a terrorist group, local media reported.

"Hezbollah is not a terrorist group. The resistance has fought against Israeli occupation and no country has the right to label the party as a terrorist organization," Hezbollah said in a statement which was published by the National News Agency. (Hezbollah-Britain)

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DUBAI -- The China State Construction Engineering Corporation (Middle East) and other 17 companies won the United Arab Emirate (UAE)'s 10th edition of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum (MRM) Business Award.

Set up in 2005, the MRM Business Award is a high-profile award honoring companies' excellence and innovation in the fields of construction, finance, services, manufacturing, trade, re-export as well as transport and logistics. (UAE-China)

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DAMASCUS -- At least four people were killed on Friday when a suicide bomber detonated himself in Syria's northwestern city of Idlib, activists reported.

The suicide bomber set himself off in a restaurant in the city after opening fire randomly, the reports said. (Syria-Idlib-Suicide Attack) Enditem

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