BAKU -- Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf called the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) "a declaration of U.S. defeat" at a parliamentary conference of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Baku on Wednesday.
"The Islamabad agreement came not as a result of pressure and coercion, but (as a result) of the resilience and strength of the Iranian people. This is why we regard the Islamabad MoU as a declaration of U.S. defeat," Qalibaf said, according to Azerbaijani news outlet Vesti.az. (Iran-U.S.-Claim)
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PARIS -- About 68,000 households remain without electricity in the southwestern part of France's Finistere department following a major transformer incident caused by extreme heat, local authorities said Wednesday.
The incident occurred at approximately 9:00 p.m. local time (1900 GMT) on Tuesday at an electricity substation operated by RTE, France's transmission system operator, in the commune of Ergue-Gaberic, and no injuries have been reported, according to a statement by the prefecture of Finistere. (France-Heatwave)
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WASHINGTON -- U.S. forces killed a senior ISIS leader, identified as Ali Husayn al-'Ulaywi, in northwestern Syria on Friday, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Wednesday.
The airstrike that killed the leader "is part of ongoing U.S. efforts to disrupt and eliminate terrorists seeking to attack Americans abroad or the U.S. homeland," CENTCOM said in a post on X. (U.S.-ISIS-Killing)
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MOSCOW -- Claims that BRICS is hatching plans to create an alternative currency to the U.S. dollar are "incorrect," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday.
"This is an incorrect claim that BRICS is hatching plans to create some kind of alternative currency to the U.S. dollar," Peskov said during the 12th International Forum "Primakov Readings." (Russia-BRICS-Currency) Enditem
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