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22.11.2022 14:00 Iranian authorities have intensified their deadly crackdown in the country's western Kurdistan region, which has been the epicenter of the anti-establishment protests that have raged for months.

22.11.2022 14:00 A senior member of the Iranian Christian community says that security officials are pressuring religious minorities to remain silent and not participate in anti-government protests.

22.11.2022 14:00 Iranian authorities are reportedly detaining dozens of people among the Azerbaijani Turk communities in the country's northwest after a local medical student was killed during an anti-government protest last week.

22.11.2022 14:00 China's Sinopec said on Monday that it has signed a 27-year deal with QatarEnergy for liquefied natural gas , and QatarEnergy will supply 4 million tons of the fuel each year.

22.11.2022 14:00 The YU-20, the latest large tanker aircraft of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force, recently hosted aerial refueling exercises for the J-10 fighter jet in a move experts said further displayed the tanker's versatility after it has shown its compatibility with J-20 and J-16 fighter jets.

22.11.2022 14:00 The U.N. Special Rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar, Tom Andrews, urged the South Korean government to impose targeted sanctions on the Myanmar junta. South Korea, a strong regional power with a vibrant economy, can play a vitally important role to help reverse the international community's failure to address the crisis in Myanmar, he told a news conference Monday in Seoul.

22.11.2022 14:00 The Myanmar junta's brutal arson campaign continues in the country's northern Sagaing region, with at least 385 houses torched in Khin-U township since the end of last week.

22.11.2022 14:00 A £31 million contract for highly specialised engineering support for the Future Combat Air Systems programme has been awarded to UK Defence firm - QinetiQ.

22.11.2022 14:00 Hospitalizations due to coronavirus are on the rise again in Italy, according to official data released on Monday. This could signal a potential surge in cases during the upcoming winter.

22.11.2022 14:00 Chinese Vice Premier Sun Chunlan has stressed the importance of taking immediate action to contain current COVID-19 epidemic without delay.

22.11.2022 14:00 The uptick in tension between Turkey and Syrian Kurdish militants could result in a new ground operation by Ankara, experts said, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vows more comprehensive military action amid the rising nationalist sentiment in the country with elections six months away.

22.11.2022 14:00 The Kremlin has vowed to bring to justice the people responsible for the alleged execution of its soldiers who surrendered themselves to Ukrainian forces, after emergence of videos apparently showing the execution.

22.11.2022 14:00 Russia says a power shift in Kiev was not the goal of the military operation it launched in Ukraine late February.

22.11.2022 14:00 The Russian Defense Ministry has warned that members of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham terrorist outfit are stockpiling various types of weapons at two refugee camps in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib, amid reports that the extremists are also planning to stage false-flag attacks against civilians in coordination with the so-called civil defense group White Helmets.

22.11.2022 14:00 The air operation that Turkey has carried out in northern Syria could be the first step toward a land operation, Turkish media reported.