TEHRAN -- At least 13 people were killed after a fuel tanker crashed into a passenger bus in Iran's western city of Sanandaj on Wednesday, Tasnim news agency reported.
The passenger bus bound for the capital Tehran departed from the bus terminal of Sanandaj, capital of the western province of Kurdistan, minutes after midnight, Tasnim said. (Iran-Collision-Death)
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ANKARA -- Russia will deliver first batch of S-400 anti-missile defense system batteries to Turkey in late 2019, Turkish Foreign Minister said on Wednesday.
Western allies should not question about Turkey's purchase of Russian S-400 defense system, Mevlut Cavusoglu told reporters in Brussels ahead of a NATO Summit. (Turkey-Defense-Battery)
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TEHRAN -- Tehran and Moscow need to bolster their "strategic" cooperation in the face of U.S. hegemony, a senior adviser to Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei said on Wednesday.
"The current (regional and global) situation is very critical and the world is under the hegemony of a wayward person, the U.S. president, who defies international regulations," Ali Akbar Velayati said upon arrival in Moscow. (Iran-Russia-Velayati)
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JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Wednesday, telling the Russian leader that Israel will act firmly against anyone attempting to breach its borders.
The meeting in the Kremlin took place a few hours after a Syrian drone entered Israel's airspace. It was intercepted by a Patriot missile above the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel. (Israel-Putin-Netanyahu-Syria) Enditem
