Western sanctions imperil ancient trade in Persian carpets
Exports reach lowest levels on record, putting craft of weaving fine rugs at risk...
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Exports reach lowest levels on record, putting craft of weaving fine rugs at risk...
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A passenger bus plunged into a ravine on the Inter-American Highway in western Guatemala, killing at least 15 people....
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Another nine officers were injured in a shootout during a counter-terrorism operation in Yalova province, after Turkey arrested over 100 suspects allegedly plotting holiday attacks....
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Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced the detention of 125 suspects in operations across 25 provinces against the so-called IS terrorist group....
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A shopping centre in southern China has installed special glass on the doors of men’s toilet cubicles that becomes transparent when people smoke inside, winning applause online. The move involving bat...
A unique wedding ritual among China’s Bao’an ethnic group known as “flogging the father-in-law” sees the family of the groom symbolically whip the bride’s father 20 times. As he endures his “punishmen...