Portugal country profile
Provides an overview of Portugal, including key events and facts about this European country
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Asia Oil Latest: Iran Won’t See Jump in Flows If Sanctions Eased
The outlook for oil prices, crude demand in top importer China, and the longevity of OPEC+ supply cuts
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Ukraine Recap: Russia Targets Odesa Region With Swarm of Drones
Russia launched several waves of Shahed loitering drones overnight, with many aimed at port facilities and other infrastructure
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Ukraine war: Nobel Prize invitation to Russia and Iran withdrawn
The Nobel Foundation says the U-turn comes after strong reaction against it in Sweden.
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'Gender apartheid': UN experts denounce Iran's proposed hijab law
A new draft law that would enshrine harsh punishments for women and girls who fail to wear a hijab in Iran could amount to "gender apartheid," UN experts said in a statement on Friday.
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Russia is reinvited to glitzy Nobel Prize banquet after last year's exclusion, sparking controversy
Ambassadors from Russia and Belarus have been invited back to the Nobel Prize banquet after being excluded last year because of the invasion of Ukraine, the Nobel Foundation said.
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Ukraine war: UK arms giant BAE Systems sets up local business
The firm says the decision may allow it ultimately to produce light artillery inside the country.
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Iran: Weightlifter Mostafa Rajai banned for photo with Israeli
Mostafa Rajai receives a lifetime ban after taking a photo with an Israeli competitor in Poland.
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US envoy meets family of German-Iranian sentenced to death in Iran
A US envoy for Iran met on Friday with the family of Iranian-German national Jamshid Sharmahd, who has been imprisoned and sentenced to death in Iran.
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BRICS Is Too ‘Beautiful’ to Change
The acronym was simply too good to lose: BRICS. “BRIC, ” the original turn of phrase, was coined
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Iran rounds up activists and relatives of killed protesters ahead of Mahsa Amini anniversary
Iran is moving to head off a possible repeat of unrest ahead of the first anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini, arresting women's rights activists and family members of people killed during last year's nationwide protests, local and international human rights groups said Wednesday.
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BRICS Latest: Bloc Agrees Rules Clearing Path for More Members
BRICS leaders edged closer to adding new members to their club for the first time since 2010, after
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