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![US Nuclear Weapons 'Dangerously Out of Date,’ Senators Warn](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/03/04/139903041229101820479092.jpg)
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2023 US Home Sales Fell to Nearly 30-Year Low
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Sales of previously occupied US homes sank in 2023 to a nearly 30-year low, as sharply higher mortgage rates, rising prices and a persistently low level of homes on the market combined to push homeownership out of reach for many Americans.
![US’ 'Toxic' Reaction Validates Moscow’s Position on Strategic Stability: Russia](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1400/02/10/1400021013201540222662632.jpg)
US’ 'Toxic' Reaction Validates Moscow’s Position on Strategic Stability: Russia
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Washington's "toxic reaction" to Moscow's stance on talks about strategic stability serves to affirm that Russia is in the right, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a statement.
![Ethnic Killings in One Sudan City Left Up to 15,000 Dead: UN Report](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1402/07/07/1402070715504744728448442.jpg)
Ethnic Killings in One Sudan City Left Up to 15,000 Dead: UN Report
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Between 10,000 and 15,000 people were killed in one city in Sudan's West Darfur region last year in ethnic violence by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militia, according to a United Nations report.
![Baltic Nations to Build Defense Network along Borders With Russia, Belarus](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1402/10/30/1402103011000941729225402.jpg)
Baltic Nations to Build Defense Network along Borders With Russia, Belarus
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have agreed to build a series of bunkers on their borders with Russia and Belarus to defend against their militaries in the event of an attack, Estonia’s Defense Ministry announced Friday.
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Trump: Haley 'Probably ... Is Not Going to Be Chosen as Vice US President'
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Former US president Donald Trump essentially ruled out former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley as his pick for vice president during a rally Friday night in New Hampshire.
![Poll Finds Lack of Enthusiasm for Biden, Trump among Rural Voters](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/07/14/139907140003253721364982.jpg)
Poll Finds Lack of Enthusiasm for Biden, Trump among Rural Voters
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A poll released Friday revealed that support among rural voters for both US President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump is lackluster, with nearly one-third of respondents saying their votes are still up for grabs.
![Fire in School Dorm in China Kills 13](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1402/10/30/1402103009340529529224922.jpg)
Fire in School Dorm in China Kills 13
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A fire in a dormitory at a school in central China has killed 13 people and injured another, Chinese state media reported on Saturday.
![First Turkish Astronaut Launched on Flight to Space Station](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1402/10/29/1402102911382761929221562.jpg)
First Turkish Astronaut Launched on Flight to Space Station
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Turkey’s first astronaut along with a Swede and Italian launched Thursday to the International Space Station on a chartered SpaceX flight.
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North Korea Tests Underwater Nuclear Attack Drone
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - North Korea said on Friday it had tested a purported underwater nuclear attack drone in response to a combined naval exercise between South Korea, the US and Japan this week, as it continues to blame its rivals for raising tensions in the region.
![UK Parliament Approves Sunak's Rwanda Bill as Right-Wing Rebels Back Down](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1402/01/28/1402012820150440227420462.jpg)
UK Parliament Approves Sunak's Rwanda Bill as Right-Wing Rebels Back Down
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak survived a key test of his leadership Wednesday, fending off right-wing rebels to win a crunch parliamentary vote on his contentious plan to send migrants to Rwanda.
![Russia Now Knows West Cannot Be Trusted, Says Lavrov](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1402/09/06/1402090618395380928863832.jpg)
Russia Now Knows West Cannot Be Trusted, Says Lavrov
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Russia has finally got rid of any possible illusions about the West after the start of the “special operation” (war in Ukraine) and now knows that it cannot be trusted, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told a news conference on the achievements of Russian diplomacy in 2023.
![Global Economy Did Better than Projected in 2023: IMF](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1402/02/14/1402021413373325727512042.jpg)
Global Economy Did Better than Projected in 2023: IMF
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Global economic growth will get a boost this year from a stronger-than-anticipated 2023, Kristalina Georgieva, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), said on Tuesday as cited by Bloomberg.
![NATO Official Sounds Alarm, Warns of ‘Shifting’ Global Powers](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1402/02/13/1402021317482876827510192.jpg)
NATO Official Sounds Alarm, Warns of ‘Shifting’ Global Powers
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The head of NATO’s committee of military chiefs urged the alliance’s members to “expect the unexpected” and warned “the tectonic plates of power are shifting,” at a meeting in Brussels Wednesday.
![US VP Says ‘No Denying’ America’s History of Racism](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1401/11/29/1401112916483860227086672.jpg)
US VP Says ‘No Denying’ America’s History of Racism
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – US Vice President Kamala Harris said clearly that the US has racism in its history, bucking remarks to the contrary from GOP presidential candidates Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
![Australia Rejects China Comments on Sonar Incident](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1402/09/18/1402091810290295128943372.jpg)
Australia Rejects China Comments on Sonar Incident
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Australia on Thursday rejected comments by China's ambassador seeking to deflect blame from China's navy for the injury of Australian military divers in an incident near Japan in November.
![Trump Is Warned He May Be Ejected from Carroll Trial](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1402/10/21/1402102115430358629180752.jpg)
Trump Is Warned He May Be Ejected from Carroll Trial
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A US federal judge warned Donald Trump on Wednesday he could be kicked out of writer E. Jean Carroll’s defamation trial if he kept making disparaging comments that the jury could hear.
![Landslide in Southern Philippines Kills Seven, 10 More Missing](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1401/09/05/1401090518515672726534282.jpg)
Landslide in Southern Philippines Kills Seven, 10 More Missing
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Seven people, including five children, were killed after a landslide buried a house following days of heavy rains in southern Davao de Oro province, a disaster official said on Thursday.
![Russia Demands Tougher Security outside Its US Embassy during March Polls: Envoy](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/12/15/1399121512215596222357212.jpg)
Russia Demands Tougher Security outside Its US Embassy during March Polls: Envoy
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Russian Embassy in the United States requested the US authorities to step up security measures outside Russian diplomatic missions in the US in connection with the upcoming presidential election in Russia in March.
![232 Confirmed Dead after Japan's Noto Quake: Local Gov't](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1395/01/27/139501271459068747515782.jpg)