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Heavy presence of police & emergency response teams outside a tower that may have been hit by a rocket comes after a time the Houthi leader Abdul Malik Al-Houthi warned that UAE isn't safe anymore.
No one was injured in the fire, Reuters reports.

The Turkish and Iranian presidents, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Ebrahim Raisi respectively, have discussed ways to improve bilateral relations ahead of an upcoming high-level cooperation council meeting in Tehran as well as regional developments in the Caucasus.

A waterfall in Turkey's Mediterranean province of Antalya has dried out due to the effects of global warming and low precipitation in a time when environmental disasters because of climate change are becoming more common.

The political movement of Iraq's influential Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr on Oct. 11 said it had retained the biggest share of seats in the country's parliament, after elections with a record low voter turnout.

A Sadrist official who asked not to be named told AFP that the movement had won around 73 of the parliament's 329 seats in Oct. 10's election.

Being observed on the 10th of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, Ashura Day is celebrated in Turkey with consecutive events.

Iran's new ultraconservative President Ebrahim Raisi said Tehran backs any diplomatic moves to lift U.S. sanctions but will not bow to pressure, as he took the oath of office on Aug. 5.

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In a Wednesday telephone call, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan discussed bilateral relations and regional developments with Hassan Rouhani, his Iranian counterpart, now in his final days in office.

The leaders exchanged greetings for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, Turkey's Communications Directorate said.

The Sivas Massacre, an arson attack staged on mostly Alevi intellectuals inside the Madımak Hotel that killed 33 intellectuals and two hotel personnel, was commemorated on its 28th anniversary on July 2 in the Central Anatolian province of Sivas.

Iran's President-elect Ebrahim Raisi said on June 21 he will not allow nuclear negotiations for the sake of negotiations, in his first news conference since winning election last week.

Congratulations poured in for ultraconservative Ebrahim Raisi on June 19 on winning Iran's presidential election as his rivals conceded even before official results were announced.

Raisi won 62 percent of the  votes counted so far, officials said.