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New Iraqi election law; changes and improvements 29 Dec 2019

New Iraqi election law; changes and improvements

After lots of arguments, the Iraqi parliament finally approved the new election law. Iraqi parliamentarians approved all the articles of the new election law by holding a meeting. The law consists of 50 articles that were passed and agreed upon by all the members of the parliament. Iran News quotes the report of Tehran Times. […]

Saudi-led coalition still impeding 10 Yemeni ships 29 Dec 2019

Saudi-led coalition still impeding 10 Yemeni ships

TEHRAN (Iran News) – An official in the Yemeni oil company said on Saturday that the Saudi-led coalition still is holding 10 Yemeni ships laden with fuel and flour. Nine ships carry some 240,000 tons of fuel and one of them is carrying flour, he told the Arabic language al-Masirah television network, adding that the […]

Joint drills show strengthened multi-polar world 28 Dec 2019

Joint drills show strengthened multi-polar world

The ongoing naval drills between Iran, Russia and China in the Indian Ocean once and the Sea of Oman once again proved the formation of a multi-polar world, said the president of the Talysh Diaspora of Russia, a member of Russian Council on inter-ethnic relations Ismail Shabanov.

Abdelaziz Djerrad Named Algeria’s Prime Minister 28 Dec 2019

Abdelaziz Djerrad Named Algeria’s Prime Minister

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Taboun has named Abdelaziz Djerrad as the country's prime minister, state broadcaster ENTV said.

Kenya UNESCO Seeks Partnership For Peace Education 28 Dec 2019

Kenya UNESCO Seeks Partnership For Peace Education

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The maiden Peace Educator Workshop for the Kenya National Commission for UNESCO (KNATCOM) in 2019 took place in Kenya Education Management Institute on 11, December. Hosted by KNATCOM HWPL, the workshop was organized by an international NGO named HWPL affiliated with the UN ECOSOC. 34 people including principal education officer of […]

Netanyahu, Putin discuss region situation over phone 28 Dec 2019

Netanyahu, Putin discuss region situation over phone

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Israeli regime Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin talked about the situation in Syria and around the Iranian nuclear dossier on a phone conversation between, the office of the Israeli prime minister said on Thursday. According to the Kremlin press service, the Netanyahu and Putin phone conversation was […]

S-500 Air Defense System to Test in 2020 28 Dec 2019

S-500 Air Defense System to Test in 2020

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Primary tests of the S-500 air defense system will begin in 2020, and deliveries are planned beginning from 2025, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexei Krivoruchko said. “Next year, it is planned to begin preliminary tests of the S-500 air defense system, the first production model of which is scheduled for delivery […]

Impeachment trial in Senate Deadlocked 28 Dec 2019

Impeachment trial in Senate Deadlocked

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The US Senate remains deadlocked over how to proceed with an impeachment trial against President Donald Trump, more than a week after the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives impeached the Republican president on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat […]

Putin remarks on WWII strongly objected by Poland 28 Dec 2019

Putin remarks on WWII strongly objected by Poland

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Poland has summoned the Russian ambassador to express its “strong objection” over President Vladimir Putin remarks on WWII, that blamed Poland for the outbreak of World War II. The foreign ministry “urgently” summoned ambassador Sergey Andreev in Warsaw on Friday. Warsaw expressed its “strong objection to the historical insinuations made by […]

UN Resolution against Abuse of Rohingya Muslims 28 Dec 2019

UN Resolution against Abuse of Rohingya Muslims

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The UN approved a resolution strongly condemning human rights abuses against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims and other minorities, including arbitrary arrests, torture, rape, and deaths in detention. The 193-member UN on Friday voted 134-9 with 28 abstentions in favor of the resolution which also calls on Myanmar’s government to take urgent measures […]