Person of the Year by Time Magazine; Greta Thunberg
TEHRAN (Iran News) – The American weekly Time has named the Swedish teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg its “Person of the Year” for 2019. The news magazine declared the 16-year-old Swedish girl — who quickly bloomed into one of the world’s most notable climate change activists and inspired millions of young people to take […]
Al-Bashir Corruption Sentenced Him for 2 yrs
TEHRAN (Iran News) – A court in Sudan convicted the ex-president, Omar al-Bashir of money laundering and corruption, on Saturday, sentencing him to two years in a rehabilitation facility. That’s the first verdict in a series of legal proceedings against al-Bashir and his corruption. He is also wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges […]
INF Missiles Test Violated Treaty, China says
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Washington’s recent ballistic missile test proves that the country used to prepare for tests of missiles banned under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty well ahead of withdrawing from the deal officially, Chinese Foreign Ministry’s Spokeswoman Hua Chunying said on Friday. “Since August 2 of this year, when the United States […]
US-Taliban Talks Stopped Attack on US Airbase
TEHRAN (Iran News) – US officials announced a “brief pause” in US-Taliban talks after the armed group launched a suicide attack on a US base in Afghanistan, killing two civilians. Special Envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad on Friday expressed “outrage about attack in Bagram” and said the talks in the Qatari capital Doha would resume […]
Occupied Syrian Golan Identity Change is ‘Null and Void’: UN
TEHRAN (Iran News) – The United Nations General Assembly reiterated its demand for the Israeli regime to comply with resolutions on the occupied Syrian Golan, particularly resolution no. 497 for 1981 which considers Israel’s decision to impose its law and legal jurisdiction and administration on the occupied Syrian Golan to be null, void, and without […]
Get Brexit done; Johnson first vow
TEHRAN (Iran News) – UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson proclaimed a political “earthquake” Friday after his thumping election victory cleared Britain’s way to finally leave the European Union after years of damaging deadlock over Brexit. With all but one result declared for the 650-seat parliament in Thursday’s momentous election, Johnson’s Conservative party with ‘Get Brexit […]
House full on two impeachment articles
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Impeachment charges against President Donald Trump went to the full House on Friday, following approval by the House Judiciary Committee. The House is expected to take up the two impeachment articles next week, AP reported. The abuse of power charge stems from Trump’s July phone call with the Ukraine president pressuring […]
Boris Johnson, Tory Party Win Large Majority in UK Parliament
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson won a resounding election victory on Friday that will allow him to end three years of political paralysis and take Britain out of the European Union within weeks.
US-Taliban Talks Pause after Attack on American Airbase
US negotiators are taking a “brief pause” from talks with the Taliban after a suicide attack on an American base outside Kabul killed two civilians, US Special Envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad said on Friday.
Turkey Raps US Senate Resolution Recognizing Armenia Genocide
Turkey reacted angrily at the US Senate move to unanimously pass on Thursday a resolution recognizing as a "genocide" the mass killings of Armenians a century ago.