TEHRAN (Iran News) – Manuel Marrero Cruz has been named as Cuba first prime minister, taking a political post that had been abolished more than four decades ago. President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Saturday named 56-year-old Marrero — who served as Cuba’s tourism minister for almost 16 years — as head of the government for a five-year […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor said Friday she wanted ICC to open a full investigation into “war crimes” in the Palestinian territories, sparking a furious reaction from Israel and condemnation from the United States. The Palestinians welcomed the move by the ICC as a “long overdue step” following a nearly […]

China's top lawmaking body Saturday criticized the defense bill that Washington passed this week as "interference", Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported.

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, has summoned his government ministers to hold a meeting and discuss the security situation in the country following citizenship law protests. Government sources said Modi met his council of ministers in the capital, New Delhi, on Saturday to discuss security measures to end violent and contentious […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – US social media company Facebook says it has taken down a news network that used hundreds of fake accounts to publish stories about a variety of topics, including articles promoting President Donald Trump and criticizing the Chinese government. Facebook said Friday it removed more than 900 accounts, groups, and pages on […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Turkey is planning to build up a military base in Libya in purpose of providing greater support for the Tripoli-based unity Government of National Accord (GNA) in the wake of a military deal signed between the two sides last month. Local media reported Monday that the Turkey military base will be […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The Cuba government says it is ready to cut political ties with the US as they want it to be cut with Havana. “There are powerful people today in the US government that want to increasingly apply hostile measures and sever our bilateral relationship,” Carlos Fernandez de Cossio, the Cuban Foreign […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The special court formed to hear a high treason case against former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday sentenced him to death for suspending the Constitution on November 03, 2007. Besides Pervez Musharraf, the Islamabad government had sought to include former chief justice Abdul Hameed Dogar, former law minister Zahid Hamid […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – A Lebanese TV network has published what is reported to be a draft of US President Donald Trump’s controversial deal on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which envisages the establishment of a “New Palestine,” with occupied Jerusalem al-Quds remaining under mostly Israeli control and Saudi Arabia replacing Jordan as custodian of Al-Aqsa Mosque. […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The United Arab Emirates lobby is pushing the US Congress to impose sanctions on Turkey, according to documents reviewed by Anadolu news agency on Monday. An email from Charles Johnson, a partner with the UAE-hired Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP lobby group, that was sent the week after the […]