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.
North Korea Talks Will Have No New Offers; KCNA Says
TEHRAN (Iran News) – North Korea says the US “has nothing to offer us even if the talks are resumed,” the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported. The news agency also said that North Korea believes that the US has done a stupid thing by convening the UN Security Council, adding that it is nothing […]
Relatives of ISIS Militants Deported to Iraq
TEHRAN (Iran News) – The US military evacuated about 300 family members and relatives of ISIS militants (also known as ISIL or Daesh), terrorist groups, from the Al-Hawl camp in Northern Syria to Iraq, Syrian state television reported on Wednesday. “US military occupiers have taken out 300 family members or relatives of ISIS militants of […]
Algeria Presidential Election Opens despite Boycott
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Polls in Algeria opened on Thursday in a controversial presidential election with critics saying all candidates should be purged because of their ties to the unpopular former government. The ongoing Algeria presidential election is the first vote since former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika was forced out after a two-decade-long rule in April […]
UK goes to polls to decide about Brexit
TEHRAN (Iran News) – UK voters go to the polls on Thursday in an election that will pave the way for Brexit under Prime Minister Boris Johnson or propel Britain towards another referendum that could ultimately reverse the decision to leave the European Union. After failing to deliver Brexit by an Oct. 31 deadline, Johnson […]
Attack on US military base killed one
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Suicide bombers struck an attack on the main US military base in Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing at least one person and injuring scores in a major attack that could scupper plans to revive peace talks between the United States and the Taliban. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack on US […]
Third election in a year holds Israel back
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Israel heads to hold an unprecedented third round of general election within 12 months, after a deadline to form a cabinet passed with no politician able to build a coalition with disparate parties. The new round of elections is to be held on March 2, 2020, some six months after the […]