TEHRAN (Iran News) – The White House called the impeachment inquiry into US President Donald Trump as “completely baseless” Friday, signaling it would not seek to defend the president in Democratic-led hearings to draw up formal charges against him. But Republicans demanded that Joe Biden’s son Hunter, the lawmaker leading the impeachment probe Adam Schiff, […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – US House Democrats moved aggressively to draw up formal articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Thursday, with Speaker Nancy Pelosi saying he “leaves us no choice” but to act swiftly as he is likely to corrupt the system again unless removed before next year election. A strictly partisan effort […]

The US introduced sanctions against Russian nationals Maxim Yakubets and Igor Turashev charged by Washington with computer software fraud and certain other individuals and legal entities allegedly linked to the Evil Corp group of hackers, the US Treasury Department said Thursday.

China Friday said it had taken "reciprocal" measures against US diplomats in the country, who will have to notify the foreign ministry before meeting with local officials.

North Korea plans to branch out into medical tourism next year, offering foreign visitors, most likely from China, treatments including cataract surgery, dental implants and therapy for tumors.

Oil price decreased on Friday as a meeting between OPEC and its allies later in the day is expected on a formal agreement to more output curbs in early 2020.

TEHRAN (Iran News) – South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Thursday the global diplomatic push to defuse the nuclear standoff with North Korea is at a “critical crossroads” and called for China to continue serving a “positive role” in denuclearizing North Korean and stabilizing peace. Moon made the comments during a meeting with Chinese Foreign […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – US Democrats are injecting an urgent new argument into their already fast-moving impeachment drive: President Donald Trump poses such a flagrant threat to the republic that there is no time to waste. Their emerging gambit is prompting Trump’s GOP defenders — who have long struggled to coalesce around a coherent strategy […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh landed in Vienna Thursday morning to attend the 177th meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, known as OPEC, in order to assess the situation of this resource in the international market. The Iranian minister is also is planning to hold talks with OPEC […]

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has condemned a controversial plan by Israel to build a new settlement in the heart of the flashpoint West Bank city of al-Khalil (Hebron). Naftali Bennett, right-wing Israeli minister of military affairs, said on Sunday that the new settlement, which will be constructed at the site of a wholesale […]