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Curfew in Najaf after torching Iran consulate 28 Nov 2019

Curfew in Najaf after torching Iran consulate

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iraqi authorities have announced curfew in the holy city of Najaf after masked assailants attacked and set fire on the Iranian consulate. The rioters entered the compound and torched the entire consulate building late Wednesday, police and civil defense sources said. The staff members at the Iranian consulate had been evacuated […]

Support for Trump impeachment rising 28 Nov 2019

Support for Trump impeachment rising

Public support for President Donald Trump impeachment has tracked steadily higher over the past few weeks, as a US House of Representatives committee held a series of televised impeachment hearings, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Tuesday. The latest poll, conducted on Monday and Tuesday, found that 47% of adults in the United […]

Corbyn Accuses Johnson of Offering Up UK Health Service 27 Nov 2019

Corbyn Accuses Johnson of Offering Up UK Health Service

Opposition Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn offered on Wednesday what he described as evidence that access to Britain's health service was being discussed in trade talks with the United States, handing reporters hundreds of pages of documents.

Turkey Needs More Air Defense Systems 27 Nov 2019

Turkey Needs More Air Defense Systems

Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Wednesday in addition to Russian S-400 air-defense system, Turkey needs more systems.

Baby Trump Up in the Air in Florida 27 Nov 2019

Baby Trump Up in the Air in Florida

TEHRAN (Iran News) – While holding banners calling for the impeachment of the US president, protesters gathered in Sunrise, Florida, on Tuesday to fly a “Baby Trump” blimp ahead of a Donald Trump campaign. Police were seen present as they separated anti-Trump demonstration and a pro-Trump one, with rival protesters heard arguing with each other, […]

Rights Violations during Chile Protests; HRW says 27 Nov 2019

Rights Violations during Chile Protests; HRW says

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Police committed “serious human rights violations” as weeks of chile protests across the South American country claimed 25 lives, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday in a report calling for reform of the force. HRW said the police, known as Carabineros, “committed serious human rights violations, including excessive use of force in […]

Russian latest weapon shown to inspectors 27 Nov 2019

Russian latest weapon shown to inspectors

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Russian Defense Ministry said Tuesday that it demonstrated its latest weapon, Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle, to a team of US inspectors this week as part of transparency measures under the New Start nuclear arms treaty with the US. “The demonstration of the weapon took place on Nov. 24-26 under the Russian-US […]

ISIS in Southeast Asia? Malaysia Says 27 Nov 2019

ISIS in Southeast Asia? Malaysia Says

TEHRAN (Iran News) – A Malaysian minister warned on Wednesday that the ISIS militant group may shift its base of operations to Southeast Asia after the death of its leader, according to a media report. Authorities in the region have said it will be a long battle to thwart the terrorist group’s ideology, even after […]

White House must comply with impeachment subpoenas 27 Nov 2019

White House must comply with impeachment subpoenas

A US appeals court judge ruled that President Donald Trump’s top aides must comply with subpoenas issued by the impeachment investigation against him. In a case involving former White House counsel Don McGahn, subpoenaed in May by the House Judiciary Committee, Judge Ketanji Jackson ruled that administration officials cannot claim absolute immunity from impeachment subpoenas […]

Yemeni Ansarullah welcomes release of 200 prisoners 26 Nov 2019

Yemeni Ansarullah welcomes release of 200 prisoners

The head of Yemeni supreme revolutionary committee, Mohammed al-Houthi, has welcomed the Saudi-led Coalition's recent action in releasing 200 Yemeni captives.