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54th Week of Yellow Vest Protests in France 24 Nov 2019

54th Week of Yellow Vest Protests in France

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Demonstrators took to the streets across France on Saturday, marking the 54th consecutive week of mass yellow vest protests against President Emmanuel Macron. Protestors for 54th week of Yellow vest protests, gathered at Estienne-d’Orves Square and marched towards Felix Eboue square. In addition to Paris, protests were held in various other […]

Turkish forces assault on Raqqah 24 Nov 2019

Turkish forces assault on Raqqah

Turkish military forces and allied militants have launched a fierce assault on a key town in Syria’s northern province of Raqqah, more than a month after they mounted a cross-border offensive to clear the region of YPG Kurdish militants. Syria’s official news agency SANA reported that Turkish troops and their proxies attacked residential neighborhoods in […]

Syria oil wells occupied by US: Al-Ja’afari says 24 Nov 2019

Syria oil wells occupied by US: Al-Ja’afari says

Syria’s UN Ambassador Bashar al-Ja’afari says the Syria oil wells are occupied by United States and they are looting Syrian resources as the UN remains silent on Washington’s act of theft. “The US occupies Syrian oil wells and plunders the Syrians’ revenues in the shadow of the UN Security Council’s silence,” he told a meeting […]

23 Dead as Violent Unrest in Chile Enters Fifth Week 23 Nov 2019

23 Dead as Violent Unrest in Chile Enters Fifth Week

The death toll from violent unrest in Chile rose to 23 on Friday as the country entered its fifth week of social unrest.

Yemen Rejects UN Claim about Decrease in Saudi Strikes 23 Nov 2019

Yemen Rejects UN Claim about Decrease in Saudi Strikes

The spokesman for the Yemeni armed forces rejected a statement made by the UN’s Yemen envoy that Saudi airstrikes in the impoverished country are now down 80 percent.

China Attacks US at G20 as World’s Biggest Source of Instability 23 Nov 2019

China Attacks US at G20 as World’s Biggest Source of Instability

The United States is the world's biggest source of instability and its politicians are going around the world baselessly smearing China, the Chinese government's top diplomat said on Saturday in a stinging attack at a G20 meeting in Japan.

US Troop Presence in Japan A Concern, Says Lavrov 23 Nov 2019

US Troop Presence in Japan A Concern, Says Lavrov

The presence of US soldiers on Japanese soil is hindering closer ties between Tokyo and Russia and remains of concern to Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Saturday.

Giuliani Contacted Pompeo before Ukraine Envoy Was Ousted 23 Nov 2019

Giuliani Contacted Pompeo before Ukraine Envoy Was Ousted

US President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani was in contact with secretary of state Mike Pompeo in the months before the US ambassador to Ukraine was abruptly recalled, newly released documents show.

Japan, South Korea Agree to Hold Summit Next Month 23 Nov 2019

Japan, South Korea Agree to Hold Summit Next Month

Japan and South Korea agreed on Saturday to hold formal talks next month, taking a step towards improving relations strained by decades of acrimony over their wartime past and exacerbated by a simmering trade dispute.

Blast in Northern Syria Town Kills 3 23 Nov 2019

Blast in Northern Syria Town Kills 3

A car bomb exploded in a northern Syrian town along the border with Turkey on Saturday killing at least 3 people, Turkey's Defense Ministry said.