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Habib Jemli Tasked with Forming New Government 16 Nov 2019

Habib Jemli Tasked with Forming New Government

Tunisia's recently elected President Kais Saied has tasked agricultural engineer Habib Jemli with forming a government after the Ennahdha party nominated him for the prime minister's job

Former PM Nawaz Sharif, Not an ‘Old Grudge’; Imran Khan 16 Nov 2019

Former PM Nawaz Sharif, Not an ‘Old Grudge’; Imran Khan

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said he holds no grudge against former PM Nawaz Sharif. Pakistan’s opposition Muslim League had earlier sought unconditional permission to take the ailing former PM Nawaz Sharif, to London for treatment, warning Prime Minister Imran Khan that if anything happened to Sharif, he would be responsible […]

Syria UN Envoy: Terrorists in Idlib Take Captives 16 Nov 2019

Syria UN Envoy: Terrorists in Idlib Take Captives

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Syria UN envoy Bashar al-Jaafari said Takfiri terrorist groups operating in the northwestern province of Idlib continue to take civilians as human shields, stressing that it is the Damascus government’s duty to purge the area of their presence. Speaking at a UN Security Council session on the situation in the Middle […]

US Commerce Chief: US, China Trade Talks Still Tough 16 Nov 2019

US Commerce Chief: US, China Trade Talks Still Tough

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Top negotiators from the US and China are seeking to narrow differences on a partial trade agreement, but still have significant differences on key issues, according to US Commerce Chief Wilbur Ross. In an interview on Fox Business Network on Friday, US Commerce Chief said US President Donald Trump had not […]

Harvard Law Students Left Israeli Consul General Speech 16 Nov 2019

Harvard Law Students Left Israeli Consul General Speech

TEHRAN (Iran News)- Harvard law students on Friday walked out on a lecture held by the Israeli Consul General in New York, Dani Dayan. Dayan was due to talk on “The Legal Strategy of Israeli Settlements” in Israeli-blockaded Palestine when the students stood up, lifted placards reading “Settlements are a war crime” and walked out […]

Syria’s sovereignty over occupied Golan reaffirmed 16 Nov 2019

Syria’s sovereignty over occupied Golan reaffirmed

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The UN General Assembly reaffirmed by an overwhelming majority Syria’s sovereignty over the occupied Golan and over its resources, demanding that Israeli regime cease exploiting, damaging, squandering, depleting, or endangering its natural resources. This came in a resolution approved by the Economic and Financial Committee (Second Committee) of the General Assembly, […]

Morales Called for UN mediation in Bolivia 16 Nov 2019

Morales Called for UN mediation in Bolivia

Bolivia’s Evo Morales called for the UN mediation and possibly Pope Francis, to mediate in the Andean nation’s political crisis following his ouster as president in what he called a coup d’etat that forced him into exile in Mexico. In an interview with The Associated Press Thursday in Mexico City, Morales called for the UN […]

Marie Yovanovitch testifies at Trump impeachment hearing 16 Nov 2019

Marie Yovanovitch testifies at Trump impeachment hearing

The former US ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, who was branded “bad news” by President Donald Trump and removed, defended her record and told a televised impeachment hearing on Friday she did not pursue a political agenda in Ukraine. “I had no agenda other than to pursue our stated foreign policy goals,” the ambassador, Marie […]

Syria Army Retakes Control of Villages in Idlib 14 Nov 2019

Syria Army Retakes Control of Villages in Idlib

Syria’s army established control over the villages of al-Luaibdeh Gharbyia and Tal Khazna in Idlib after eliminating the last gatherings of terrorists there.

Muslim Preacher Dies in Saudi Jail Due to Medical Negligence 14 Nov 2019

Muslim Preacher Dies in Saudi Jail Due to Medical Negligence

A well-known Muslim preacher died in prison in Saudi Arabia, as a crackdown led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman against pro-democracy campaigners, Muslim preachers and intellectuals widens in the ultra-conservative kingdom.