Crashes of Boeing kept 50 planes grounded around the world
Boeing announced Thursday up to 50 of its popular 737NG planes had been grounded after cracks in them were detected, in another blow to the US aircraft maker following two deadly crashes. Iran News quotes AFP report. Australian national carrier Qantas became the latest airline to take one of the planes out of the air, […]
Nadia Murad: Baghdadi’s death not enough, we need justice
Nobel Peace Prize winner and Izadi activist Nadia Murad says the alleged death of ISS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in a US raid over the weekend is not enough to compensate the victims of the atrocities committed by the Takfiri terrorist group. Murad, a survivor of sexual slavery at the hands of ISIS, told reporters […]
Rising sea levels smash homes of millions by 2050
Rising sea levels are on track to affect about three times more people by 2050 than originally thought. New research suggests that 300 million homes will be affected by coastal flooding in the next 30 years. And that number could rise to 630 million by the year 2100 if carbon emissions don’t decrease. New estimates […]
Putin to Skip APEC Summit in Chile, Kremlin Says
Russian President Vladimir Putin has no plans to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Chile next month, the Kremlin said on Wednesday, adding that the decision had nothing to do with the ongoing riots in Chile.
US Killing of Baghdadi Changes Nothing Worth Bragging About
A prominent American author and five-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee shrugged off US President Donald Trump’s recent announcement about the death of Daesh (ISIS or ISIL) ringleader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, saying it changes nothing worth bragging about.
Rights Groups condemn Al-Khalifa arresting Female Activists
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Rights groups slammed Al-Khalifa arresting female activists and their mistreatment in prisons. A recent report, Breaking the Silence: Bahraini Women Political Prisoners Expose Systemic Abuses, outlines the cases of nine former and current female prisoners in Bahrain throughout the process of their arrests and trials, as well as the conditions of […]
Iran, China expanding mutual agricultural cooperation
TEHRAN (Iran News)- Tehran and Beijing signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to further increase and strengthen mutual agricultural cooperation run by Iranian and Chinese agricultural academic centers and research institutes. Iran’s Deputy Agriculture Minister Kazem Khavazi and President of the Yanan Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Xuelin Li signed an MoU, on the sidelines of […]
New obstacles in Turkey-US relations
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Not long after the US-Turkish agreement on Syria, approval of the Armenian Genocide in the US Congress caused a new crisis in the relations of Ankara-Washington. The issue of the Armenian Genocide by the Ottoman is perhaps the most sensitive issue in Turkish foreign policy, which has been used at various […]
US Democrats Present Impeachment Inquiry Plan
TEHRAN (Iran News) – US House Democrats unveiled a resolution on Tuesday authorizing and laying out procedures for the next phase of the impeachment inquiry plan against Donald Trump, saying it will provide “a clear path forward” as the House begins a public phase of the investigation. “This is a sad time for our country,” […]
Lebanese PM Hariri resigns amid mass protests in Lebanon
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said he would submit his resignation on Tuesday, declaring he had hit a “dead end” in trying to resolve a crisis unleashed by huge anti-corruption protests. Iran News covers the story of how Hariri resigns. Lebanon has been paralyzed by an unprecedented wave of protests against the political class that […]