A record arctic air mass will remain over the central and eastern United States over the next several days. Several people have died in the dangerously low temperatures, but the weather looks set to ease Freezing temperatures sweeping the northern United States had left at least seven people dead on Thursday with authorities urging people to stay […]

US lawmakers said on Wednesday they expect Congress will pass a resolution ending US involvement in the Yemen war, which would force President Donald Trump to issue the first veto of his presidency in order to continue supporting the Saudi-led coalition. Republican and Democratic senators and representatives said on Wednesday they were re-introducing a war […]

 Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Bratislava on Tuesday and conferred with Slovakian officials on the EU’s planned trade mechanism aimed at facilitating trade with Iran in the face of US sanctions. Abbas Araghchi, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs, arrived in Slovakia Tuesday on top of a high-ranking delegation as the […]

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said Mon. that consultations between Germany, France, the UK and the European Union have led to agreement on setting up the Special-Purpose Vehicle (SPV) with Iran soon. “As far as the special purpose vehicle is concerned: it will be registered, it has not yet been registered, but I would say […]

Afghan president Ashraf Ghani called on the Taliban to “enter serious talks” with the government in Kabul Monday, following unprecedented marathon negotiations between the insurgents and the US in Qatar last week. “I call on the Taliban to… show their Afghan will, and accept Afghans’ demand for peace, and enter serious talks with the Afghan […]

Leader of the National Wisdom Movement of Iraq has once again condemned the US unilateral sanctions against Iran, saying Washington must abide by international law. Ammar al-Hakim made the remarks in a meeting with Iranian ambassador to Baghdad Iraj Masjedi. During the meeting on Monday, the two sides conferred on the latest political developments in […]

 Announcement of Barnie Sanders’ candidacy in the 2020 presidential election is the worst possible news for Donald Trump and his entourage at the White House. Many American analysts believe that Sanders could be a serious rival for Trump in the upcoming presidential election. Three years after fighting a surprisingly competitive Democratic primary race against Hillary […]

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro rejected an international ultimatum to call elections within eight days and said opposition leader Juan Guaido had violated the country’s constitution by declaring himself leader. Maduro, in an interview with CNN Turk aired Sunday, also said he was open to dialogue and that meeting U.S. President Donald Trump was improbable but […]

At least four policemen were killed and 11 wounded by two roadside bombs that targeted police convoys in separate attacks in northern Iraq on Sunday, the service and medical sources said. Two died and eight were wounded when a bomb hit a bus carrying police on their way to work near the town of Shirqat, […]

The preparatory technical meetings of the Syrian-Iranian Joint High Committee began Saturday at the Damascus-based Dama-rose Hotel . Iran’s Deputy Minister of Roads and Urban Development Amir Amini  said that holding meetings is an evidence of Iran’s and Syria’s strong will to cooperate and deepen the various aspects of strategic relations. He hoped to reach […]