Tuesday, 16 December , 2025
  • Iran Urges Fair Process in Selecting Next UN Chief 16 Dec 2025

    Iran Urges Fair Process in Selecting Next UN Chief

    TEHRAN - Iran has called for a fair process to select the next UN secretary-general, warning that candidates who remained silent on unlawful military attacks against Iran’s peaceful nuclear program are unfit — in an apparent reference to the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi.

Russia, China Tell UN They Sent Home over Half North Korean Workers in 2018 26 Mar 2019

Russia, China Tell UN They Sent Home over Half North Korean Workers in 2018

Russia sent home nearly two-thirds of some 30,000 North Koreans working there during 2018 and China repatriated more than half, but did not specify a figure, according to unpublished reports by Moscow and Beijing to the United Nations Security Council.

Rivals Voice Suspicions as Thailand’s Pro-Army Party Leads Election Race 25 Mar 2019

Rivals Voice Suspicions as Thailand’s Pro-Army Party Leads Election Race

Two major political parties raised doubts on Monday about the results of Thailand’s general election after a party linked to the military took a surprise lead in the popular vote that suggested the country’s junta chief will remain in power.

New Zealand to Probe Role of Spies, Guns in Mosque Attack 25 Mar 2019

New Zealand to Probe Role of Spies, Guns in Mosque Attack

New Zealand will hold a top-level inquiry into the massacre of 50 people at two Christchurch mosques that will look into what roles semi-automatic guns, social media and intelligence agencies had preceding the attacks.

Area near Tel Aviv Hit by Long-Range Rocket 25 Mar 2019

Area near Tel Aviv Hit by Long-Range Rocket

A long-range rocket launched from the Gaza Strip has struck an area near Tel Aviv, wounding seven people in the first such incident since a 2014 war on the Palestinian enclave, Israeli regime officials said.

North Korea Returns to Inter-Korean Liaison Office 25 Mar 2019

North Korea Returns to Inter-Korean Liaison Office

North Korea has returned its staff to an inter-Korean liaison office, Seoul said Monday, just days after unilaterally withdrawing from the joint facility.

Pentagon Sends Ships through Taiwan Strait for Third Time in Three Months 25 Mar 2019

Pentagon Sends Ships through Taiwan Strait for Third Time in Three Months

The Pentagon has sent ships through the Taiwan Strait — the third time in as many months — as Washington ramps up naval activities in the waterway, stoking fears in Beijing of a growing alignment with Taipei.

Kremlin Hasn’t Yet Studied Mueller Report 25 Mar 2019

Kremlin Hasn’t Yet Studied Mueller Report

The Kremlin administration has not studied as of yet the report on the results of investigation by US Special Counsel Robert Mueller into Russia’s alleged meddling in the US presidential election in 2016, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

Palestinian Resistance Warns against Israeli Aggression on Gaza 25 Mar 2019

Palestinian Resistance Warns against Israeli Aggression on Gaza

Secretary General of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad Resistance Movement Ziad al-Nakhala warned of consequences in case of any Israeli military aggression on the Gaza Strip.

Yemeni Leader Rejects Pompeo’s Claims on Iranian Missile Support 24 Mar 2019

Yemeni Leader Rejects Pompeo’s Claims on Iranian Missile Support

Chairman of Yemen’s Supreme Revolutionary Committee Mohammed Ali al-Houthi vehemently rejected US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s recent claims that Iran sends missiles to Houthis and said instead of such claims, the US should end its aggression on Yemen.

Venezuelan President Says Opposition’s Plot to Kill Him Foiled 24 Mar 2019

Venezuelan President Says Opposition’s Plot to Kill Him Foiled

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has said the country’s security forces have foiled a plan to assassinate him masterminded personally by the opposition’s leader Juan Guaido.