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  • Israel continues Gaza attacks as ceasefire nears 15 Jan 2025

    Israel continues Gaza attacks as ceasefire nears

    Despite the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas and Israel being on the verge of a truce, 22 people were killed in Gaza as the occupying regime still continues its crimes in the besieged area.

Russia and U.S., including conspiracies and interference: Claudio Moffa 24 Jan 2019

Russia and U.S., including conspiracies and interference: Claudio Moffa

On the delicate and critical relations between the United States and Russia, we interviewed Professor Claudio Moffa, professor of History of International Relations at the Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Teramo. Q: Shall we think of Russia collusion case as a mere political plot to destroy Trump or Russian interference in the […]

Why Yemen matters to Saudi Arabia and the West 24 Jan 2019

Why Yemen matters to Saudi Arabia and the West

Yemen is one of the most populous countries on the Arabian Peninsula. With a population that is 35 percent Shia, Saudi Arabia has also been concerned by what it sees as Iranian meddling in Yemen. Saudi Arabia has worried that the presence of Iran in Yemen could be risky for Sunni order, especially along part […]

Opposition Leader Declares Himself Venezuela’s President 24 Jan 2019

Opposition Leader Declares Himself Venezuela’s President

In the most direct challenge yet to President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela, opposition leader Juan Guaidó swore himself in as interim president Wednesday as tens of thousands gathered in anti-government protests nationwide. President Trump quickly recognized Mr. Guaidó as the interim leader of Venezuela, adding new fuel to the turmoil convulsing the impoverished country, once […]

Russia calls US-Polish conf. on Iran ‘counterproductive’ 23 Jan 2019

Russia calls US-Polish conf. on Iran ‘counterproductive’

Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia at a UNSC session on Tue. slammed a planned US-Polish conference on the Middle East as “counterproductive” because of its narrow focus on countering Iran. Addressing the UN Security Council, Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said the conference would fail to bolster Middle East security because of its “one-country aspect” and failure […]

Germany’s representative may head EU’s payment system for Iran 23 Jan 2019

Germany’s representative may head EU’s payment system for Iran

 A representative of Germany may become the head of the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) that Europe is preparing to conduct transactions with Iran bypassing US sanctions, a source in the EU institutions told Sputnik Tuesday. A representative of Germany may become the head of the Special Purpose Vehicle(SPV) that Europe is preparing to conduct transactions with Iran bypassing US sanctions, a source […]

Iran capable of mass production of IR-8 centrifuges: Nuclear chief 23 Jan 2019

Iran capable of mass production of IR-8 centrifuges: Nuclear chief

 Iran’s nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi says that Iran has been injecting uranium hexafluoride into IR-8 centrifuges since 3 years ago, adding that the country has the capability of mass production of the machines. Speaking to Iranian state TV-IRIB 4 on the 40th anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, Ali Akbar […]

France, Germany Seek Closer Bond with Treaty Ahead of Brexit 22 Jan 2019

France, Germany Seek Closer Bond with Treaty Ahead of Brexit

France and Germany will sign a new friendship treaty on Tuesday, seeking to boost an alliance at the heart of the European Union as Britain bows out and with nationalism rising around the continent. President Emmanuel Macron and Chancellor Angela Merkel will sign the deal, which pledges deeper economic and defense ties as well as […]

UN Envoy in Yemen for Talks on Hudaydah Truce 22 Jan 2019

UN Envoy in Yemen for Talks on Hudaydah Truce

The UN envoy for Yemen landed in Sana’a on Monday for talks aimed at shoring up a truce between forces loyal to Yemen’s fugitive former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi and he Ansarullah movement in the port city of Hudaydah. Martin Griffiths landed in the capital at around 10:30 am local time (1330 GMT), an […]

Venezuela’s Supreme Court Disavows Guaido as Congress Head 22 Jan 2019

Venezuela’s Supreme Court Disavows Guaido as Congress Head

Venezuela’s Supreme Court head Maikel Moreno announced on Monday that the judges had disavowed Juan Guaido as the chief of the opposition-controlled National Assembly. Juan Guaido, the speaker of the disempowered National Assembly, was declared the interim president of Venezuela by the opposition earlier this month; however, the government refused accept the decision and briefly […]

British Labor Leader Corbyn Curves toward New EU Referendum Option 22 Jan 2019

British Labor Leader Corbyn Curves toward New EU Referendum Option

British opposition Labor Party leader Jeremy Corbyn moved a step closer to paving the way for another referendum on European Union membership by trying to use parliament to grab control of Brexit from Prime Minister Theresa May. With the clock ticking down to March 29, the date set in law for Brexit, the United Kingdom […]