Syrian military air defenses destroyed more than 30 missiles during Israeli airstrikes in the early hours of Monday, a report said. Russia’s defense control center was quoted by Interfax news agency as saying that Syrian air defenses shot down more than 30 cruise missiles and guided bombs early on Monday. RIA news agency also said […]

Japanese Prime Minister, who is en route to Moscow for summit talks with Russian President, is leaning toward accepting a postwar peace treaty between the two countries if two of the Russian-controlled four islands claimed by Japan are handed over, Japanese government sources said. Shinzo Abe, hoping to reach a broad agreement on the peace […]

Secretary-General of the Lebanese Hezbollah Resistance Movement Seyed Hassan Nasrallah is in full health and an interview with him will be broadcast in coming days following his three-month absence from the public eye. Lebanon’s Arabic-language al-Mayadeen TV said in a statement that on Saturday it will broadcast a long and detailed interview with Nasrallah, covering a wide range […]

 Iranian students, journalists and people from different walks of life are holding a demonstration in front of the Swiss Embassy in Tehran, which handles the US consular affairs in Iran, to protest the illegal detention of a US-born anchor working for Iran’s Press TV by the US authorities. The protestors have staged the rally to […]

 News sources in the United States announced that Joe Biden, the U.S. former Vice-President (from 2009 to 2017), and a prominent figure in the Democratic Party will soon announce his run for the president in 2020. Biden has previously said that he’s “the most qualified person in the country” for being president.  Biden mentioned these […]

Canada lies far north of her intended destination, but Rahaf Muhammad is happy to be enduring its harsh winter. The 18-year-old Saudi hoped to end up in Australia after escaping her allegedly violent family. But she was stopped on the way, in Bangkok. Saudi authorities pressed Thailand to send her back home. Ms Muhammad warned […]

UN Secretary-General António Guterres underlined during a press conference in New York on Friday, Iran’s positive and constructive role in the region. During a press conference on Friday, Guterres was asked about Iran’s missile program and the role in the region; “international community has called Iran to stop developing its ballistic missiles and other interference […]

Russian Foreign Ministry announced that the upcoming Astana meeting on crisis in Syria would be held in the second half of February. Russian Interfax News Agency quoted Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin as saying on Friday that the upcoming Astana meeting would be held approximately in the second half of next month, adding that […]

 A huge fire exploded at a pipeline leaking fuel in central Mexico on Friday, killing at least 20 people and badly burning 71 others as locals were collecting the spilling gasoline in buckets and garbage cans, officials said. The leak was caused by an illegal tap that fuel thieves had drilled into the pipeline in […]

A U.S. effort to enlist Europe in its pressure campaign against Iran faced a setback after officials said ministers from several European Union members will likely skip a summit organized by Washington on Iran and the Middle East. The summit, which will be co-hosted by Poland and the U.S. and take place in Warsaw, was announced during […]