In her remarks, the United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, asserted that Trump’s border wall campaign has nothing to do with border security. She said it’s one of the U.S. President’s plans for energizing his conservative base, and in this way, he aims to distract the country from the various scandals dogging his administration. “I […]

Syrian warplanes pounded the positions of terrorists in a northern village in the central province of Hama after they violated a buffer zone deal there. Clashes broke out on the edge of the northwestern Idlib province as the militants attempted to move towards Syrian military posts in Kafr Zeita in Hama, SANA reported on Thursday. […]

Workers around Tunisia are on strike to demand higher pay in a standoff with a government struggling to reduce unemployment, poverty and social tensions. Marathon last-minute negotiations between the government and union umbrella group UGTT failed to avert Thursday’s strike by public sector workers. The stoppage is expected to affect airports, ports, hospitals and other […]

Yemen’s army, backed by fighters from revolutionary committees, foiled an infiltration attempt by Saudi-backed mercenaries on Yemen’s soil near the border region of Najran. Yemeni troops on Wednesday pushed back militants as they attempted to sneak into Rashaha Gharbian area from a district in Najran, a military source, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Saba […]

The Iranian Judiciary’s Human Rights Council condemned the US move to imprison Marzieh Hashemi, an anchorwoman working for Iranian English-language Press TV, calling for the United Nations’ serious action to secure her freedom. In a statement released on Thursday, the Iranian Judiciary’s Human Rights Council said the way Ms. Hashemi has been arrested in the […]

The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously to deploy a team of up to 75 UN observers to the city of Hudaydah in Yemen for six months. The UN team will monitor a cease-fire and the redeployment away from Hudaydah by both government and Houthi forces, as mandated by an agreement reached in Sweden last […]

Japan’s Foreign Ministry declared a note of protest to Russia over detention of two Japanese fishing boats by Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) near the Kuril Islands, Kyodo news agency reported on Thursday. A representative of the Japanese Foreign Ministry said the actions of the Russian side are “unacceptable.” According to Kyodo, Russian border guards […]

The United States has not provided Russia with specific proof to substantiate its claims that the ground-launched SSC-8 cruise missile (Russian designation 9M729) violated the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told Sputnik. “We fulfill the contract in full, without exemptions, without exceptions, without deviations from the requirements. Our 9M729 system has never been tested for a […]

A man has been arrested on suspicion of planning to storm the White House with an anti-tank rocket. Hasher Jallal Taheb, 21, of Cumming in Georgia, was arrested on Wednesday after trading his car for guns and explosives, officials said. He is charged with attempting to damage or destroy a building owned by the US […]

British Prime Minister Theresa May comfortably survived a “no-confidence” vote in her government Wednesday following a stinging defeat in Parliament over her Brexit deal to leave the European Union. The result means she stays in power for now. May won the attempt to oust her from power by 325 to 306 votes. The motion was called by opposition […]