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
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
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
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
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
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 […]
No Place for Hadi in Yemen’s Future: Ansarullah
A leader of Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah Movement said fugitive former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi will have no place in “the political future” of the Arabian Peninsula country. Faisal Abu Talib held talks with the deputy UN envoy to Yemen, Maeen Sharim, about issues surrounding a ceasefire agreement between Yemeni warring sides recently reached in […]
Jordan Hits Out at Israel’s New Red Sea Airport
Jordan hit out at Israel’s move to open a new international airport along their shared border close to the Red Sea, saying it would threaten the kingdom’s airspace. “Jordan rejects the establishment of the Israeli airport in its current location,” head of Jordan’s Civil Aviation Regulatory Commission Haitham Misto said, according to state media, AFP […]
Philippines Holds Referendum for Muslim Autonomy in Troubled South
Minority Muslims in the southern Philippines cast votes on Monday in a long-awaited referendum on autonomy, the culmination of a peace process to end decades of separatist conflict in a region plagued by poverty, banditry and extremism. Some 2.8 million people in the volatile Mindanao region are being asked if they back a plan by […]
Tragic Weekend in Bolivia as 35 Killed in Two Bus Accidents
Two tragic bus accidents occurred this weekend in Bolivian cities of Oruro, and Tarija that left at least 35 people dead and 63 others injured. The firs accident happened Saturday in which two buses collided into each other on the road to Challapata, killing at least 22 people and injuring 37 others. A police report […]