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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 […]

No Place for Hadi in Yemen’s Future: Ansarullah 22 Jan 2019

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 22 Jan 2019

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 21 Jan 2019

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 […]