Spokesman for Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement Mohammad Abdulsalam, who heads a delegation in the ongoing peace talks in Sweden, said the presence of foreign forces in the Arabian Peninsula country cannot be justified. Speaking to the Arabic-language al-Masirah TV on Tuesday night, Abdulsalam said the foreign troops’ presence in Yemen is contrary to the country’s […]

The chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee said he planned to introduce this week a joint resolution condemning Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman for the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, which could force President Donald Trump’s hand on the issue. Republican Senator Bob Corker said he expected the measure to pass the […]

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will attend the last day of talks between warring Yemeni parties in Sweden on Thursday, the world body said. Guterres will participate in UN-brokered negotiations between Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement and forces loyal to fugitive former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi in the rural village of Rimbo, north of Stockholm. He […]

Time on Tuesday named a group of journalists, including a slain Saudi Arabian writer and two Reuters reporters imprisoned by Myanmar’s government, as “Person of the Year” and warned the idea of truth as critical to democracy is under assault. The publication also honored the founder of a Philippines news website critical of that country’s government […]

Top Chinese and American trade officials spoke by phone, signaling that dialogue between the two nations on trade issues is at least continuing despite a diplomatic row over the arrest of a senior Chinese businesswoman China’s Vice Premier Liu He, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer spoke by phone Tuesday […]

Yemeni air defense units shot down a Saudi reconnaissance drone over the western port city of Hudaydah. Yemen’s Saba news agency, citing military sources, reported that the drone was shot down over the province’s Durihaimi district on Monday. In a separate development, Saudi warplanes targeted al-Shabab city in Hudaydah. The war on Yemen has so […]

Head of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq Humam Hamoudi hailed his country’s growing ties with Iran, saying Iraq is in need of investment by Iranian companies. “Today, Iraq needs investments by Iranian companies and the Iraqi people are keen on good economic ties with Iran,” Hamoudi told Tasnim, stressing that close relations would boost both […]

Thailand will hold a much-delayed general election on Feb. 24, 2019, the Election Commission said on Tuesday, after the junta lifted a ban on political activity it imposed after taking power in a coup in 2014. The junta imposed the strict ban on political activity citing the need for order after months of street protests […]

A representative of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, denounced the normalization talks between the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Israel as a stab in the back of the Palestinian nation. Speaking at a meeting on “US Violation of Human Rights in West Asia”, held in Tehran on Monday, Hamas representative in Iran Khaled Qadoumi voiced […]

Demonstrations were held Monday in Denmark to protest plans by the government to send refuges and migrants to a remote island. On the 70th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, thousands of Danes and non-Danes thronged to protests in the nation’s capital and largest city Copenhagen and its second largest […]