The Bahraini opposition figures deplored the parliamentary elections held in the Persian Gulf country on Saturday as a complete sham and said that up to 92% of voters had boycotted the polls in some constituency, rejecting government reports of 67% turnout. In remarks released on Sunday, Hussain Al Daihi, the deputy secretary general of al-Wefaq […]

French President Emmanuel Macron has condemned violence by protesters at demonstrations against rising fuel taxes and his government. Police fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse demonstrators in Paris as thousands gathered in the capital and beyond and staged road blockades. Thousands of police were deployed nationwide to contain the eighth day of deadly […]

Spokesman for Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah Movement Mohammad Abdulsalam said the increase of Saudi-led air strikes on the port city of Hudaydah will destroy peace efforts of the UN special envoy to Yemen, Martin Griffiths. In remarks released on Sunday, Abdulsalam said the Saudi-led fighter jets have bombarded Hudaydah 35 times over the last 12 hours, […]

The European Union has denounced Israel’s new demolition campaign in East Jerusalem (al-Quds) under which a number of shops and petrol stations have been demolished since Wednesday. EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini issued a statement on Saturday against Israel’s “policy of settlement construction and expansion,” saying it is undermining any chances of peace with Palestinians. The […]

In a candid admission of U.S. defeat in Afghanistan after 18 years of war that began in 2001, U.S. General Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, says the Taliban “are not losing” in the war-torn country. Dunford is among the growing number of U.S. officials to admit that there was no “military […]

Taking their defense partnership to the next level, India and Russia have signed a $500 million deal for construction of two warships for the Indian Navy under the technology transfer model, media reports quoted Indian officials saying on Tuesday. The agreement for the project was signed between India’s Goa Shipyard Ltd (GSL) and Russia’s state-run […]

To tide over the flailing economy, Pakistan is currently in talks with International Monetary Fund (IMF) and both parties have made “significant progress” toward agreeing on an $8 billion bailout package, the IMF said in a statement on Tuesday. “There has been broad agreement on the need for a comprehensive agenda of reforms and policy […]

A team of Iranian students, called Rahart, from Tabriz, East Azarbaijan province, secured the 4th place at 2018 World Robot Olympiad (WRO) Open Category Elementary, IRNA news agency reported. The competition was held on November 16 – 18, 2018 in Chiang Mai Thailand. First held in 2004 in Singapore, it now attracts more than 20,000 […]

 Iranian computer scientist Amir Hossein Karimi won Canada’s University of Waterloo’s Alumni Gold Medals in late October for Outstanding Academic Performance in a Master’s Program at Waterloo’s convocation ceremonies. According to the University of Waterloo’s website the award recognizes the academic achievements of graduating students by awarding Alumni Gold Medals during the University’s June and […]

Third International Conference and the 7th National AIDS Seminar is taking place in Tehran from November 21 to 23, ISNA quoted the conference’s scientific director as saying. Early diagnosis of AID/HIV patients, educational and preventive programs for controlling the disease and devoting extra attention to sexual transmission of the disease are the main topics of […]