It has been one year since Rohingya Muslims were forced to leave Myanmar following brutal crackdown by Myanmar military with tacit support from the government. As per conservative estimates, there are around 905,000 Rohingya refugees presently in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar, although some human rights bodies have put the figure higher. The exodus of persecuted Rohingya […]

 The Arab League on Saturday condemned a US decision to end funding for the UN Palestinian refugee agency, UNRWA. “Washington will be responsible for the great harms caused by this decision to around five million Palestinian refugees who are dependent on the agency aid,” Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul-Gheit said. On Friday, US State Department […]

The Russian Navy and Aerospace Forces will hold joint large-scale training exercises in the Mediterranean Sea on September 1-8. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the drills will involve 26 warships from the Northern, Baltic, Black Sea Fleets and the Caspian Flotilla, including two submarines, and 34 long-distance, military transport and naval aircraft. The Northern […]

 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov affirmed that the Syrian government has the sovereign right over its territory, pointing out that Russia supports all efforts to resolve the crisis in Syria in accordance with the UN Security Council resolution no.2254. In a press conference with his Eritrean counterpart Osman Saleh, Lavrov said that terrorists are preparing […]

 EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said on Friday that the EU member states and their partners in the world will continue cooperation to make sure that Iranians and Iranian citizens can benefit from the nuclear agreement. “The IAEA [International Atomic Energy Agency released its 12th report certifying that Iran is still complying with all […]

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Thu. that his country is working with Russia and Iran to prevent a disaster in Syria’s Idlib. “We are working with Russians and Iranians to prevent another Aleppo-like disaster in Idlib,” Erdoğan said at the graduation ceremony for the Turkish Military Academy’s Kara Harp School, Turkish Daily Sabah reported. […]

Russia’s Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya said that Jabhat al-Nusra terror organization and groups affiliated to it are holding over two million people in Idleb hostage and preventing them from leaving. He said that members of the “White Helmets” have transported two toxic gas containers in Idleb province, not to mention that there […]

Japan’s Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on Tuesday successfully launched a Н2-А rocket with a new reconnaissance satellite from the space center in the prefecture of Kagoshima. The rocket was launched at 1:34 p.m. local time (4:34 GMT), which was broadcast live by the country’s space agency, Sputnik reported. The rocket is expected to bring IGS-Optical […]

Recent contradictory statements by the German Chancellor and German Foreign Minister on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) over an independent payment system for Iran attracted the attention of many international experts and analysts.  As reported by Handensblatt, the German business newspaper, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas recently mentioned that Europe and the U.S. “have […]

Myanmar rejected Wednesday the findings of a UN probe alleging genocide by its military against the Rohingya, in a strident government response to a damning report on the crisis. Myanmar has come under immense pressure this week over last year’s military crackdown that pushed more than 700,000 of the Muslim minority into Bangladesh. Monday’s report […]