Europe should set up payment systems independent of the US if it wants to save the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers that was abandoned by President Donald Trump, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said. “That’s why it is indispensable that we strengthen European autonomy by creating payment channels that are independent of […]

Driven from Myanmar over decades, Rohingya Muslims have been labelled the most persecuted people on earth. But resilience and ingenuity have led members of the stateless community to forge new lives — everywhere from refugee camps in Bangladesh to the hospitals of Switzerland. Many fled Myanmar as children. Some have been granted refugee status, others […]

In a Monday statement at the UN office in Geneva, the Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of the unilateral coercive measures Idriss Jazairy called the re-imposed US sanctions against Iran ‘unfair and cruel’. According to Idriss Jazairy’s statement, the sanctions re-imposed on the Islamic Republic of Iran following the US unilateral withdrawal from the nuclear […]

The leader of the National Wisdom Movement of Iraq has said Iraq should not remain silent about US Iran-related sanctions, calling on the Americans to change their policies against Iran. Ammar al-Hakim made the remarks during Baghdad’s Eid al-Adha prayers, during which he also called for accelerating the formation of new Iraqi government. According to […]

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that conditions are ripe for the return of the Syrian refugees to their country, pointing out that more than seven thousand displaced Syrians have returned to their home from Lebanon only during the last month. During a joint press conference with his Lebanese counterpart Gebran Bassil, Lavrov said that […]

At least nine rockets hit near the area of Afghanistan’s Presidential Palace in Kabul, where President Ashraf Ghani was delivering speech to celebrate the Eid al-Adha on Tuesday. Afghan police say Taliban is responsible for the attack. According to reports the clashes are still ongoing in the capital, Kabul. Ghani heard the thud and interrupted […]

A meeting between representatives of Russia, Iran and Turkey, the three guarantor states on Syria, with UN Secretary-General Special Envoy on Syria Staffan de Mistura will take place in early September, A Russian official said. The presidential special envoy for the Middle East and Africa and deputy foreign minister Mikhail Bogdanov said ‘There will be […]

Iraq’s Ambassador to Iran Rajeh Saber Aboud Al-Mousavi said on Monday that behavior of a country (the US) will not be able to affect Baghdad-Tehran ties and Iraq will never leave Tehran alone during sanctions era. He made the remarks after Prime Minister Heidar Al-Abadi said earlier that Iraq will follow up sanctions against Iran […]

Two suspects involved in the early morning gun attack on the US Embassy in capital Ankara has been arrested. A search to nab the suspects involved in the attack was launched soon after the attack. The suspects are being interrogated at a police station in Ankara. According to Anadolu, the vehicle used in the attack […]

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani declared a provisional three-month ceasefire with the Taliban in a televised broadcast Sunday, a move welcomed by Washington but yet to receive a reply from the militants themselves. The announcement followed a bloody week of fighting across Afghanistan which saw the Taliban launch a massive assault against the provincial capital Ghazni. […]