Air France and British Airways announced Thursday that they will halt flights to Tehran next month, citing low profitability as the US reimposes sanctions on Iran. Air France, which had run connections to the Iranian capital via its low-cost operator Joon, said it would axe the route on September 18, blaming “poor commercial viability”. The […]

Scott Morrison was installed as Australia’s seventh prime minister in 11 years Friday after a stunning Liberal party revolt instigated by hardline conservatives unseated moderate Malcolm Turnbull. Former home affairs minister Peter Dutton, an ex-police officer and right-winger, was the driving force behind the move to oust Turnbull after a party backlash against his more […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday called US sanctions against Moscow “counterproductive and senseless” after Washington warned that more “economic pain” was to come. The latest raft of punitive measures did, however, lead to a dip in the ruble which came dangerously close to its lowest levels in two years against the dollar and the […]

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 […]