US administration denounces Haley’s plan for Iran-centered UN meeting
The Trump administration is disowning plan of its UN Ambassador Nikki Haley for holding a security council meeting focused on Iran, Washington Post reported. The report adds that however, “focusing the meeting on Iran drew immediate concerns from US allies who believed that the topic would expose sharp disagreements among the United States, France and Britain […]
Intensification of disputes in the White House
Disputes between U.S. President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense James Mattis have increased. Many media sources in the U.S. are reporting the probable dismissal of Trump’s Secretary of Defense in the coming days. Meanwhile, after the presence of people such as John Bolton and Mike Pumpeo at the White House, Mattises’ power in the […]
Nasrallah describes Trump ‘a worldly-minded person who likes war and massacre’
Hezbollah Secretary General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah said the Ppresident of the United States is a worldly-minded person who has no problem with war and massacre. Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah said the US President Donald Trump is a typical example of a worldly-minded person who has no problem with killing and waging war. He made the remarks […]
U.S. is roadblock to peace between India, Pakistan
The inaugural 2+2 ministerial dialogue between India and the U.S. held in New Delhi last week has again threatened to jeopardize recent efforts made by New Delhi and Islamabad to bury the hatchet and open a new chapter in their bilateral ties. The joint statement issued at the summit has drawn sharp reaction from Islamabad, […]
Iraqis in Basra condemn attack on Iran consulate
Iraqis from different walks of life on Saturday staged a march in the southern city of Basra to condemn a recent attack on Iran’s consulate in the city, Press TV reported. Trampling on U.S. and Israeli flags, the Iraqi demonstrators chanted slogans in support of Iran and praised the country’s help to the Iraqi military […]
Japan’s Abe planning talks with Rouhani in NY later this month
Japanese media have reported that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is planning to meet with Iranian president on the sidelines of the UN Security Council General Assembly later this month. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is planning to have talks with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani later this month in New York following the reinstatement of sanctions against […]
Not an easy time at all and no thanks to US
The world waits to see what the Syrian Arab Army and allies are going to do now that the “West” has warned it will attack Syria if there’s a full scale assault on the terrorists in Idlib. I would humbly suggest surrounding Idlib with a single exit corridor for civilians and starve al-Qaeda and the […]
Saudi sources announce shooting at Al-Masjid an-Nabawi
Saudi sources announced a shooting at Al-Masjid an-Nabawi courtyard on Saturday night, indicating that the assailant has been arrested. No one has been hurt in the incident, which is said to happen on Saturday night, during which an unidentified person started shooting with a handgun at Al-Masjid an-Nabawi courtyard. The security forces managed to arrest […]
Sherman: ‘I met Zarif but not with Kerry and Moniz’
Wendy Sherman, the former senior U.S. nuclear negotiator with Iran, said on Saturday she had met Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif alone, stressing such meetings are not aimed to undermine U.S. policy. “Sec. Pompeo tried to distract from Manafort and gain points with president by attacking me today. Facts were wrong, message was wrong. […]
To tackle water scarcity, Pakistanis crowdsourcing a mammoth dam project
According to a recent report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Pakistan ranks among the top three countries with acute water scarcity. UN agencies like United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) have also sounded alarm bells that Pakistan, which has the world’s fourth-largest rate of water usage, […]