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Yemeni forces target Saudi troops in West Coast 17 Aug 2018

Yemeni forces target Saudi troops in West Coast

Yemeni forces in a retaliatory attack on Thursday targeted the Saudi troops in the country’s West Coast, al-Masirah TV Network reported. Rocketry Unit of the Yemeni Army and Popular Committees launched a short-range ballistic missile on the Saudi mercenaries’ gathering site in the West Coast. Also, on August 13, the rocketry unit of the Yemeni […]

US moves not to hinder Iran-Iraq economic coop. 17 Aug 2018

US moves not to hinder Iran-Iraq economic coop.

Head of Iraqi Chambers of Commerce Jafar Rasul Hamdani said that US provocative moves will not create any obstacle behind Iran and Iraq economic cooperation. In the current situation, US anti-Iran measures will not impede economic cooperation in private sectors and business ties between the two countries of Iran and Iraq, he reiterated. He made […]

Culture minister calls for focusing on national unity, amity 17 Aug 2018

Culture minister calls for focusing on national unity, amity

Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Seyed Abbas Salehi called on government officials to practice unity, amity and consider national interests into consideration more than before. Speaking on Thursday in a joint meeting of public culture councils held in Zanjan province, he said, “monitoring current situation, solving pertinent problems and developing social and cultural […]

Keita Re-Elected Mali President with Landslide 16 Aug 2018

Keita Re-Elected Mali President with Landslide

Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita was re-elected for a five-year term after winning 67.17 percent of the vote in a runoff, the government announced on Thursday. Opposition challenger and former finance minister Soumaila Cisse, who also ran against Keita in 2013, won 32.83 percent on Sunday, Local Government Minister Mohamed Ag Erlaf said on national […]

No progress in repatriation of Rohingya refugees 16 Aug 2018

No progress in repatriation of Rohingya refugees

TEHRAN – The Bangladesh government officials who were in Myanmar to resolve the crisis related to Rohingya refugees have returned without making any significant progress, according to media reports. A 15-member delegation led by Foreign Minister AH Mehmood Ali visited Myanmar between Thursday and Saturday in what was the first state-sponsored high-profile visit to Myanmar […]

US, Not Iran, Destabilizing Region: Russia 16 Aug 2018

US, Not Iran, Destabilizing Region: Russia

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova slammed the US for trying to destabilize Iran by leaving the 2015 nuclear deal and imposing sanctions on the country, saying it is Washington, not Tehran, that undermines regional security. Moscow considers recent statements by the US ambassador to London on the Iran nuclear deal “mistaken and inappropriate,” Zakharova […]

Iran has to be very careful in future negotiations on Caspian Sea: Prof. Entessar 16 Aug 2018

Iran has to be very careful in future negotiations on Caspian Sea: Prof. Entessar

Professor of political science says although the text of the Caspian Sea Treaty signed on August 12, 2018 in Kazakhstan does not define the share of each of the littoral states, Iran has to be very careful in future negotiations. Five Caspian Sea littoral states signed Caspian Sea Treaty on August 12, 2018 in Kazakhstan. […]

S. Korea’s Moon: Pyongyang Summit to Be Bold Step Toward Ending War 16 Aug 2018

S. Korea’s Moon: Pyongyang Summit to Be Bold Step Toward Ending War

The two Koreas agreed earlier this week to hold a third meeting between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in September as a rapid diplomatic thaw builds on the peninsula following their first summit in April.South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Wednesday his visit to Pyongyang next month will […]

Trump Blacklists Critical Ex-CIA Chief Brennan 16 Aug 2018

Trump Blacklists Critical Ex-CIA Chief Brennan

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday revoked the security clearance of former Central Intelligence Agency director John Brennan, and warned several other prominent critics they too risk being blacklisted. In a highly unusually directive, Trump claimed that Brennan – a former station chief in Riyadh who rose to lead the US spy agency – had […]

China, US to resume trade talks in late August 16 Aug 2018

China, US to resume trade talks in late August

China will send a senior negotiator to the United States in late August to resume trade talks, its commerce ministry said Thursday, the first public meeting on the dispute in weeks as the trade conflict intensifies. Beijing and Washington have slapped tariffs on tens of billions of dollars worth of each other’s goods since they […]