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  • 137 bodies found in Rafah after Gaza ceasefire 21 Jan 2025

    137 bodies found in Rafah after Gaza ceasefire

    Gaza’s Palestinian Civil Defence agency reports that 137 bodies of the civilians killed in Israeli attacks have been pulled out of the rubble since the start of the ceasefire in Rafah, media outlets have reported.

EU takes anti-Trump trade show to China and Japan 14 Jul 2018

EU takes anti-Trump trade show to China and Japan

The European Union’s top officials will meet the leaders of China and Japan next week to boost ties in the face of fears that US President Donald Trump will spark an all-out global trade war. The trip by EU Council President Donald Tusk and Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker includes the signing of a free trade […]

Facts and figures about Xinjiang of China 14 Jul 2018

Facts and figures about Xinjiang of China

Due to its important role in China’s Belt-and-Road Initiative, the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang) has attracted much attention. Not infrequently, praises, along with misunderstanding and western media’s distortion are intertwined in the press. It is necessary to present a real and true picture about the region to facilitate a better understanding of Xinjiang. Great […]

Upcoming meeting of guarantor states on Syria in Aug. 14 Jul 2018

Upcoming meeting of guarantor states on Syria in Aug.

Russia’s permanent representative at the UN office and other international organizations in Geneva, Gennady Gatilov, said that the upcoming meeting of the guarantors of the cessation of hostilities agreement in Syria will be held in the first half of next August. Speaking to Russian News Agency of Sputnik, Gatilov said that the new consultations between […]

Russia studying possible oil-for-goods deal with Iran: Novak 14 Jul 2018

Russia studying possible oil-for-goods deal with Iran: Novak

Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Friday that a deal under which Russia would provide goods to Iran in exchange for oil is still possible. Russia is studying all legal issues related to the possible deal, he said. (Source: Reuters)

Former PM Yıldırım elected as speaker of Turkey’s parl. 14 Jul 2018

Former PM Yıldırım elected as speaker of Turkey’s parl.

Turkey’s new parliament has elected former Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım as its speaker with the votes of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), Daily Sabah reported. Turkish lawmakers on Thursday elected Turkey’s last Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım to be the first speaker of the Turkish Grand National Assembly […]

Japan fully supports JCPOA: official 14 Jul 2018

Japan fully supports JCPOA: official

Japan fully supports Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and urges all other countries to respect this international agreement, said Japanese Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Takeo Akiba. He made the remarks on Friday in Tokyo while receiving the credentials of Iranian new ambassador to Japan Morteza Rahmani-Movahed. Akiba went on to say that Iran and […]

Pres. Putin to visit Tehran for trilateral meeting on Syria 13 Jul 2018

Pres. Putin to visit Tehran for trilateral meeting on Syria

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish and Iranian counterparts, Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Hassan Rouhani, are to meet in Tehran to discuss Syria, Ali-Akbar Velayati Senior Aide to Iran’s Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said. Velayati met with Russian president on Thursday in Moscow. He delivered messages from Iran’s Leader and President Hassan Rouhani to Putin, Russia […]

US to impose sanctions on all Iranian oil importers: Mnuchin 13 Jul 2018

US to impose sanctions on all Iranian oil importers: Mnuchin

US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that US intends to use sanctions against China, Russia, EU and other countries which import Iranian oil, sputnik reported on Wednesday. “We intend to enforce sanctions on them [China], on Russia, on Europe and others against Iran oil,” Mnuchin said when asked if the US would impose sanctions on […]

After 17 years of ‘wasted effort’ in Afghanistan, no lessons learnt by US 13 Jul 2018

After 17 years of ‘wasted effort’ in Afghanistan, no lessons learnt by US

After nearly 17 years of war, chaos, mayhem, misery, death and destruction, the United States is seeking peace negotiations with the Taliban in Afghanistan. That the US has miserably lost the plot in the war-ravaged country is no secret, but to come back after 17 long years of fighting and talk about peace parleys not only […]

Decoding of EU’s Approach towards JCPOA 12 Jul 2018

Decoding of EU’s Approach towards JCPOA

The joint commission of the JCPOA had recently held a meeting at ministerial level with the presence of Iran and the five remaining members of the nuclear deal.  In its latest statement on the recent meeting, the European Union has affirmed its commitment regarding the following objectives in good faith and in a constructive atmosphere: […]