President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday faces the biggest ballot box challenge of his 15 year grip on Turkey, with the opposition revitalised and his popularity at risk from growing economic troubles. Erdogan has overseen historic change in Turkey since his Islamic-rooted ruling party first came to power in 2002 after years of secular domination. […]

Saudi Arabian women celebrated being able to drive for the first time in decades Sunday, as the kingdom overturned the world’s only ban on female motorists, a historic reform expected to usher in a new era of social mobility. The move is part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s wide-ranging drive to modernise the conservative […]

TEHRAN – Federica Mogherini, the EU high representative for foreign affairs, met on Friday with Indian Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj, discussing a range of issues including the importance of preserving the Iran nuclear deal. They also addressed developments in their respective neighborhoods, such as the situation of the Rohingya, Afghanistan, the Maldives and […]

German Chancellor Angela Merkel attacked Iran’s regional policy in his most recent statement. This is while the German government is one of the main supporters of the terrorist and takfiri groups in the West Asian region. Many analysts of international affairs believe that Germany will support the killing of the Yemeni people by exporting arms […]

US President Donald Trump has decided to prolong sanctions introduced in the wake of North Korea’s missile and nuclear tests following a punitive December 2017 UN resolution restricting Pyongyang’s fuel imports and other trade. The day before, however, the US president had stressed that Kim Jong Un was complying with international demands, Sputnik News reported. […]

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe would travel to Tehran in July for talks with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. Kyodo news agency in a report on Friday said, “this visit will be the first visit of a Japanese prime minister to the Islamic Republic of Iran in the past 40 years. In 1978, then Japanese prime […]

The US-EU conflict over the United States announced tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Canada, Mexico and the EU has entered a new phase. The tariffs, which took effect from Friday, will end a two-month exemption for the US allies. Accordingly, Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission said: “This is a bad day […]

Brazil said Tuesday it was suspending fish exports to the European Union in response to concerns raised by Brussels’ veterinary inspectors. “The suspension will come into effect next Wednesday, January 3, at the same time as an action plan to respond to questions raised by the European Union following an inspection carried out in September […]

President Donald Trump ordered an end to the separation of migrant children from their parents on the US border Wednesday, reversing a tough policy under heavy pressure from his fellow Republicans, Democrats and the international community. The spectacular about-face comes after more than 2,300 children were stripped from their parents and adult relatives after illegally […]

 Internationally recognized strategist of the multipolar world and the founder of Difference Group Dan Steinbock said Trump pulled US out of JCPOA under the name of freedom and democracy, but in fact due to interest in Iran’s energy resources, to reduce Iran’s regional importance, and to foster internal division. Leaders of two historically hostile countries […]