Firefighters are battling a blaze at a high-rise tower in the Dubai Marina amid a sandstorm sweeping the city in the United Arab Emirates. The government-run Dubai Media Office said the fire broke out Sunday morning in the Zen Tower, AP reported. It said residents have been evacuated and there were no injuries immediately reported […]

Officials in Pakistan say violent rainstorms in the northwest have caused at least 15 deaths and injured dozens. Latif Khan, a senior disaster management official, said Sunday that most of the deaths from the severe weather overnight were caused by the collapse of mud and stone walls and houses. He said the heavy rains also […]

 Mohamed ElBaradei, the former IAEA head, has described the US withdrawal from JCPOA as a sad day for collective security, calling on the Arab countries to help solve the crisis. Mohamed ElBaradei has called on Arab states to play a more active role and help solve the crisis caused by the US withdrawal from the JCPOA, […]

TEHRAN – Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena was scheduled to arrive in Tehran on Sunday for a two-day state visit, Mehr reported. Sirisena’s visit is taking place at the invitation of his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani. Sirisena is expected to hold meetings with Rouhani as well as other Iranian officials including Foreign Minister Zarif. According […]

TEHRAN – The former chairman of U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff has criticized Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of the nuclear agreement, saying the U.S. walked away from allies by the decision. “We walked away from allies and withdrew from the Iran Nuclear Agreement. Yet strategically we should share complex problems. Fewer partners means […]

President Trump’s reckless decision to withdraw the United States from the Iran nuclear deal will not force Iran back to the negotiating table, nor will it address serious concerns about Iran’s behavior in the Middle East. But it will leave Iran’s nuclear program unconstrained, and an inconstant America isolated from its allies and far less […]

The European troika are still insisting on having negotiations over a second or complementary agreement with the Islamic Republic of Iran. After the withdrawal of the United States of America from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) despite the official support of the European troika and those like “Federica Mogherini”, High Representative of the […]

Turkish President Erdogan and Russian President Putin in a phone conversation discussed the future of Iran nuclear deal in the light of US pullout from the agreement, a source in Erdogan’s administration told Sputnik. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed in phone talks on Thursday the prospects of the Iran […]

At least three armed insurgents were killed and four others wounded during military operations in Kunduz province, north of Afghanistan, a local official said saturday. “Security forces launched a military operation in Imam Sahib district of Kunduz province, on Friday night, killing three militants and injuring four others,” Ghulam Hazrat Karimi, a police spokesman in […]

BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany is ready to help its firms continue doing business in Iran, its economy minister said on Friday. Tuesday’s U.S. withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear accord and planned reimposition of sanctions against Iran came with the threat of penalties against any foreign firms involved in business there. Germany – along with France […]