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Turkish private jet hits Iranian high mountains 11 Mar 2018

Turkish private jet hits Iranian high mountains

 A Turkish private jet which was using Iranian air space to get from Sharjah to Istanbul crashed in Iranian western mountain ranges after catching fire, according to local eyewitnesses. A Turkish private jet heading towards Istanbul from UAE’s Sharjah caught fire while crossing over Iranian air space and hit Mount Helen in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari […]

Cuba Vote Opens Final Chapter of Castro Era 11 Mar 2018

Cuba Vote Opens Final Chapter of Castro Era

Cuba votes for a new National Assembly on Sunday, a key step in a process leading to the election of a new president, the first in nearly 60 years from outside the Castro family. The new members of the National Assembly will be tasked with choosing a successor to 86-year-old President Raul Castro when he […]

Anti-Racist March in Italian Florence over Migrant Murder Gather 10,000 People 11 Mar 2018

Anti-Racist March in Italian Florence over Migrant Murder Gather 10,000 People

Over 10,000 people took part in an anti-racist demonstration in the Italian city of Florence in memory of murdered Senegalese national, local media reported. On Monday, Italian local citizen shot dead 54-year-old Idy Diene, a Senegalese street vendor, who had lived in Italy for 20 years. The murderer reportedly wanted to commit a suicide over […]

Iran could soon join Euroasian Economic Union (EEU) 11 Mar 2018

Iran could soon join Euroasian Economic Union (EEU)

The Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) could welcome Iran as a new member in May, according to Russia’s Energy Minister Aleksandr Novak. “The Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) could welcome Iran as a new member in May,”  Russia’s Energy Minister Aleksandr Novak was quoted as saying by the Russian Russia Today (RT). “The move to […]

Nuclear deal ‘must not be touched’: France’s Le Drian 11 Mar 2018

Nuclear deal ‘must not be touched’: France’s Le Drian

TEHRAN – French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has ruled out any changes to the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, saying that the agreement “must not be touched”. “Today they (Iranians) are complying with it; they must carry on complying with it. I think I heard commitments from President Rouhani in this […]

Turkey, US to discuss stabilization of Manbij 10 Mar 2018

Turkey, US to discuss stabilization of Manbij

Turkey and the US have established working groups to discuss the stabilization of Manbij and other Syrian cities east of the Euphrates, Turkey’s foreign minister said Friday. “We have reached a common understanding with the Americans on the issue of the stabilization of Manbij and other cities east of the Euphrates. We have established working […]

Hundreds of displaced families return home in Deir Ezzor 10 Mar 2018

Hundreds of displaced families return home in Deir Ezzor

Hundreds of displaced families have returned to their homes in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor province after the Syrian Arab Army restored security to the area and all the basic services were secured. More than 1,800 persons who were in the makeshift housing center at Gharibah in Badia al-A’shara have returned via buses secured […]

Erdogan: Turkish Forces to Enter Afrin At Any Moment 10 Mar 2018

Erdogan: Turkish Forces to Enter Afrin At Any Moment

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that Turkey-backed troops had surrounded Afrin city center in northwestern Syria and were ready to enter at any moment as part of the so-called Olive Branch operation. “Right now, Afrin city center is surrounded,” Anadolu Agency quoted Erdogan as saying at the inauguration of the ruling Justice […]

China vows ‘Necessary Measures’ in event of trade war with US 09 Mar 2018

China vows ‘Necessary Measures’ in event of trade war with US

China will take measures in the event of a trade war with the United States but hopes it will not go that far, Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi said Thursday. “History shows that trade wars are never a solution,” the minister said at an annual press conference. “A war hurts both the instigator and those […]

Joke of the year: May says links with Saudi Arabia have saved British lives 08 Mar 2018

Joke of the year: May says links with Saudi Arabia have saved British lives

Theresa May defended Britain’s links to defense and security ally Saudi Arabia in parliament on Wednesday, saying cooperation had helped save the lives of hundreds of people. “The link that we have with Saudi Arabia is historic, it is an important one, and it has saved the lives of potentially hundreds of people in this […]