“Americans offered Hezbollah billions of dollars in 2001”
Americans offered Hezbollah billions of dollars after 9/11 attacks in exchange for giving up resistance, according to Hassan Nasrallah on Sunday afternoon. The Lebanese Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah made the remarks on Sunday afternoon while he was addressing the “Loyalty to Victory Day” gathering through a videoconference. At the start of his speech, Hezbollah […]
Trump Tower Fire Kills 1, Injures 4
An elderly man died late Saturday after a blaze erupted on the 50th floor of Trump Tower in New York which also injured four firefighters, officials said. The New York Police Department said the 67-year-old man was found “unconscious and unresponsive” when officers arrived at the scene of the fire, AFP reported. The man was […]
Syria Rejects Militants’ Accusations of Chemical Weapons Use in Douma
Damascus said the accusations leveled by militant-affiliated media against the Syrian government regarding the use of chemical weapons in the city of Douma in Eastern Ghouta are meant to block the army’s advance against foreign-backed militants. Terrorists are repeating the allegations of using chemical weapons in order to accuse the Syrian Arab army, in a […]
Iran’s missile program not related to nuclear deal: Russian diplomat
TEHRAN – Russian Ambassador to Tehran Levan Dzhagaryan has said that Iran’s missile program is not related to the 2015 nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. In an interview with ILNA published on Saturday, Dzhagaryan said that any change to the text of the JCPOA is a clear violation of […]
Iran could resume enrichment with no monitoring or sanctions if JCPOA nixed: Stimson Center chief
TEHRAN – Writing an article in the Foreign Policy magazine on Friday, Lincoln P. Bloomfield put forward a strategy for the U.S. government to counter what he calls Iranian threats without withdrawing from the nuclear accord. “The United States has urgent need of an approach that addresses the deal’s shortcomings without creating new foreign policy […]
Merkel to visit Trump as Iran deadline looms
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit U.S. President Donald Trump on April 27, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday, as differences over a nuclear deal with Iran and trade cast a shadow over the transatlantic relationship. Merkel’s trip, to take place three days after French president Emmanuel Macron’s state visit to the U.S. capital, […]
Russia mulls oil payments in national currencies with Iran, Turkey
Russia is considering an option of payments for oil in national currencies, in particular with Turkey and Iran, TASS quoted Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak as saying. The parties are interested in it but there is also a matter of conversion of currencies and their further use, Novak told reporters on Saturday. “There is a […]
Albright warns of growing global fascism bolstered by Trump
Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has decried the growing threat of a resurgence of worldwide fascism bolstered by President Donald Trump’s scorn for democracy and human rights. “Fascism — and the tendencies that lead toward fascism — pose a more serious threat now than at any time since the end of World War […]
Russian regulator requests blocking of Telegram
Russia’s telecommunications regulator has asked a Moscow court to order the blocking of messaging application Telegram in the country. The Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology, and Mass Media, known in brief as Roskomnadzor, said it had filed a lawsuit against the Telegram free instant messaging application after the corporation failed in due […]
Air France cancels 30 percent of flights amid strikes
French flag carrier Air France has announced massive flight cancellations due to strikes by cabin crews and ground staff for the fifth straight day over pay. Air France announced on Friday that nearly 30 percent of its flights would be canceled across the country on Saturday. The cancellation rate is believed to be the biggest during any […]