TEHRAN– Houthi-controlled Saba news agency reported that Yemenis had managed to shot down a fighter jet belonging to a Saudi-led military coalition over the Yemeni northern province of Saada on Sunday. Yemen’s Houthi rebels said they shot down a fighter jet belonging to a Saudi-led military coalition over the Yemeni northern province of Saada on […]

The government’s key figures – the foreign secretary, the home secretary, the chancellor of the exchequer and the secretary for exiting the European Union – will remain unchanged According to media reports, UK Prime Minister Theresa May will announce these changes on Monday. The news outlet clarifies that Justine Greening, the state secretary for education, […]

China is set to build a naval base in Pakistan as tensions are rising between Islamabad and Washington over the US cutting aid funds. According to the South China Morning Post on Saturday, the naval base will be built in Gwadar Port, in the Pakistani province of Balochistan, as military vessels require “specific services” which cannot be provided by […]

TEHRAN – During her presence in the United Nations, the United States representative at the UN has started a full-blown opposition to the Iranian nation. Nikki Haley, supported by U.S. President Donald Trump, in her visit to Vienna and meeting with IAEA Director-General “Yukio Amano”, has called for Iran’s military sites to be visited by […]

Michael Wolff’s new book, Fire and Fury, is an unforgettable ringside view of the reckless and undignified spectacle of the Donald Trump presidency so far. It will not surprise anyone that the U.S. president comes across as a vain, delusional and unstable character whose public utterances could mostly be disproved by provable facts. Unable to […]

ASSADABAD,– A Taliban key commander and three of his armed fighters were killed after their explosive device went off prematurely in the eastern Kunar province on Friday night, provincial Police Chief Juma Gul Humat said Saturday. “Taliban key commander Mubarak Shah alias Jahan along with three of his men was busy in making mine in […]

North Korea’s Olympic representative said Saturday the reclusive nation was “likely to participate” in next month’s Winter Games in South Korea, Kyodo news agency reported, in the latest sign of a thaw in tensions on the peninsula. The comments by Chang Ung, Pyongyang’s representative to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), come a day after the […]

TEHRAN – The formation of the Austria’s coalition government has become a major challenge for other political parties and political groups in Europe. Even in some cases, the presence of the right-wing extremist and the party called “Liberty” in the Austrian government are considered as a constant super-challenge for the Green Continent. In other words, […]

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he is “seriously tired” of waiting for the European Union to decide whether to accept his country as a member of the bloc. The Turkish leader made the comments during a joint press conference with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Friday, making it plain that Ankara […]

‘We put our man on top’, Trump said on bin Salman, book reveals A new book based on interviews purportedly coming from White House insiders has revealed that US President Donald Trump was behind the elevation of Mohammed bin Salman to the position of Saudi Arabia’s crown prince last year. The claim is included in the […]