TEHRAN – Rodney Bruce Hall, a professor of international relations at the University of Macau, says, “U.S. Grand Strategy has long relied on keeping its armed forces to a strength level that the threat of new U.S. military interventions is always credible.” In an interview with the Tehran Times, Hall says, “I don’t see the […]

TEHRAN _ The European authorities’ challenge over the asylum seekers crisis continues. Since the formation of the Austrian coalition government, this challenge has been strengthened. The Austrian coalition consists of the Freedom Party and the Central Right, and this government is one of the main opponents of the current approach of the EU towards asylum […]

Canada has decided to revoke the credentials of Venezuela’s ambassador and chargé d’affaires in the country, reciprocating a similar move earlier by Caracas. Venezuela’s Ambassador to Canada Wilmer Barrientos Fernandez and its chargé d’affaires, Angel Herrera, were stripped of their diplomatic credentials in Canada, the Canadian foreign minister said on Monday. Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said […]

The al-Kawthr network reported that Turkey, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia will have joint military forces under the title of ‘the Joint Army of the Turkic World, the Eurasian Military Force.’ Turkey, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia will have joint military forces. The army will be set up under the title “The Joint Army of the Turkic […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin and permanent members of the Security Council discussed the Syrian settlement and preparations for holding the Syrian National Dialogue Congress, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. “The sides discussed in detail prospects of the Syrian settlement, namely given the recent round of talks in Astana,” Peskov told reporters. The participants “exchanged views […]

A Russian comedy duo apparently pranked US envoy to the UN Nikki Haley, who assured them the US is closely following the situation on the fictional island of Binomo and will “continue to remind” Russia “what their place is.” Famous Russian pranksters Vovan and Lexus (Vladimir Kuznetsov and Alexey Stolyarov) released the recording of yet another one […]

Turkish President Erdogan’s visit to Sudanese capital city of Khartoum is of importance if we bear in mind the tensions between Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and Turkey. After Salman bin Abdul Aziz came to power in Saudi Arabia on January 23, 2015, the Sudan gradually moved away from Iran and the axis of resistance, approaching Riyadh, […]

A leading US daily has revealed new details of Saudi Arabia’s degrading treatment of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri during a recent trip to Riyadh, where the Lebanese leader was coerced into reading a prepared resignation speech under conditions similar to that of a captive. Prime Minister Hariri abruptly declared his resignation from a then-unknown […]

Russia has called on the United States and North Korea to start negotiations aimed at putting an end to tensions on the Korean Peninsula, days after the UN slapped a new round of sanctions on Pyongyang over its nuclear weapons program. Russian media on Monday quoted Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying that Moscow is ready to mediate […]

Italian authorities have indicated that some 10,000 refugees now stranded in Libya would be admitted to Europe in 2018 as part of efforts by the European Union to save asylum seekers living in inhuman conditions in the North African country. Italian Interior Minister Marco Minniti said in an interview published on Sunday that humanitarian corridors […]