The Palestinian Foreign Minister has called for an emergency United Nations General Assembly meeting after Washington vetoed a UNSC resolution aimed at annulling US President Donald Trump’s move to recognize Jerusalem al-Quds as Israel’s capital. Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad Malki made the announcement on Monday, while noting that the US will not be able to veto the […]

US President Donald Trump’s new National Security Strategy that he unveiled on Monday abandons the rhetoric of constructive cooperation for a policy of rivalry and potential confrontation with Russia and China, analysts told. Trump announced on Monday a new National Security Strategy (NSS) in which the United States would pursue a “great partnership” with China […]

President Bashar al-Assad said that the war on terrorism will only end when the last terrorist in Syria is eliminated, affirming that significant strides have been made in the war on terror by eliminating the main hotbeds of ISIL. In a statement to journalists on Monday after a meeting with a Russian official and economic […]

At a meeting with Iran’s new ambassador to France, the French president called for continuation of the JCPOA and constructive relations with Iran. At a meeting with French president at Elysee Palace on Monday, Iran’s new ambassador to France Abolghassem Delfi submitted his credentials and talked about the relations between the two countries and developments […]

US ambassador says Trump would have vetoed resolution in 2016 that called settlement building a ‘flagrant violation’ of international law. The United States has said it will not “make the same mistake again” by allowing the UN to pass resolutions critical of Israel, and would exercise its veto on any future condemnation of Israel’s illegal […]

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says all US-backed Kurdish armed militants are “traitors” to the Syrian nation, ramping up the rhetoric particularly against the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), which are mainly active in northeastern areas of the Arab country through receiving vital substantial air and armament support from Washington.  The Syrian leader made the remarks in […]

The United States is set to spend about $214 million on upgrading military airbases in Eastern Europe, Norway and Iceland. The US is planning to spend approximately $214 million on upgrading and building military structures and installations on its airbases in Eastern Europe, Norway and Iceland as part of a deterrence initiative against Russia, local […]

The top UN human rights official has said he would not be surprised if a court one day ruled that acts of genocide had been committed against the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar, according to a television interview to be shown on Monday. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra‘ad al-Hussein told the BBC […]

North Koreans enjoyed the fastest improvement in their incomes for five years in 2016, Seoul’s statistics agency has said — but Southerners are still more than 20 times better off. Per capita incomes averaged 1.46 million won ($1,340) in the North last year, Statistics Korea said in statement, up five per cent. It was the […]

Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez was declared on Sunday the winner of a heavily disputed presidential election held three weeks ago, despite mounting protests and opposition claims of fraud. Electoral authorities made the announcement the day that Hernandez’s leftist opponent, Salvador Nasralla, departed for the United States to highlight what he said was ballot tampering […]