Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov has warned about an escalation of tensions over the North Korean nuclear weapons program after Washington toughened its position on Pyongyang. “It is sad that this powerful element of demands for further pressure on Pyongyang has once again appeared in the American position,” Ryabkov told Russia’s RIA Novosti news agency […]

An award-winning journalist has depicted Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) as the Middle East man of the year due to his policy failures in the region, saying the kingdom is today a loser on the path of isolation.  Patrick Cockburn wrote in an article for British online newspaper The Independent on Saturday that bin […]

TEHRAN _ The Republican defeat in the state of Alabama has created a very difficult situation for US President Donald Trump and his entourage. Many American analysts now believe that the defeat of Trump and the Republicans in Alabama will be an introduction to defeating the Republicans in the House of Representatives and the Senate. […]

The UN Security Council will consider a Palestine-drafted resolution over the recent US decision to recognize al-Quds (Jerusalem) as the Israeli regime’s capital on Monday. The UN Security Council will discuss the situation around al-Quds on Monday, including a Palestine-drafted resolution over the recent US decision to recognize the city as the Israeli regime’s capital, […]

TEHRAN– Yemen’s army and Popular Committees targeted gatherings of Saudi troops in Jizan in southern Saudi Arabia with a homegrown ballistic missile dubbed “Qaher M2” in retaliation for the continued massacre of civilians by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, sources said. The missile command of the Yemeni army fired the ballistic missiles at Saudi positions […]

TEHRAN – The United Nations monitor on poverty and human rights has issued a devastating report on the condition of America, accusing Donald Trump and the Republican leadership in Congress of attempting to turn the country into the “world champion of extreme inequality”. Philip Alston, the UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, […]

TEHRAN – More than half of Syrian refugees in Lebanon are living in extreme poverty and over three quarters below the poverty line, according to the findings of a recent UN study. The 2017 Vulnerability Assessment of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon (VASyR), an annual study by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the […]

TEHRAN – Tens of thousands were driven from their homes by floods and three fishermen were missing Saturday as Tropical Storm Kai-Tak barreled towards the eastern Philippines, officials said. Kai-Tak, packing gusts of up to 100 kilometers (62 miles) an hour, was poised to smash into the north of the country’s third-largest island Samar overnight […]

Japan plans to increase its defense budget to a record high level for the next fiscal year, allocating money to purchase more American weapon systems to counter North Korea. The Japanese government is expected to set aside 5.19 trillion yen (approximately 46 billion US dollars) for defense in the country’s initial budget proposal for the fiscal […]

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country is launching an initiative at the United Nations to annul the recent “disgraceful” decision by US President Donald Trump to recognize Israeli-occupied Jerusalem al-Quds as the capital of the Tel Aviv regime. “We, as Turkey, are determined to perform our duties on this issue. We will stand up […]