The Malaysian deputy prime minister said that his country would follow Turkey in opening embassy in east Jerusalem to recognize the holy city as the capital of Palestine. Deputy Malaysian Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has said that his country would open an embassy in occupied East Jerusalem, a report stated, reported the official website […]

TEHRAN –Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak recently called on all Muslims to unite against US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Al-Quds (Jerusalem) as the capital of Israeli regime. At a mass demonstration on Friday in Malaysia’s administrative capital Putrajaya against the US decision, Razak said: “Let’s forget about the political differences between us. We […]

French President Emmanuel Macron has expressed his country’s preparedness to beef up its military presence in the Sahel to fight alongside African forces against extremist militants in the region. “France is ready, not only to maintain, but if necessary to strengthen its engagement in the region because the fight against terrorism in the Sahel is […]

China firmly supports the two-state solution and establishment of an independent State of Palestine that enjoys full sovereignty on the basis of the 1967 borders and with East Jerusalem as its capital, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said. Wang made the remarks during a meeting with Palestinian president’s envoys, Majdalani and Nabil Shaath, in Beijing […]

The U.S. administration’s brazen recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel was met with global shock and condemnation. It is now imperative that the EU translate its words into action, making clear that it will not support U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement and will take concrete steps to end complicity in Israel’s shameless flouting […]

TEHRAN – The Russian president said at the United Russia party’s congress on Saturday that Moscow will build relations with the Western and Eastern partners on the principles of mutual trust. Delivering a speech at the meeting, Vladimir Putin said that the sovereignty resting on the power of the army and the naval forces can […]

TEHRAN – A former assistant director for national security in the White House Office of Science and Technology says “The significance of diplomacy has declined during the Trump Administration and the U.S. is increasingly isolated and looked at more as a problem than for its leadership as a result.”  “I don’t think our military is […]

Recent local elections in Catalonia have once again exacerbated the political crisis in the region. n 2006, when some residents of Catalonia called for the autonomy of this state in a broad referendum, some separatist groups became active in the region. This activity was very limited because many of Catalans believed that, despite being autonomous, […]

A political analyst based in London hailed Iran’s “critical role” in the collapse of the Daesh (ISIS or ISIL) terrorist group in the Middle East and said Iranians proved, with their blood, their commitment to fighting terrorism. “Iran has played a very critical role in the fight against Wahhabism in Syria and in Iraq,” Marcus […]

At least 12 people were injured, four of them seriously, as two passenger trains collided near the Austrian capital of Vienna, local media reported on Friday. The two regional trains were in a relatively low speed when what appeared to be a side-on collision occurred at about 6 p.m. local time (1700 GMT) near the […]