The continuing decline President Trump’s public approval rating might be good news for Democrats as voters look toward next year’s midterm elections and almost half of registered voters say they prefer Democrats to control Congress, compared to 41 percent for Republicans. According to the results of a CNN poll released on Tuesday, only 35 percent […]

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday that the 2015 nuclear deal is the “basis of Paris-Tehran cooperation” and “unchangeable”. In a meeting during which he received credentials of Iran’s new ambassador to France Abolghassem Delfi, Macron expressed satisfaction over cordial relations between France and Iran and voiced France’s willingness to negotiate with Iran on […]

These days, the voice of opposition to Trump’s regional policies is heard all over the world louder than ever. Even the closest White House allies in Europe and in the West Asia region don’t have the strength and dare to defend Donald Trump’s recent action in announcing Jerusalem as the capital of the Zionist regime. […]

 Britain’s Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has stressed that the UK will remain committed to supporting Saudi Arabia as the Arab country continues with its war campaign in Yemen. In a press release on Tuesday, Britain’s Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said he was “horrified” by the attempted missile strike on Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh. “The United […]

An American political commentator and social justice activist said US President Donald Trump has “no understanding of Middle East politics”, adding that his recent decision about Jerusalem (al-Quds) is expected to backfire. “President Trump has no understanding of Middle East politics or the cultures involved with all. Siding with Saudi Arabia is actually not an […]

Germany in support of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) has contributed €1 million for food assistance to 30,000 most vulnerable Afghan and Iraqi refugees living in Iran. This follows Germany’s contribution of €1 million earlier this year within the country’s continued support for WFP’s efforts. The new contribution will enable WFP to meet the […]

France and the US are determined to “vigorously” increase pressure on Iran over its ballistic missile program, including possibly through sanctions, according to France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian. Le Drian was in the American capital on Monday to meet US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, White House national security adviser H.R. McMaster and US […]

At the height of the migration crisis which hit Europe in 2015, a photograph circulated in social media showing a lone policeman standing arms across trying to block a country-road near the Austrian border while hundreds of migrants passed by him on both sides of the road. For me this picture was paradigmatic of the […]

Yemen’s Houthi rebels say they have fired a ballistic missile targeting the Saudi royal palace in Riyadh. Saudi air defenses said they had intercepted a ballistic missile over Riyadh, al-Arabiya reported in a news flash quoting a Saudi-led military coalition. The Houthi movement’s al-Masirah TV reported that its fighters had fired a Burkan-2 missile at […]

A UN Security Council resolution calling for the withdrawal of Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem (al-Quds) as Israel’s capital has been backed by every council member except the U.S., which used its veto. The unanimity of the rest of the council was a stark rebuke to the Trump administration over its unilateral move earlier this […]