The US Congress is about to miss a deadline for taking action on the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, ignoring President Donald Trump’s demands for a harder line on the agreement. A Republican legislative push to establish new “triggers” that could re-impose harsh sanctions on Iran lifted under the Obama-era deal has […]

Syrian Arab Republic delegation, headed by, Dr. Bashar al-Jaafari, held on Monday a session of talks with the UN Special Envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura in the framework of 8th round of Syria-Syrian dialogue. On Sunday, the delegation of Syrian Arab Republic arrived in Geneva to participate in the second stage of the 8th […]

The UK is falling for the second year in a row on the world’s list of countries that have contributed to the “common good of humanity,” due to “vast weapons exports” and inadequate aid to foreign countries. Based on a new study called the “Good Country Index,” Britain has fallen from number four to number eight […]

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that a deal to purchase Russian S-400 air defense systems will be finalized by the end of the week. Erdogan made the remark following a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ankara on Monday. S-400, whose full name is the Triumf Mobile Multiple Anti-Aircraft Missile System (AAMS), is […]

A new investigation reveals that Rohingya Muslim women have been subjected to “methodical” and “sweeping” rape by Myanmar’s military forces in Rakhine State, where a government-backed ethnic cleansing campaign has been underway against the minority group. The investigation was conducted by the Associated Press based on interviews with 29 Rohingya women and girls, who survived […]

TEHRAN  – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered his forces in Syria to start withdrawing, saying that after a two-year military campaign, Moscow and Damascus had achieved their mission of destroying Daesh (ISIL or ISIS). Putin made the announcement during a surprise visit to Russia’s Hmeymim air base in Syria’s Latakia Province where he […]

TEHRAN – Up to 6,000 Africans who fought for the Daesh (also known as ISIL or ISIS) terrorist group in Iraq and Syria could return home, the African Union’s top security official warned Sunday, calling on countries to prepare for the threat. Smail Chergui, the AU’s commissioner for peace and security, said African nations would […]

TEHRAN  – Venezuela’s ruling Socialist Party won at least 90 percent of the 335 mayorships contested in Sunday’s local elections, President Nicolas Maduro said on Sunday. According to the national election board’s latest official count, the socialists won 41 of 42 mayorships counted by late evening. But Maduro said results overnight would show his government […]

TEHRAN – Thousands of protestors gathered outside the US embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia’s capital, this weekend in the latest demonstration against President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem (al-Quds) as the capital of Israel. Led by the Islamic Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), around 6,000 protesters convened in front of the embassy in Jakarta, a police […]

Thousands of protesters marched through the streets of Kiev to demand the impeachment of President Petro Poroshenko, as well as the release of former Georgian president turned Ukrainian opposition leader, Mikhail Saakashvili. Chanting “Free Misha!” and “Poroshenko should resign!”, the protesters made their way to the Maidan square of the capital, scene of the 2013-14 […]