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Union of Iranians against Washington and Riyadh 05 Dec 2017

Union of Iranians against Washington and Riyadh

TEHRAN _ In recent months, we have been witnessing the unification of the United States and Saudi Arabia against the regional policies of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Strengthening ISIS and Takfiri groups, preventing the establishment of peace and stability in the region, creating constant crises in the Islamic world, etc. were among the joint […]

Bangladesh Calls for UNHRC Meeting to Discuss Rohingya Issue 04 Dec 2017

Bangladesh Calls for UNHRC Meeting to Discuss Rohingya Issue

TEHRAN  – Bangladesh has called for a meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to discuss the human rights issue of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. Recently, Bangladesh had sent a notice along with Saudi Arabia to the UNHRC in this regard, Dhaka Tribune has reported. Their notice has received support of 33 of […]

Erdogan Accuses US of Attempts to Punish Turkey over Ankara’s Independence 04 Dec 2017

Erdogan Accuses US of Attempts to Punish Turkey over Ankara’s Independence

TEHRAN – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused the United States of trying to punish and compromise Ankara over its refusal to act the way Washington wants it to. “They [the United States] are trying to punish, condemn and compromise us because we do not stick to their scripts, which are obvious and are […]

Germany Offers Rejected Asylum Seekers Up to €3,000 to Go Home before March 04 Dec 2017

Germany Offers Rejected Asylum Seekers Up to €3,000 to Go Home before March

TEHRAN- The German Interior Ministry is offering rejected asylum seekers a hefty bonus to go to their country of origin voluntarily rather than face deportation. This is a new effort to turn back the refugee tide brought on by Angela Merkel’s “open door” policy. The offer is intended to supplement the existing program dubbed ‘StarthilfePlus,’ […]

Ali Abdullah Saleh killed in Sana’a 04 Dec 2017

Ali Abdullah Saleh killed in Sana’a

TEHRAN – Yemen’s former President Ali Abdullah Saleh was killed while escaping from Sana’a, the capital city of Yemen. He was escaping from Sana’a with an armored vehicle, when the Yemen’s Houthis killed him, along with his VP Aref Zoka and the secretary general of the National Congress Party Yaser al-Awazi. Other reports published in Reuters […]

Erdogan Accuses US of Attempts to Punish Turkey over Ankara’s Independence 04 Dec 2017

Erdogan Accuses US of Attempts to Punish Turkey over Ankara’s Independence

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused the United States of trying to punish and compromise Ankara over its refusal to act the way Washington wants it to. “They [the United States] are trying to punish, condemn and compromise us because we do not stick to their scripts, which are obvious and are being carried […]

Egyptian presidential hopeful denies kidnapping claims 04 Dec 2017

Egyptian presidential hopeful denies kidnapping claims

Former Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq has denied kidnapping reports during a televised phone interview. “Today, I am here in the country, so I think I am free to deliberate further on the issue, to explore and go down and talk to people in the street,” Shafiq said on Sunday. The announcement came after his […]

US, South Korea Begin Largest-Ever Joint Air Drill 04 Dec 2017

US, South Korea Begin Largest-Ever Joint Air Drill

TEHRAN – The US and South Korea on Monday kicked off their largest ever joint air exercise, an operation North Korea has labelled an “all-out provocation”, days after Pyongyang fired its most powerful intercontinental ballistic missile. The five-day Vigilant Ace drill – involving 230 aircraft, including F-22 Raptor stealth jet fighters, and tens of thousands […]

Catalan Leader Puigdemont Faces Belgian Extradition Hearing 04 Dec 2017

Catalan Leader Puigdemont Faces Belgian Extradition Hearing

TEHRAN  – Axed Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont faces an extradition hearing in Belgium on Monday as Spain seeks to have him sent back to face sedition charges over his region’s independence drive. A judge sitting behind closed doors in Brussels will hear from lawyers for Puigdemont and four of his former ministers, who all […]

UN chief calls for end to all armed clashes, airstrikes in Yemen 04 Dec 2017

UN chief calls for end to all armed clashes, airstrikes in Yemen

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called on the parties to the conflict in Yemen to cease all air and ground assaults. Expressing deep concern about the “sharp escalation” of armed clashes and airstrikes in the capital, Sana’a, and other parts of the war-torn country over the past several days, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres […]