Finally accepting the facts on the ground in Syria, France’s Macron said France would now push for peace talks involving all parties in the six-year-old Syrian conflict, including President Bashar al-Assad. “On December 9, Iraqi Prime Minister (Haider al-) Abadi announced the end of the war and the victory over Daesh, and I think that […]

TEHRAN– Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Dec. 17 said Turkey wants to open an embassy in East ai-Quds (Jerusalem), following a decision by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to recognize East al-Quds the capital of the Palestinian state. “We have already declared East Jerusalem as the capital of the Palestinian state but we […]

TEHRAN – The number of new asylum seekers in Germany has fallen for a second year in a row following the mass influx that peaked in 2015, the government said Sunday. For all of 2017, “I presume a total of fewer than 200,000 migrants,” Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere was quoted as saying by the […]

The total cost of fighting the fire had come to more than $110 million by Saturday evening, as flames blazing over steep hills lit up the night skies. The 13 days of shifting winds and evacuations have taken their toll on a weary population. Paul Pineda, who lives in Fillmore, about 55 miles (90 km) […]

Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono said on Friday that Japan supports the 2015 nuclear deal and confirms no violations by Tehran. “Japan supports the Iran agreement with the nuclear deals… So far we have not confirmed any violation by Iran,” Sputnik quoted Kono as saying during a press conference at the UN. Kono also said […]

TEHRAN – Tens of thousands of Indonesians protested Sunday against the US decision to recognize Jerusalem (al-Quds) as Israel’s capital, the latest show of support for the Palestinians in the country with the world’s largest Muslim population. The rally was organized by the top Islamic authority the Indonesian Ulema Council and supported by the government […]

TEHRAN– An Extraordinary Meeting of the PUIC Standing Committee on Palestine to address the recent US move on al-Quds (Jerusalem) will be held in Tehran on Monday. The Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States (PUIC) will organize an Extraordinary Meeting of the PUIC Standing Committee on Palestine in Tehran on Monday to address the […]

TEHRAN –Experts say Saudi Arabia’s ambitions are limited by its military, which is considered an ineffective force even though the kingdom is one of the world’s largest spenders on defense. In the past few years, Saudi Arabia has led an intervention in Yemen’s civil war, been the driving force behind a diplomatic crisis between Qatar […]

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 […]