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The state of Alabama shocked Republicans 17 Dec 2017

The state of Alabama shocked Republicans

TEHRAN _ The Republican defeat in the state of Alabama has created a very difficult situation for US President Donald Trump and his entourage. Many American analysts now believe that the defeat of Trump and the Republicans in Alabama will be an introduction to defeating the Republicans in the House of Representatives and the Senate. […]

UNSC to consider Palestine-drafted resolution on US decision on al-Quds 17 Dec 2017

UNSC to consider Palestine-drafted resolution on US decision on al-Quds

The UN Security Council will consider a Palestine-drafted resolution over the recent US decision to recognize al-Quds (Jerusalem) as the Israeli regime’s capital on Monday. The UN Security Council will discuss the situation around al-Quds on Monday, including a Palestine-drafted resolution over the recent US decision to recognize the city as the Israeli regime’s capital, […]

Yemeni Troops Target Saudi Positions in Jizan with Homegrown Missile 16 Dec 2017

Yemeni Troops Target Saudi Positions in Jizan with Homegrown Missile

TEHRAN– Yemen’s army and Popular Committees targeted gatherings of Saudi troops in Jizan in southern Saudi Arabia with a homegrown ballistic missile dubbed “Qaher M2” in retaliation for the continued massacre of civilians by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, sources said. The missile command of the Yemeni army fired the ballistic missiles at Saudi positions […]

Trump Turning US into ‘World Champion of Extreme Inequality’, UN Envoy Warns 16 Dec 2017

Trump Turning US into ‘World Champion of Extreme Inequality’, UN Envoy Warns

TEHRAN – The United Nations monitor on poverty and human rights has issued a devastating report on the condition of America, accusing Donald Trump and the Republican leadership in Congress of attempting to turn the country into the “world champion of extreme inequality”. Philip Alston, the UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, […]

Syrian Refugees in Lebanon Suffer Deeper Poverty in 2017: UN Report 16 Dec 2017

Syrian Refugees in Lebanon Suffer Deeper Poverty in 2017: UN Report

TEHRAN – More than half of Syrian refugees in Lebanon are living in extreme poverty and over three quarters below the poverty line, according to the findings of a recent UN study. The 2017 Vulnerability Assessment of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon (VASyR), an annual study by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the […]

Three Missing, Thousands Flee as Storm Heads for Philippines 16 Dec 2017

Three Missing, Thousands Flee as Storm Heads for Philippines

TEHRAN – Tens of thousands were driven from their homes by floods and three fishermen were missing Saturday as Tropical Storm Kai-Tak barreled towards the eastern Philippines, officials said. Kai-Tak, packing gusts of up to 100 kilometers (62 miles) an hour, was poised to smash into the north of the country’s third-largest island Samar overnight […]

Japan mulls record defense budget to counter North Korea: Report 16 Dec 2017

Japan mulls record defense budget to counter North Korea: Report

Japan plans to increase its defense budget to a record high level for the next fiscal year, allocating money to purchase more American weapon systems to counter North Korea. The Japanese government is expected to set aside 5.19 trillion yen (approximately 46 billion US dollars) for defense in the country’s initial budget proposal for the fiscal […]

Turkey launching initiative to annul US ‘disgraceful’ decision on al-Quds: Erdogan 16 Dec 2017

Turkey launching initiative to annul US ‘disgraceful’ decision on al-Quds: Erdogan

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country is launching an initiative at the United Nations to annul the recent “disgraceful” decision by US President Donald Trump to recognize Israeli-occupied Jerusalem al-Quds as the capital of the Tel Aviv regime. “We, as Turkey, are determined to perform our duties on this issue. We will stand up […]

Iran, Turkey, Russia to expand energy, financial coop. 16 Dec 2017

Iran, Turkey, Russia to expand energy, financial coop.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Fri. that Iran, Turkey and Russia will expand their cooperation in the field of energy and the fight against terrorism in Syria. Sergey Lavrov made the remarks at a session of the Russian Federation Council on Friday, Dec. 15, saying that the three countries will expand their energy ties […]

EU welcomes decline of US global hegemony: Expert 15 Dec 2017

EU welcomes decline of US global hegemony: Expert

Andy Storey, the professor of Politics and International Relations of Dublin University believes that Trump’s recklessness may inadvertantly preciptate a faster decline of the US than would otherwise have occurred, and possibly a desire on the part of European elites to create, for example, an independent military capacity. Rise of Donald Trump changed the face […]