TEHRAN- President Vladimir Putin on Saturday signed into law new rules on international media organizations present in Russia being termed “foreign agents”, following US pressure on the Kremlin-backed RT television channel. Already approved by both houses of parliament, the legislation was published on the Russian authorities’ official website and comes into force immediately, AFP reported. […]

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has initiated a major downsizing of the country’s foreign service staff, even pushing out many senior officials and career diplomats, including the department’s Chief of Security Bill Miller. Miller was pushed into retirement after being granted a five-minute meeting with Tillerson, who had earlier turned down his “repeated and […]

Top Lebanese Druze politician Walid Jumblatt on Saturday called on Saudi Arabia to enter dialogue with Iran. It is very difficult to stop the war unless issues are overcome and discussions are held with Iranians, Reuters quoted Jumblatt as saying. “Enough of the destruction and siege in Yemen and enough of the human and material […]

TEHRAN – Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah Movement’s Spokesperson Mohamed Abdel Salam strongly condemned Friday deadly terrorist attack in the Egypt, which killed and wounded hundreds of people. “We strongly condemn the criminal action in which a mosque in north Sinai was targeted,” the Yemeni official said, Beirut based al-Manar TV network reported. Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah […]

TEHRAN- United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) called for concerted national efforts to end violence against women in Afghanistan, according to a statement of the entity released to mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, on Saturday. “Violence against women in Afghanistan must immediately stop,” Tadamichi Yamamoto, the UN Secretary-General’s special […]

TEHRAN – The death toll in a bomb and gun attack on a mosque in northern Sinai has risen to 305, with 27 children among the dead, Egypt’s state prosecutor said Saturday. Another 128 people were injured, according to a statement from the public prosecutor read out on Egyptian state-run news channel Nile TV. Between […]

TEHRAN  – Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement strongly condemned Friday’s terrorist attack that rocked a mosque in Arish city in Egypt’s North Sinai region and killed or wounded hundreds of worshippers. In a statement released on Friday, Hezbollah offered deep condolences to the victims’ families as well as the Egyptian government and people and voiced hope […]

MOSCOW – Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu reiterated the importance of taking steps towards a political settlement for the crisis in Syria. During a meeting with UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura in Moscow on Friday, Shoygu stressed the importance of exchanging views with de Mistura to try and find additional steps and […]

British Prime Minister Theresa May has said Brexit negotiations with European Council President Donald Tusk have been “very positive,” but that there are still outstanding issues on the divorce settlement and the border with EU member Ireland. “There are still issues across the various matters that we’re negotiating on to be resolved, but there’s been a positive […]

TEHRAN–Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan didn’t rule out possibility of cooperation with Syria’s Assad government on YPG. Ankara continues to rule out any place for the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) and its militia the People’s Protection Units (YPG) in any solution process in Syria, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has stated, after Turkey, Iran and […]