TEHRAN – North Korea said it had successfully tested a powerful new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that put all of the US mainland within range, declaring it had achieved its long-held goal of becoming a nuclear power. Wednesday’s missile test, North Korea’s first since mid-September, came a week after US President Donald Trump put North […]

Following negotiations initiated by Iranian foreign ministry, embassy to Ankara, and justice ministry four Iranian convicts were returned to Iran. Four Iranian nationals trialed, sentenced and sent to jail in Turkey were extradited back to their home country. The four prisoners are supposed to serve the remainder of their sentence in local jails. Also the […]

A joint team comprising diplomats from UK, Germany and France are reported to travel to Washington this week to pressure US President Trump into preserving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.   According to CNN, the UK, Germany and France have organized a joint team of senior diplomats to travel to Washington this week in order […]

Over 3,000 refugees have died crossing the Mediterranean in a desperate bid to reach Europe’s shores since the start of the year, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) says. William Lacy Swing, the IOM director general, said in a statement in the Swiss city of Geneva on Tuesday that the 3,033 deaths happened across three […]

The lawmakers of the British city of Oxford unanimously voted yes to take back the honorary award of the city from Burmese politician Aung San Suu Kyi who shows no sympathy over the anti-Muslim genocide in her country. Oxford City Council in England has officially removed an honorary award presented to Myanmar’s state counselor and […]

A sea of worshippers crowded into a football field in Yangon Wednesday for a historic open-air mass by Pope Francis, whose visit to Myanmar has been framed so far by his public sidestepping of the Rohingya crisis. Ranks of nuns sang in Latin, accompanied by organ music, as Francis — making the first papal visit […]

British Prime Minister Theresa May has embarked on a three-day visit to Saudi Arabia and Jordan to discuss bilateral ties and regional issues with leaders of the two Arab kingdoms. May has arrived in Saudi Arabia, and will hold talks with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman later […]

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that he would talk to the US President Donald Trump again in the coming days. In a Justice and Development (AK) Party’s group meeting, Erdogan recalled that he held a phone call with Trump on Nov. 24. “It was a conversation during which we made a connection […]

TEHRAN – Russia launched a second rocket from its new Vostochny cosmodrome in the Far East on Tuesday, as Moscow seeks to ease dependence on Baikonur in Kazakhstan. Marking another milestone after the inaugural liftoff last year, the Soyuz rocket carrying a weather satellite and other equipment took off at 2:41pm local time (0541 GMT), […]

TEHRAN – Iranian homegrown military tank Karrar is ready to be in service, Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami said. In an interview with Tasnim on Tuesday, the defense minister said Karrar is ready to be delivered to the Iranian armed forces. Karrar, a class of Iranian tanks with modern technologies, was unveiled in March. […]