Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Xi Jinping hailed a “fresh start” to the relationship between the countries after a meeting in Vietnam that saw them agree to work more closely on North Korea. The leaders met on the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in the Vietnamese resort city of […]

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is mercilessly neutering opponents standing between him and the desert kingdom’s throne. His meteoric rise to power raises the specter of an equally rapid crash —and with it chaos in the Middle East, Nick Robertson wrote for the CNN. Critics fear he may be on the verge of a […]

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says he has serious concerns over escalating tensions between Saudi Arabia and Lebanon, and that it is essential to avert new conflict in the region. Hundreds of Persian Gulf states citizens are leaving Beirut as quickly as they can, fearing the worst, Euro News reported. “It is a matter of great […]

TEHRAN – Top Lebanese figures have called for the country’s Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s release from Saudi Arabia and his return to Beirut following his unusual resignation. Lebanese leaders have stepped up demands for the return of Saad Hariri, insisting his resignation as prime minister in Riyadh last week was made under duress and that […]

TEHRAN  – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that Russia would respond in kind to what he said were Washington’s measures to restrict the freedom of speech of Russian media organizations operating on US soil. Putin said however that possible plans to retaliate by declaring US media operating in Russia as foreign agents may […]

LASHKAR GAH – Four people including three Taliban fighters and one Afghan army personnel were killed and five soldiers sustained injuries after a suicide bomber targeted a military camp in Nawa district of the southern Helmand province on Saturday, spokesman for provincial government Omar Zawak said. “A Taliban terrorist riding an explosive-laden car was attempting […]

TEHRAN– Iranian Deputy Minister of Agriculture Ali Akbar Mehrfard asserted that Iran-Eurasia business agreement is being finalized and added “60 types of Iranian fruits have entered the business cycle.” Iranian Deputy Minister of Agriculture Ali Akbar Mehrfard made remarks in the joint meeting that is currently at session between the high ranking European business delegation […]

TEHRAN – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticized the recent vow by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to make Saudi Arabia a bastion of “moderate Islam”. “Islam cannot be either ‘moderate’ or ‘not moderate.’ Islam can only be one thing,” Erdogan said in a speech at a program hosted in Ankara by the Organization […]

TEHRAN  – US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin chatted on Saturday as they walked together for the “family photograph” at the APEC summit of Asia-Pacific leaders in Vietnam. Although the White House had said no official meeting was planned, the two also shook hands at a dinner on Friday evening and again […]

Syria’s ambassador to the UN has slammed the West for supplying Israel with nuclear material and know-how, calling the regime’s nuclear capability a threat to the Middle East security. During a UN General Assembly session on Friday, Bashar al-Jaafari noted that the West enabled Israel to possess nuclear weapons by supplying the regime with nuclear […]