TEHRAN – Secretary General of the Lebanese Hezbollah Resistance Movement Seyed Hassan Nasrallah on Friday warned about new Saudi-Israeli plot in the region, and said the country’s Prime Minister Saad Hariri is now a hostage in Saudi Arabia. “Hariri is a prisoner in Saudi Arabia, and cannot return to his own country. Saudi Arabia is […]

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is visiting Washington this week and meet senior members of U.S. Congress to underline UK’s commitment to the 2015 nuclear deal. Speaking at the start of his visit, Johnson said that it is vital for the international community to stick to the nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan […]

The leaders of Germany’s Greens said on Tuesday they would not insist on fixed dates to shut down coal-fired power stations and ban cars with internal combustion engines, dropping two key demands ahead of crunch coalition talks with other parties.Chancellor Angela Merkel, whose conservative bloc came first but lost seats in a federal election in […]

In a striking shift of tone, US President Donald Trump abandoned his aggressive rhetoric toward North Korea on Tuesday, signaling a willingness to negotiate as he urged Pyongyang to “come to the table” and “make a deal.”Trump, in his first day on the Korean peninsula, again pushed Pyongyang to abandon its nuclear weapons program, but […]

Gunmen disguised as police killed a security guard and opened fire on staff at a private television station in the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday and the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group claimed responsibility for the attack.After a sporadic gun battle lasting about two hours, Afghan special forces suppressed the attack on Shamshad TV, a […]

Following the death of Prince Mansour bin-Muqrin in a helicopter crash near the Yemen border on Sunday, the Saudi royal court has confirmed the death of Prince Abdul Aziz bin Fahd —killed during a firefight as authorities attempted to arrest him.According to the Daily Mail, local media in the Persian Gulf are reporting Prince Abdul […]

Ten people have been arrested after a joint anti-terror operation by French and Swiss police. Two of the suspects were arrested on suspicion of having links to the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group, according to the office of the attorney general of Switzerland, CNN reported. The two —a 27-year-old Swiss man and a 23-year-old Colombian […]

The United Nations Security Council urged the Myanmar government on Monday to “ensure no further excessive use of military force in Rakhine State,” where violence has forced more than 600,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee the Buddhist-majority Asian country.The United Nations has denounced the violence during the past 10 weeks as a classic example of ethnic […]

In an interview with a US broadcaster, Egypt’s president rejected calls by several pro-government lawmakers and media figures to amend the constitution in favor of allowing a president to serve more than two terms. It was the first time that he had publically spoken about the issue.“It doesn’t suit me as a president to stay […]

Hundreds of protesters have occupied a US Senate office building to press Congress to pass legislation that would allow undocumented immigrants brought to the US as children to stay in the country, a protection taken away by President Donald Trump. More than 1,000 people filled the Hart Senate Building with chants and banners calling for […]