Iran’s Defense Minister Amir Hatami in a Sun. phone talk with his Syrian counterpart called for further cooperation and efforts in the fight against terrorism in region. During the phone conversation which took place on Sunday, Iranian Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Logistical Support Brigadier General Amir Hatami and Syrian Minister of Defense Fahd […]

A project to support the construction of guest houses and the development of rural and ecotourism gets started in Tashkent and Surkhandarya regions. Given the growing interest in rural and ecotourism and for the development of new tourist routes, the Association of Private Tourist Agencies has launched a project supported by the European Union ‘Strengthening […]

TEHRAN – US President Donald Trump ramped up his tough rhetoric against North Korea when he arrived in Japan on Sunday, saying that the United States and its allies are prepared to defend freedom and that “no dictator” should underestimate US resolve. Trump kicked off a 12-day Asian trip and is looking to present a […]

TEHRAN  – A court in the Afghan capital of Kabul sentenced seven bodyguards for the country’s vice president, General Abdul Rashid Dostum, to eight years in prison for abducting and raping a political rival. Ahmad Ishchi, a former governor of Mr. Dostum’s home province of Jowzjan, claimed in December 2016 that he had been abducted […]

North Korea ruled out talks and threatened to increase its nuclear arsenal in a fresh warning to Donald Trump’s administration Saturday as the beleaguered US president set off on a tour of Asia. Trump departed for his first presidential trip to Asia Friday, with tensions over North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats looming large. He […]

Lebanese President Michel Aoun’s office said on Saturday that Saad al-Hariri had phoned him “from outside Lebanon” to resign as the country’s prime minister and that Aoun awaited Hariri’s return to hear the “circumstances of the resignation”. Saad Hariri resigned from his post Saturday during a trip to Saudi Arabia in a surprise move that […]

Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed confidence on Friday that three party groups trying to form a new German government can reach a coalition deal, despite skepticism from her would-be allies. With her former coalition partners, the Social Democrats (SPD), determined to go into opposition, Merkel is pushing for a coalition with the ecologist Greens and the […]

An air strike killed 29 people and wounded 17 others in northern Yemen on Wednesday, the Huthi rebel health service said.The Huthi-run Saba news agency accused the US-backed Saudi-led coalition fighting in support of the government of carrying out the raid in the Sahar district. It reported a toll of 21 killed and nine wounded, […]

Kenya’s opposition leader has said his coalition will not accept the result of last week’s controversial presidential election rerun, vowing to embark on a political campaign to “restore democracy in the country”.Raila Odinga made the comments on Tuesday, one day after President Uhuru Kenyatta was declared the winner of the October 26 poll, Al Jazeera […]

A vehicle-ramming attack in New York City in which a man in a rented pickup truck mowed down eight pedestrians and cyclists along a busy bike path has drawn a strong reaction from US President Donald Trump, who called the attacker “very sick and deranged” and pledged to step up vetting of those entering the […]