US Attorney General Jeff Sessions must testify again before Congress on the Trump campaign’s dealings with Russian contacts, senate Democrats demanded on Thursday. The call for more testimony came amidst revelations that Sessions may have committed perjury during his confirmation hearing.Facing questioning from lawmakers after his appointment in January, Sessions was asked by Senator Al […]

The state-run human rights commission Indian-administered Kashmir has told the government in Kashmir to investigate at least 2,080 unmarked mass graves discovered in border regions of the restive region.The Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP), a human rights group in Kashmir, told the commission there were 3,844 unmarked graves —2,717 in Poonch and 1,127 […]

TEHRAN  – Pakistan’s ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif appeared in court on Friday, a day after returning from overseas to face corruption allegations that saw him ejected from office and targeted with an arrest warrant. In a brief hearing in Islamabad, Sharif paid two surety bonds of five million rupees (RM203, 160) each before leaving […]

TEHRAN – The President of Iraq’s Sunni Endowment cautioned the Muslim Ummah (community) about the “blind sedition” and terrorist mercenaries that have targeted the region’s stability and security. In an address to the second edition of the international conference of resistance scholars, which kicked off in Beirut on Wednesday, Sheikh Abdul Latif al-Hamim said a […]

TEHRAN – At least three people were killed in a shooting inside a Walmart store Wednesday in suburban Denver, Colorado, a western US state, where police said they had not yet taken anyone into custody. Police in Thornton, Colorado, did not immediately release any information about the circumstances of the shooting or who was responsible […]

TEHRAN  – Grand mufti of Quds (Jerusalem) criticized Britain’s decision to hold the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration in London and called it “a political shamelessness.” Muhammad Ahmad Hussein said in an exclusive interview with Tasnim that Britain is continuing its support for the violation of the Palestinians’ rights and their displacement by commemorating […]

TEHRAN – Donald Trump responded to the deadly attack in New York in typical fashion on Tuesday, via Twitter. Trump, whom the White House previously said was being briefed on the situation by chief of staff John Kelly, wrote: “In NYC, looks like another attack by a very sick and deranged person. Law enforcement is […]

TEHRAN  – The Palestinian Hamas movement has handed over administrative control of Erez and Kerem Shalom crossings on the Israeli regime border, and Rafah crossing on the Egyptian border to Palestinian Authority. Wednesday’s handover, the first in over a decade, is part of deals agreed on in the latest round of Egypt-brokered reconciliation between Hamas […]

TEHRAN – Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in the Iranian capital, Tehran, to meet with senior Iranian officials and participate in the second trilateral summit of Iran, Russia and Azerbaijan. Putin’s plane landed in Tehran on Wednesday and he was officially received by Iranian Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance Massoud Karbasian. He is scheduled […]

TEHRAN – Eight civilians have been killed and several others injured when Saudi warplanes carried out airstrikes against residential areas across Yemeni capital, Sana’a. Eight civilians were martyred and 25 others were injured when Saudi warplanes attacked Belad al-Rous district south of the Yemen capital, the Arabic-language al-Masirah television network reported. Meantime, in retaliatory attacks, […]