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 […]

France is set to sell a number of warships to the United Arab Emirates, French President Emmanuel Macron announced in Abu Dhabi, during a high-profile Middle East tour that also involved a surprise stop in Saudi Arabia. Wrapping up his two-day visit to the UAE, Macron said Thursday that the tiny Persian Gulf country would […]

During a visit to the United States, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano says Iran has been complying with the 2015 nuclear agreement, and that the nuclear-related commitments undertaken by Tehran under the deal are being implemented. Amano met with US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley in New York on Thursday, where […]

Mexican Senator Teófilo Torres Corzo stressed Iran’s key part in preservation of regional and global stability and called for further cooperation between the two countries. Teófilo Torres Corzo, Chairman of the Mexican Senate’s Foreign Affairs Committee for Asia Pacific, held talks with Iran’s Ambassador to Mexico City Mohammad Taghi Hosseini on Wednesday, during which he […]

The EU foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, says the nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers has nothing to do with the Islamic Republic’s national missile program, emphasizing the importance of keeping the multilateral pact “as it is.” Speaking to reporters ahead of a NATO defense ministers meeting in Brussels on Wednesday, Mogherini said Iran’s missile […]

Bahrain will not attend the next (Persian) Gulf Cooperation Council summit if Qatar attends, the Bahraini foreign minister said in a series of tweets, in which he also called for Doha to be suspended from the bloc. In the posts made late Sunday night, Khalid al-Khalifa said Qatar’s membership of the bloc should be frozen […]

TEHRAN – Syria’s army and its allies captured Daesh’s (also known as ISIS or ISIL) last stronghold in Syria on Wednesday, media reports said. “The last stronghold of Daesh, al-Bukamal, is free of the Daesh organization,” a commander in the Syrian army said to Reuters. Syrian state television also confirmed that “al-Bukamal is liberated”. “Army […]