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, […]

A loud explosion has reportedly rocked the central area of the Afghan capital of Kabul, where embassies and government buildings are located. Local agency TOLOnewsþ said the blast took place in the city’s Wazir Akbar Khan District. A Reuters witness reported that a loud blast shook windows and doors in the area, RT reported. A […]

Iraqi troops deployed on Tuesday at one of the main land crossings with Turkey, gaining a foothold at the Kurdish-held frontier for the first time in decades and imposing one of Baghdad’s central demands on the Kurds.Iraq’s entire land border with Turkey is located inside the Kurdish autonomous region, and has been controlled by the […]

Facebook Inc said on Monday that Russia-based operatives published about 80,000 posts on the social network over a two-year period in an effort to sway US politics and that about 126 million Americans may have seen the posts during that time.Facebook’s latest data on the Russia-linked posts — possibly reaching around half of the US […]