TEHRAN – Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) does not have the authority to clarify a provision of the JCPOA known as Section T. “I would like to say absolutely clear and directly that acquiring some false topicality the theme of the IAEA work on Section T of […]

TEHRAN – The Russian government on Saturday said there’s no hidden agenda nor political conditionality behind its donation of military weaponry and equipment to the Philippines. “We Russians, we have no hidden agenda. If we extend our help to you, we are doing that sincerely. We have no hidden agenda and political conditionality’s,” ABS-CBN quoted […]

TEHRAN – Syria’s army and its allies inflicted major losses on Daesh (ISIL) militants in Homs, managing to retake a key area in the central province. On Saturday, Syrian forces continued to make gains in their fight against Daesh terrorists in Homs province and succeeded in retaking al-Qaryateen town in the southeastern countryside of the […]

TEHRAN – Japan’s leader may have made the right call after all, if not for his country then for himself. Media polls indicate Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling coalition will handily win a general election Sunday, possibly even retaining its two-thirds majority in the more powerful lower house of parliament, AP reported. Japanese voters may […]

TEHRAN – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan highlighted the importance of the use of national currencies in trade, noting that it will have positive repercussions for the economy. Speaking at the Developing-8 (D-8) Organization for Economic Cooperation Summit in Istanbul, Erdogan said that switching to national currencies will revolutionize trade relations, Daily Sabah reported. “There […]

Germany’s Funke media group, which includes the Berliner Morgenpost, reported Saturday that more than 600 asylum applicants, comprising 250 persons with Turkish diplomatic passports and 380 with identity papers showing them to be senior Turkish public servants, have sought asylum in Germany since last year’s coup attempt in Turkey.Last year’s coup attempt, blamed by Turkish […]

Former UN chief Kofi Annan urged the Security Council on Friday to push for the return to Myanmar of hundreds of thousands of Muslim Rohingya who have been driven out in an army campaign.Annan, who led an advisory commission to the Myanmar government, said world powers must work with the country’s military and civilian leaders […]

Four Moldovan citizens were killed and two others were injured when a cargo plane chartered by the French military crashed into the sea near the airport in Ivory Coast’s main city, Abidjan, on Saturday, Ivorian and French officials said.Four French soldiers survived the crash but were injured, Ivory Coast’s Security Minister Sidiki Diakite told reporters […]

French President Emmanuel Macron, accused by critics of being out of touch with ordinary people, denied in an interview with a German magazine he was aloof, saying that he was merely trying to stamp out cronyism between politicians and the media. The 39-year-old former banker was caught on video earlier this month saying during a […]

China’s ruling Communist Party has agreed to amend the party constitution, expected to embed President Xi Jinping’s political thought, ahead of next week’s five-yearly party congress in which Xi will further tighten his grip on power.The party’s Central Committee, the largest of its elite ruling bodies, on Saturday passed a previously announced proposal to amend […]