Vermont Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders has asserted that the US foreign policy towards Iran and Saudi Arabia is wrong, blaming Riyadh for promoting “extremely radical Wahhabi doctrine” worldwide. In his interview with The Intercept published on Friday, the former presidential candidate also stated that he does not consider Riyadh an ally because it supports terrorism. Senator Bernie […]

US President Donald Trump has warned the North Korean foreign minister after his speech to the United Nations that “they won’t be around much longer” if he “echoes thoughts” of his boss, Kim Jong-un. “Just heard Foreign Minister of North Korea speak at U.N.,” Trump tweeted late on Saturday. “If he echoes thoughts of Little […]

TEHRAN – An American human rights lawyer and a professor at the University Of Pittsburgh School Of Law said North Korea has no plans to attack any country, including the US first, noting that Pyongyang’s missiles serve defensive and deterrent purposes. “I do not view North Korea’s missile launches as a threat to anyone. It […]

A growing number of staffers at the White House are starting to look for other jobs to leave the administration of Republican President Donald Trump due to low morale, uncertainty and continued infighting among aides, according to a new report. Staffers from the National Economic Council, the communications office and even political appointees are reaching […]

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been booed and heckled by right-wing protesters while speaking at her final campaign rally in Munich two days before the polls that will likely put her in office for a fourth term. “With whistling and yelling, one will surely not shape Germany’s future,” Merkel said at the Friday rally as the […]

Supporters of France’s far-left opposition party have staged a protest rally in Paris to voice their discontent with sweeping labor reforms by President Emmanuel Macron, who has suffered a sharp decline in popularity ratings. The Saturday rallies, organized by Jean-Luc Melenchon, the leader of the radical leftist France Unbowed party, came a day after the […]

One hundred and thirty four countries, under the banner of the Group of 77 at the United Nations, have voiced support for a 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and six other countries following a tirade by US President Donald Trump against Iran and the deal at the UN. Addressing the UN General Assembly (UNGA)’s 72nd […]

TEHRAN  – Leader of Iraq’s National Alliance Ammar al-Hakim warned against the consequences of a unilateral plan by the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region to hold an independence referendum, saying that in case of the Arab country’s disintegration, all sides will be losers. In remarks released on Saturday, Hakim described the residents of the Kurdistan Region as […]

Seven countries have called on the UN Security Council to convene a meeting to discuss the ongoing atrocities against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. According to a request seen by AFP on Friday, France, Britain, the US, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Senegal and Sweden asked UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to brief the Security Council on Myanmar’s military […]

The US military has denied ordering American troops and their families in South Korea to evacuate the country, after a number of them reported receiving mysterious text messages that told them to do so. “Anyone receiving this false message should not click any links or open any attachments included in the correspondence,” US Forces Korea […]