TEHRAN – Hillary Clinton embarked on a speaking tour of Britain with a message that the Brexit referendum was won on the basis of a big lie and warning that Vladimir Putin has been conducting a “cyber cold war” against the west. She urged more women to enter politics and praised those who spoke up […]

TEHRAN – President Nicolas Maduro’s government won a landslide victory in closely watched regional elections in Venezuela on Sunday, according to official results that the opposition said were “suspicious.” Maduro’s socialist party won governorships of 17 of the 23 states with the opposition Democratic Union Roundtable (MUD) coalition taking only five, according to the results […]

TEHRAN – US Democratic Senator Al Franken said if the US walks out of the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, it will “leave us isolated”. “Our European allies, Russia, China, are not going to pull out so it will just leave us isolated. It undercuts our leadership in the world and, boy, […]

Iraqi forces say they have taken control of “vast areas” of Kirkuk following clashes with Kurdish Peshmerga forces who had occupied the oil-rich region. The move was announced via Iraqi state TV early on Monday, shortly after reports of government forces advancing towards strategic locations such as airfields and airbases located to the west of […]

The leader of Austria’s conservative People’s Party has declared victory in the country’s general elections, setting him up to become the world’s youngest head of government. Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz claimed victory on Sunday night after projections showed his party to be well in the lead with over than 90 percent of the ballots counted. […]

TEHRAN – While stressing the obligation of the government of France to remain committed to JCPOA, the Finance Minister of the country announced the government’s determination to develop economic ties with Iran. The Finance Minister of France Bruno Le Maire made the remarks in a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Masoud Karbasian. He pointed to […]

TEHRAN – The death toll from Saturday’s blast in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, has risen to 189 with more than 200 injured, according to local police and hospital sources. A truck bomb exploded outside the Safari Hotel, near Somalia’s Foreign Ministry, and lined with government offices, hotels, restaurants and shops. The blast injured over 200 people and death […]

TEHRAN – Hillary Clinton has denounced Donald Trump’s bellicose language toward North Korea, believing his verbal aggression has rattled American allies and will set off a nuclear arms race in the region. “We will now have an arms race – a nuclear arms race in East Asia,” Clinton said in an interview with CNN due […]

TEHRAN – The largest group in the Iraqi parliament has expressed its support for the Baghdad government, according to a statement from the Prime Ministry’s Press Office on Saturday. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi met the president and members of Iraqi parliament’s largest Sunni group, Sunni Iraqi Forces Coalition (IFC), the statement added. Al-Abadi has […]

TEHRAN- Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah signed an agreement on Thursday on ending a decade-long split following talks mediated by Egypt in Cairo. Under the agreement, the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority is to resume full control of the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip by December 1, according to a statement from Egypt’s intelligence agency, which oversaw the […]