TEHRAN (Dispatches) – UAE officials have closed down an Iranian school in the emirate’s third city of Sharjah, refusing to extend its permit over what they have called illegal construction within the facility. Ali Hosseini, the Iranian Education Ministry’s deputy for international affairs, said the facility had been leased and had not undertaken any construction […]

TEHRAN – Turks can safely come to Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Sunday, dismissing a warning from Ankara that its citizens should take care when travelling there due to “an increase in anti-Turkish sentiment.” Tensions between Berlin and Ankara have been bubbling for months and Turkey’s warning on Sept. 9 came after Germany’s foreign ministry […]

TEHRAN – The Board of Governors at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which started its seasonal meeting last week, is set to review Iran’s compliance with the nuclear agreement on Monday. The meeting will begin with IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano’s speech. In its 8th seasonal report on May 2017, the IAEA recertified Iran’s […]

Lebanon plans to file a complaint with the United Nations against Israel for planting spy devices and violating the country’s airspace. The Israeli warplanes violated Lebanon’s airspace on Sunday, flying at a low altitude and breaking the sonic barrier above the country’s third city of Sidon and Palestinian refugee camps in the area. On Saturday, Hezbollah […]

At least six people have been killed and several others injured in a bomb attack carried out in central Somalia, police and residents say. Major Hussein Osman, a police officer, said the bombing in the central city of Beledweyne on Sunday afternoon rocked a restaurant outside the office of the governor of Hiran region where he […]

Torrential rain in Italy triggered flooding that killed at least six people Sunday in the Tuscan port of Leghorn, including a family of four who were trapped by rising water in a basement. Two other people were reported missing. Strong winds toppled trees and parked cars were nearly submerged by floodwaters that left the streets […]

DAMASCUS– Syrian Deputy Foreign and Expatriates Minister Fayssal Mikdad stressed the importance of the strategic achievement realized by the Syrian Army in cooperation with the allies in Deir Ezzor, which has suffered from ISIL terrorist organization. In an interview with Beirut-based al-Mayadeen TV on Sunday, Mikdad said that this achievement is a turning point in […]

North Korea’s “reckless behavior” is a “global threat” which requires a global response, including from NATO, the alliance head Jens Stoltenberg said a week after Pyongyang claimed to have successfully tested an H-bomb.“The reckless behavior of North Korea is a global threat and requires a global response and that of course also includes NATO,” Stoltenberg […]

Residents huddled in shelters watching for updates as Hurricane Irma began its assault on Florida early Sunday as a Category 4 storm, lashing the area with winds near 130 mph (215 kph) and drenching rain.Irma’s northern eyewall reached the lower Florida Keys and the US National Hurricane Center said the hurricane was expected to remain […]

Syrian troops broke the Islamic State terrorist group’s siege of Deir al-Zor military airport Saturday, dealing a fresh blow to the militants who also face a new offensive from US-backed fighters elsewhere in the province.Oil-rich Deir al-Zor Province borders Iraq and is a strategic prize for both the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Russian-supported […]