The European Union (EU)’s foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, says the bloc will continue its membership talks with Turkey despite disagreements with Ankara on human rights issues. “We are continuing to talk with Turkey,” Mogherini told reporters in the northwestern Slovenian town of Bled, where she attended the 2017 Bled Strategic Forum, on Monday. “We are not […]

The United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) has directly blamed Saudi Arabia for a humanitarian crisis in Yemen, which has been the target of a Saudi-led war for two years and a half. “Saudi Arabia should fund 100 percent of the needs of the humanitarian crisis in Yemen,” said the WFP’s Executive Director David Beasley. […]

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has vowed that she will block Turkey’s membership talks with the European Union, signaling an apparent pivot from her previous position. During a Sunday televised debate with her Social Democrat (SPD) rival Martin Schulz, the center-right leader shocked the audience with an unexpected pledge to discuss an end to Turkey’s EU […]

US President Donald Trump and his South Korean counterpart, Moon Jae-in, hold a telephone conversation to call for a boost in joint military capabilities. On Monday, the two world leaders called for maximizing pressure on the reclusive state over its nuclear and missile tests. According to a White House statement, Trump gave “conceptual approval” for South […]

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has urged Muslim countries to take practical measures to end the inhuman crackdown on the persecuted Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine State. Zarif made the call in separate phone conversation on Monday with his Turkish, Malaysian and Indonesian counterparts Mevlut Cavusoglu, Anifah Aman and Retno Marsudi, respectively. The […]

TEHRAN – South Korea said on Monday it was talking to the United States about deploying aircraft carriers and strategic bombers to the Korean peninsula after signs North Korea might launch more missiles in the wake of its sixth and largest nuclear test. The UN Security Council was set to meet later on Monday to […]

HAMA – Syrian Army and Armed Forces reestablished control over Uqayribat town in Hama province, a military source announced on Sunday. The source told that army units, in cooperation with supporting forces, established control over Uqayribat town, Masaada village, Rasm Qanbar farm and the area surrounding them in the eastern countryside of Hama. The source pointed out […]

TEHRAN – BRICS Leaders’ Meetings have officially kicked off in the coastal Chinese city of Xiamen.  Meetings of the BRICS nations’ leaders have officially started in China’s southeastern city of Xiamen, a Sputnik correspondent reported Monday. Leaders of the five bloc’s nations — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — have exchanged welcoming handshakes. […]

The United States warns North Korea of a “massive military response” to any threats. US Defense Secretary James Mattis made the comments ina statement he read out among reporters outside of the White House on Sunday. “Any threat to the United States or its territories including Guam or our allies will be met with a […]

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has one again called on North Korea to cease it illegal actions after Pyongyang announced the testing of a hydrogen bomb. On Sunday, Guterres condemned the act as “yet another serious breach of the country’s international obligations.” “The secretary general reiterates his call on the DPRK leadership to cease such […]