TEHRAN  – German Chancellor Angela Merkel won a fourth term Sunday, but now faces the tricky prospect of forming a coalition with two disparate new partners after voters weakened her conservatives and a nationalist, anti-migrant party surged into parliament. Merkel’s center-left challenger, Martin Schulz, conceded his Social Democrats had suffered a “crushing election defeat,” with […]

TEHRAN – President Donald Trump on Sunday slapped new travel restrictions on citizens from North Korea, Venezuela and Chad, expanding to eight the list of countries covered by his original travel bans that have been derided by critics and challenged in court. Iran, Libya, Syria, Yemen and Somalia were left on the list of affected […]

Japan says Chinese coastguard ships have approached a group of disputed islands in the East China Sea, claimed by both Tokyo and Beijing, for the second time in less than a week. Japan’s coast guard said four Chinese vessels entered the waters surrounding the uninhabited islands — known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in […]

TEHRAN– Turkey’s parties are divided about Ankara stance twoards referendum in the Iraqi Kurdistan region despite the country’s president strong opposition with the semi-autonomous region’s attempts for independence. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday demanded that Iraqi Kurds call off a weekend referendum on independence, hinting at consequences if they go ahead. “Steps such […]

TEHRAN – North Korea’s foreign minister assailed US President Donald Trump at the United Nations on Saturday, deriding him as a “mentally deranged” leader whose threats had increased the chances of military confrontation. RiYong-ho told the General Assembly that Trump’s vow to “totally destroy” his country if necessary had made “our rockets’ visit to the […]

Taliban militants have targeted a military convoy of Danish NATO forces in the Afghan capital of Kabul. There have been no reports of casualties among the foreign forces but at least three civilians have sustained injuries. Afghan officials said the incident took place early on Sunday when a bomber attacked a NATO convoy in the […]

Israel detains hundreds of African asylum seekers without trial every year, with the approval of its top authorities, the Haaretz daily has reported, citing data released recently. New official figures show that the Israeli regime has put a total of 311 African refugees behind bars without trial in the past 15 months, the paper said on […]

The ground forces of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) have started heavy artillery fire drills in the country’s southwestern area. The security drills, codenamed Moharram, started out on Sunday, with Brigadier General Hossein Salami, the IRGC’s second-in-command, and Brigadier General Mohammad Pakpour, who commands the Corps’ ground forces in attendance, Sepah News reported. The exercises […]

TEHRAN – Germany is going to the polls on Sunday for the country’s federal elections, with long-serving Chancellor Angela Merkel looking all but certain to win a historic fourth term in office. The poll is also expected to see the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) entering parliament for the first time. Polls opened at 8am […]

TEHRAN  – The London Metropolitan Police confirmed that an acid attack has taken place Saturday evening in eastern London, injuring at least six people. “Police were called just before 20:00 hrs on Saturday to the area around Stratford Shopping Centre to reports of a group of males spraying what is believed to be a noxious […]