TEHRAN  – Syria’s army and its allies continued to make gains in their battle against Daesh (ISIL or ISIS) terrorists in Homs, managing to seize control of more areas in the central province. Syrian forces on Monday stepped up their attack against Daesh militants in the eastern countryside of Homs, expanding their control in the […]

TEHRAN – The United Nations Security Council passed a new round of sanctions in retaliation for North Korea’s most powerful nuclear test every conducted on September 3. The resolution bans Pyongyang from exporting textiles while capping how much crude oil and refined petroleum products can be imported. Natural gas condensates and liquids are also included […]

TEHRAN – US columnist Stephen Lendman says that “Suu Kyi is a fraud and a US- Western darling.” “She reminds me in some ways of Mother Theresa, more myth than ‘saint of the gutters’”, Lendman tells the Mehr News. Following is the text of the interview: Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar are in a disastrous situation. […]

CARACAS – A clash between Venezuelan army troops and an armed group left 11 people dead in Tumeremo, a town in southern Bolivar state, prosecutors said on Monday. The clash took place at 11:00 a.m. (1500 GMT) Sunday when the troops “were patrolling the area due to the presence of members of an armed organization,” […]

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 […]