TEHRAN – The Yemeni army and Popular Committees, in retaliatory attacks against the Saudi-led coalition forces, managed to hit gatherings of Saudi troops and mercenaries in the kingdom’s southwestern province of Jizan and Yemen’s border district of Midi in Hajjah Province. The Yemeni forces conducted artillery attacks against the positions of Saudi servicemen and mercenaries […]

TEHRAN – Hurricane Irma strengthened to a Category 4 storm with 130 mph winds early Sunday as it approached Florida, parts of which have already seen more than 200,000 people lose power ahead of the hurricane’s expected landfall. “Major hurricane force winds” were expected over the Florida Keys at daybreak Sunday, the National Hurricane Center […]

Donald Trump is approaching the end of his first year as president of the United States. By now, everyone — supporters, opponents, even indifferents — seem to agree on one thing. His pronouncements and his actions are unpredictable. He ignores precedents and behaves in ways that constantly surprise people. Supporters find this refreshing. Opponents find […]

Catalan lawmakers are voting on a bill that will allow regional authorities to officially call an Oct. 1 referendum on a split from Spain, making concrete a years-long defiance of central authorities, who see the vote as illegal. The so-called “referendum bill” was included at the last minute in the agenda of Wednesday’s plenary meeting […]

Myanmar said on Wednesday it is negotiating with China and Russia to ensure they block any UN Security Council censure over the violence that has forced an exodus of nearly 150,000 Rohingya Muslims to Bangladesh in less than two weeks.Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi blamed “terrorists” for “a huge iceberg of misinformation” on the […]

Democratic attorneys general across the country have threatened to sue US President Donald Trump over his decision Tuesday to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, opening another front in the growing legal war between blue states and the Republican administration.The Trump administration said Tuesday it was ending an Obama-era program allowing young people […]

The breaking of the Deir al-Zor siege is an important step in the fight against terrorism in Syria, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told reporters on Wednesday.“Indeed, it is an important milestone in the war on terror in Syria —the siege of Deir al-Zor has been broken, where the Syrian troops and civilians remained besieged […]

Israel’s attorney general is considering indicting the wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Sara, on suspicion of using state funds for personal dining and catering services amounting to some $100,000, the justice ministry said on Friday.The ministry statement said the attorney general was considering prosecuting Sara Netanyahu for offences that include fraudulently procuring items, fraud […]

An estimated 270,000 Rohingya have sought refuge in Bangladesh over the past two weeks, the UN refugee agency said on Friday, announcing a dramatic jump in numbers fleeing violence in neighboring Myanmar’s Rakhine State.A rights group said satellite images showed about 450 buildings had been burned down in a Myanmar border town largely inhabited by […]

Journalists who have toured villages in a crisis-stricken state in Myanmar have reported new fires burning in a village that has been abandoned by Rohingya Muslims, casting further doubt on government claims that the Muslims are burning down their own homes. About two dozen journalists monitoring the developments in northern Rakhine State on a government-controlled […]