WASHINGTON  – The U.S. has extended sanctions relief to Iran under the countries’ nuclear deal, but repeated accusations that Tehran is violating the spirit of the agreement. President Donald Trump, who has threatened to tear up the 2015 accord, said Iran had “violated so many different elements” of the deal, under which the U.S. agreed […]

ASTANA – Iran, Turkey and Russia Iran have agreed Friday on the borders of the de-escalation zones, including the main opposition-held region of Idlib, at the Syria peace talks in Kazakh capital Astana. Turkey, Iran and Russia will send 500 observers each to Idlib to monitor the de-escalation deal, and the Russian ones will be […]

The Press TV correspondent visiting Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh says a humanitarian crisis is unfolding there amid a lack of relief supplies and medical services. “There is a humanitarian disaster here in a real sense,” our correspondents said Friday. “There is not enough food and water available, and the sanitary conditions are very low.” Medicine […]

British police are investigating a reported explosion at a subway station in southwest London, which left several people injured and hundreds of commuters running from the platform in panic.   The Metropolitan Police said Friday that officers have arrived at the Parsons Green station and are investigating and will give more information as soon as […]

The United States has announced economic sanctions on 11individuals and companies in Iran accused of supporting Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) or engaging in cyber attacks on US banks, but has decided to continue for now to exempt Iran from nuclear-related sanctions. “Treasury will continue to take strong actions to counter Iran’s provocations, including support […]

The Iraqi parliament has voted to dismiss the governor of the northern oil-rich province of Kirkuk after the provincial council voted to take part in the upcoming Kurdish independence referendum irrespective of the central government’s strong opposition to the planned vote. An unnamed parliamentary source told Arabic-language al-Sumaria television network on Thursday that Iraqi legislators had voted […]

North Korea has fired yet another missile over Japan, Japanese and Korean media say, a few hours after Pyongyang threatened to “sink” its south eastern neighbor. The missile launch from Pyongyang on early Friday prompted officials to ask people in the Japanese island of Hokkaido to take shelter, local media reported. The missile flew for about […]

Over 80 prominent international disarmament experts have urged US President Donald Trump to reconsider his possible plans to unravel Iran’s 2015 nuclear agreement with six world powers, including the US. In a Wednesday statement organized by the Arms Control Association, a Washington-based disarmament advocacy group, experts in nuclear nonproliferation diplomacy from around the world hailed […]

In less than two weeks, Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region will go to polls in a vote for independence. Iraqi parliamentarians have rejected the legitimacy of the vote and the central government in Baghdad which is strongly opposed to this move has said it will do everything possible to keep the unity of the country intact. […]

TEHRAN – The British Foreign Office says that UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson will meet with his American counterpart in London on Thursday to discuss policy issues ranging from the consequences of Hurricane Irma to Libya and North Korea. UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson will meet with US State Secretary Rex Tillerson in London on […]