TEHRAN  – One of Australia’s top counter-terrorism officials has joined the ranks of people advising citizens to learn to live under a threat of terrorism, saying that a major attack on Aussie soil is inevitable. “I don’t like to say it but it will happen,” Mark Murdoch told the media on Wednesday. The 37-year-old veteran, […]

NEW YORK– After referring to North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un as “rocket man” in front of the UN General Assembly, US Presidential Donald Trump made a slew of remarks with questionable accuracy. Trump stepped up his aggressive rhetoric toward Tehran, berated Kim’s “suicide mission” in developing nuclear weapons, and spared zero effort touting what he claims are […]

TEHRAN – Police have evacuated part of the City of London amid a security alert over a “suspicious package”. Armed officers and explosives teams with sniffer dogs were seen patrolling in the Liverpool Street and Moorgate areas. Witnesses said trains were running as normal but roads near the stations were closed, Independent reported. Alex Holmes, […]

TEHRAN  – The missile command of Yemen’s army and Popular Committees announced that it has targeted the positions of the Saudi mercenaries in the northwestern province of al-Jawf with a domestically made ballistic missile dubbed “Qaher M2”, local sources said. The missile attack carried out on Tuesday hit a gathering of the mercenaries of the […]

TEHRAN – At a meeting with UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson on Tuesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow was ready to take reciprocal measures if London changes its policy toward Russia, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. During their meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, the sides “discussed […]

TEHRAN  – Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan late Tuesday warned of sanctions against the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) if it proceeds with its planned referendum for independence next week. “We have always supported” the KRG, Erdogan told reporters in New York after his address at the UN General Assembly. “We think this approach of theirs […]

TEHRAN  – Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani on Tuesday renewed a call for “unconditional dialogue” to end a political crisis pitting Qatar against four Arab states while US President Donald Trump said he expected the dispute to be resolved quickly. Speaking from the podium of the 193-member United Nations General Assembly, Sheikh Tamim […]

TEHRAN  – A powerful earthquake shook central Mexico on Tuesday, collapsing buildings in plumes of dust and killing at least 149 people. Thousands fled into the streets in panic, and many stayed to help rescue those trapped. Dozens of buildings tumbled into mounds of rubble or were severely damaged in densely populated parts of Mexico […]

TEHRAN – US president Donald Trump used his maiden speech at the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday to deplore July 2015 deal between Iran and world powers over the country’s nuclear program. Trump told the United Nations General Assembly that the internationally-negotiated nuclear agreement with Iran is an “embarrassment” to the United […]

TEHRAN – Hundreds of students yesterday rallied in front of the UN office in Tehran to protest at the Myanmar government genocide against Rohingya Muslims. According to the public relations of the Union of the Islamic Associations of the Pupils, several members of the union as well as other groups of students staged a protest […]