As we get ready to bid adieu to 2018, an eventful year marked by trials, tribulations and triumphs, it is time to look back at some of the major developments that shaped the year. As yet another year goes by, it is time to reflect and see whether the world is getting better or worse. […]

 The year-on-year surge in US sovereign debt has totaled $1.37 trillion, the latest data released by the US Treasury Department shows. The national debt reportedly rose to $21,863,635,176,724.12 as of December 20 of the current year compared to $20,492,874,492,282.58 on December 25, 2017. The current US population stands at 328,082,386 according to the December statistics […]

 The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Friday lashed out at U.S. President Donald Trump for his unannounced and secret trip Iraq, describing it as an undiplomatic move that demonstrated disrespect for Iraq’s national sovereignty. “As Mr. Trump himself said in his address to the U.S. military in Iraq’s Ein al-Asad … he is now forced to […]

 Hossein Amir Abdollahian, a senior foreign policy advisor to the parliament speaker, on Thursday compared the recent “public” visit by Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Shamkhani to Afghanistan with Trump’s “secret” visit to Iraq, saying the two trips show the reality of the U.S. and Iran. “Admiral Shamkhani, Iran’s top security chief, paid preannounced […]

Hossein Sheikholeslam, a former Iranian ambassador to Damascus, has said the U.S. military presence in Syria was a failure and called Washington’s move in removing forces from Syria a “wise” act. Talking to ISNA in interview published on Friday, the former ambassador said the U.S. has played no role in resolving the problems faced by […]

US President Donald Trump Friday threatened to “entirely” close the southern US border with Mexico if lawmakers refuse his demands to fund a wall. “We will be forced to close the Southern Border entirely if the Obstructionist Democrats do not give us the money to finish the Wall & also change the ridiculous immigration laws […]

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi deplored US President Donald Trump’s secret visit to Iraq as “a move in violation of diplomatic norms and a disrespect for the country’s national sovereignty”. As underlined by (US President Donald) Trump and despite countless interventions and thousands of billions of dollars the US has spent on its illegitimate […]

US President Donald Trump’s unscheduled trip to Iraq met with harsh criticism from the Arab country’s political figures and parties, with some denouncing the move as a violation of Iraq’s sovereignty. For the first time since he became US president almost two years ago, Trump paid a surprise visit to American troops in Iraq on […]

U.S. President Donald Trump has accepted an invitation by his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, to visit the country, according to a spokesperson for Turkey’s leader.  Speaking to reporters after a cabinet meeting on Monday in the Turkish capital, Ankara, Ibrahim Kalin said Trump wants to make the trip in 2019 but a date has not […]

There is a mutual understanding between Russia and the European Union to preserve the 2015 nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Russian Permanent Representative to the EU said on Friday. “Extensive contacts continue, we have a rather high level of mutual understanding,” TASS quoted Vladimir Chizhov as saying. He […]