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2020-10-28 18:52
Putin, Erdogan discuss Nagorno-Karabakh, Syria, Libya
Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed deep concern about the persisting conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh as well as the rising presence of foreign terrorists in the clashes in a phone conversation with his Turkish counterpart.
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2020-10-28 18:51
U.S. protests: Father of Black man killed by police urges calm after more unrest
The family of a Philadelphia Black man shot dead by police appealed on Tuesday for calm as a second night of protests over his death brought renewed violence, with clashes between police and demonstrators and some looting of stores.
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2020-10-28 18:43
Turkey condemns Charlie Hebdo over Erdogan cartoon
The rift between Muslim nations and France is growing after French President Emmanuel Macron said earlier this month that Islam was a religion in “crisis”.
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2020-10-27 21:18
U.S. protests: Riots & looting in Philadelphia after black man shot dead by police
People broke into shops and torched patrol cars in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania following spontaneous protests sparked by the death of a local man in a police shooting. The cops said the man was armed with a knife.
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2020-10-27 21:16
Bomb at seminary in Pakistan kills 8 students, wounds 136
A powerful bomb blast ripped through an Islamic seminary on the outskirts of the northwest Pakistani city of Peshawar Tuesday morning, killing at least eight students and wounding 136 others, police and a hospital spokesman said.
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2020-10-26 23:52
Renewed fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh threatens U.S.-backed truce
Armenia and Azerbaijan accused each other on Monday of violating a new U.S.-brokered ceasefire in fighting over the mountain enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, casting doubt over the prospects of the latest international push to end a month of clashes.
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2020-10-26 23:49
‘Boycott French products’ launched over Macron’s Islam comments
Several Arab trade associations have announced a boycott of French products, in response to recent comments made by President Emmanuel Macron on Islam.
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2020-10-26 23:44
China to sanction Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Raytheon over U.S. Taiwan arm sales
China and the United States seem to be headed toward a new high in tensions, with Beijing announcing plans to slap sanctions on major American firms involved in arms sales to Taiwan
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2020-10-26 23:37
U.S. INF withdrawal increases risk of renewed nuclear arms race: Putin
Russia President Vladimir Putin of Russia says the United States’ last year “grave mistake” in abandoning a landmark nuclear treaty with Moscow threatens the world with the risk of another nuclear arms race as the Kremlin puts forth a proposal to negotiate new verification measures with Washington.
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2020-10-21 18:56
Taliban ambush kills at least 25 Afghan security personnel
At least 25 Afghan security force personnel were killed in an ambush blamed on the Taliban, officials said Wednesday, as spiraling violence imperils ongoing peace talks.
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2020-10-20 21:04
‘U.S. president not to leave office graciously if he loses 2020 election’
U.S. President Donald Trump will not leave office “graciously” if he loses the 2020 presidential election against Democratic nominee Joe Biden, says his former national security adviser John Bolton.
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2020-10-20 21:02
‘Shameful’: Palestinians slam UAE delegation visit to Israel
The arrival of a United Arab Emirates delegation in Israel has been slammed as “shameful” by Palestinian officials.
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2020-10-20 20:53
European legislators want downgrade of EU presence at G20 Saudi-hosted summit
Dozens of lawmakers of the European Parliament have called on the European Union (EU) to downgrade its presence at the next month’s G20 summit in Saudi Arabia’s capital of Riyadh over human rights concerns, a document says.
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2020-10-19 23:10
Greece finalizes plan to build wall on border with Turkey
Greece’s government says it has finalized plans to extend a wall along its northeast border with Turkey, over concerns that migrants may try to stage mass crossings into the European Union country.
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2020-10-19 23:09
U.S. protests: National guard spy plane monitored protests
A peaceful protest in a sleepy and affluent suburb that is home to the head of the California national guard was among four demonstrations monitored by national guard spy planes.
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2020-10-19 23:09
Johnson to ‘resign in spring because his £150,000 salary is too low’
Boris Johnson is reportedly intending to resign next spring because he thinks his salary is too low, Tory MPs have claimed.
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2020-10-19 22:55
White House official met with Syria govt. to ‘secure Americans' release’
The Wall Street Journal says a senior White House official took a rare trip to Syria earlier this year to allegedly help release a number of Americans, who are reportedly held by Damascus.
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2020-10-18 22:52
U.S. protests: Thousands protest Trump’s Supreme Court pick at Women’s Marches
Thousands of protesters have rallied in the U.S. capital – Washington, DC – and other cities across the country to protest against President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee and to call for his defeat in the November 3 election.
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2020-10-18 22:51
Over 50% of Israelis want Netanyahu to resign
A new poll has indicated that 54 per cent of Israelis want Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resign from politics, 35 per cent want him to remain and ten per cent did not have an opinion, Quds Press reported.
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2020-10-18 22:49
Armenia, Azerbaijan report violations of new ceasefire
Despite a second attempt at a cease-fire, Armenia and Azerbaijan traded accusations Sunday of violating the new truce in their destructive conflict over the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
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2020/10/17
By Dennis Etler
Yunnan meeting, a major step toward a comprehensive and constructive partnership
The meeting of Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in the Chinese province of Yunnan bodes well for the future of Sino-Iranian relations. It is a little known fact that during the Yuan dynasty Shams al-Din, an Iranian from Bukhara, was appointed Yunnan's first provincial governor. The meeting of the two foreign ministers in Yunnan thus takes on added historical significance.
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2020/10/14
By Abir Bassam
The fires of Belad al-Sham: Attacks on nutrition supplies
Last week was one of the worst weeks the area of Belad Al-Sham has witnessed. The fires spread all over the Belad Al-Sham coast, i.e., the Syrian coast from Latakia to Palestine. The victims were mainly the forest trees and, in particular, the aging Oak trees, the olive trees, and other fruit trees. However, the targeted injured party was the farmer, who is still holding on to his land and his means of survival.
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2020/10/14
By Myles Hoenig
The ins and outs of American elections
The first words to come out of most mouths regarding the first debate were 'shocking,' 'disturbing,' 'demoralizing,' 'frightening' and so many other hyperboles. But if it wasn't for the fact that this was one of the traditional ways to elect a president with the most powerful military in the world, one could almost see the humor in the debate. Two septuagenarians acting like kindergarten children fighting over a snack, especially when one is the U.S. president, just has to make one laugh at the absurdity of it all.
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2020-10-14 13:22
By Mohammad Mazhari
Sanctions will hamper Iran’s access to medicine and medical equipment: Carleton University professor
“I think it (sanction) is an abject failure in terms of achieving any real progress”
TEHRAN – A professor of Carleton University says that American sanctions will make Iran’s access to medicines and medical equipment difficult even if, technically, such humanitarian goods are generally exempted from sanctions.
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2020/10/14
By Jim W. Dean
Is the U.S. facing a political civil war?
(How bad is the U.S. political schism going to get?)
When a Continental Convention was adjourning in 1787, a spectator called out to Ben Franklin, “What kind of government will we have? He answered, “A republic if you can keep it, sir.” That admonition is what anti-Trump people are facing now.
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2020-10-14 13:12
By Mohamamd Mazhari
Army would refuse an order to crack down on possible peaceful protests after Nov. 3 elections: prof
TEHRAN – An American professor is of the opinion that the U.S. Army would not obey a possible order to suppress peaceful protesters who may not accept the result of the November 3 presidential elections.
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2020-10-12 13:01
By Salman Parviz
Sudan: Next step for Arab-Israel normalization?
Normalization to help Trump's re-election campaign
When the so-called "Deal of the Century" was announced on January 29, it was rejected by most of the Muslim world. Just a few days after the Arab League's rejection of the initiative, Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the de facto ruler of Sudan, met publicly for the first time with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Entebbe, Uganda, to begin talks for normalization amid objections from domestic politicians, organizations and the general public in Sudan.
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2020-10-11 10:48
Here’s how S.Arabia and UAE helped appoint Sheikh Mishaal as Kuwait’s crown prince
TEHRAN – In a carefully devised plan, the Saudis and Emiratis handled the transition of power in Kuwait following the passing of its emir on September 29, successfully appointing their favorite man as Kuwait’s new crown prince.
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2020-10-10 22:25
By Mohammad Mazhari
Trump’s pressure policy has not achieved its objective: academic
TEHRAN – An American professor is of the view that Trump’s pressure policy against Tehran has failed to get Iran to stop its support for groups in Yemen and Lebanon or force Tehran to stop enriching uranium.
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2020-10-09 22:55
By Rodney Shakespeare
There is nothing democratic about America today
The original idea of the Founders was for all Americans to have Life, Liberty and Property (NB 'Property'). But the Founders then changed their minds because ensuring land and wealth for Native Americans and imported African slaves was certainly not what they meant to happen.
