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2021-04-17 21:06
Raul Castro confirms he is resigning as head of Cuba’s Communist party
Raul Castro has confirmed that he is resigning as head of Cuba’s Communist party, ending an era of formal leadership by him and his brother Fidel Castro that began with the 1959 revolution.
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2021-04-17 21:05
Russia, retaliating against Washington, asks 10 U.S. diplomats to leave
Russia asked 10 U.S. diplomats to leave the country in retaliation for Washington's expulsion of the same number of Russian diplomats over alleged malign activity and suggested the U.S. ambassador return home for consultations.
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2021-04-17 21:05
Hundreds march in Chicago, protesting police shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo
Hundreds of people marched through the Logan Square neighborhood in Chicago calling for overhauls to the city’s police department after the fatal shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo by a police officer in March.
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2021-04-12 22:09
U.S. Police fatally shoot Black man in Minneapolis, protests erupt
Protests erupted against police when an officer fatally shot a young Black man after stopping his vehicle for a traffic violation on Sunday about 10 miles (16 km) from where George Floyd was killed during an arrest in Minneapolis last May.
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2021-04-11 20:02
Yemeni forces launch retaliatory drone strike against Saudi airport, air base
Yemeni armed forces and fighters from allied Popular Committees have separately carried out fresh retaliatory airstrikes against Saudi Arabia, targeting military aircraft hangars at an airport in the kingdom’s southern Jizan region and an air base in Asir.
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2021-04-11 20:00
U.S., Israeli regime fear likely Hamas victory in May elections
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the Israeli regime’s Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi have reportedly expressed shared concerns about potential victory of the Palestinian Hamas Islamic resistance movement in upcoming parliamentary elections in the occupied territories.
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2021-04-11 15:35
By Mohammad Mazhari
Minorities struggle racism in Europe as right-wing movements rise: scholar
TEHRAN - A London-based history professor says that today many people across the world face every day discrimination fuelled by the rise of right-wing movements.
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2021-04-10 11:26
Saudi coalition flees from Ma'rib as resistance advances
The Saudi-led military coalition ordered its agents to clean the remaining heavy weapons from war fronts around Ma'rib, including American armored vehicles, Lebanon's al-Akbar newspaper reported on Friday.
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2021-04-09 15:07
By Mohammad Mazhari
Saudi Arabia behind coup attempt in Jordan: Palestinian analyst
TEHRAN – A Palestinian author believes that Saudi Arabia and the UAE had a key role in the coup attempt in Jordan.
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2021-04-07 12:06
Israeli forces detained 230 Palestinian minors since January
Israeli military forces continue to target young Palestinians and violently arrest them across the occupied territories, having detained 230 minors since the beginning of the current year.
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2021-04-07 12:04
Putin passes law that may keep him in office until 2036
Vladimir Putin has signed a law that will allow him to run for the presidency twice more in his lifetime, potentially keeping him in office until 2036.
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2021-04-05 21:26
Afghan president proposes three-phase peace roadmap
Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani will put forward a three-phase peace roadmap for Afghanistan during a proposed meeting in Turkey, seeking an agreement with the Taliban and a ceasefire before elections, a document seen by Reuters news agency shows.
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2021-04-05 21:25
'Boycott UAE' campaign over Israeli normalization goes global
A pro-Palestinian boycott campaign targeting the United Arab Emirates for normalization of relations with Israel is starting to gather momentum around the world.
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2021-04-05 09:34
Saudi Arabia faces accusations of involvement in palace intrigue
Stab in the back
TEHRAN - High-profile figures in Jordan, including a member of the royal family and a longtime confidant of King Abdullah II, were arrested on Saturday in what appeared to be a nascent palace intrigue nipped in the bud.
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2021-04-04 19:35
Iraqi resistance groups reject talks with U.S
A prominent Iraqi anti-terror group has reacted to the upcoming round of so-called strategic talks between Baghdad and Washington, whose key agenda item is reportedly the U.S. combat deployment, emphasizing that armed resistance and operations against American occupation forces will continue until they are fully removed from the Arab country.
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2021-04-04 19:34
Jordan prince ‘under house arrest’ amid security crackdown
The former crown prince of Jordan says he has been confined to his house and his communications have been restricted amid an ongoing crackdown on alleged coup plotters.
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2021-04-03 21:08
Vehicle attack raises new questions about U.S. Capitol security
New questions are being raised about security measures around the United States Congress after a vehicular assault on a security checkpoint killed one Capitol Police officer, injured another and ended with the driver of the car shot dead.
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2021-04-03 21:07
Rallies hit 18 districts across Bahrain
Protesters have taken to the streets in Bahrain to show solidarity with political prisoners and call for their immediate release as the ruling Al Khalifah regime presses ahead with its cruel clampdown on human rights advocates and opposition figures in the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom.
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2021-04-03 16:09
By Mohammad Mazhari
Muslims have become the new scapegoats in Europe: historian
TEHRAN - An American historian says Muslims have been used as scapegoats for the failures of European policies.
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2021-03-15 17:56
By Mohammad Mazhari
Power is notoriously distributed unevenly: Japanese scholar
‘It is not true that East Asia is calm, whereas the Middle East (West Asia) is in turmoil,” says Professor Matsunaga
TEHRAN – Pointing to the violence as one of the means that humans are utilizing to achieve their goals, a Japanese scholar says “in the international arena, power is notoriously unevenly distributed.”
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2021-03-09 18:06
Judge opens door for Lula da Silva to run in Brazil in 2022
A Brazilian Supreme Court judge annulled the criminal convictions against former leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a move that could allow the popular politician to run in next year’s presidential election.
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2021-03-09 17:58
U.S. proposes interim government in Afghanistan until new polls
A draft peace plan proposed by the United States for Afghanistan has called for the current government to be replaced with an interim administration until a new constitution is agreed and elections held, while a joint commission monitors a ceasefire.
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2021-03-08 18:41
Protesters gather in Minneapolis on eve of George Floyd murder trial
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Minneapolis on Sunday, as tension builds on the eve of ex-cop Derek Chauvin’s trial in the death of George Floyd.
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2021-03-08 12:46
Saudi oil facilities attacked by Yemen’s Houthis
Yemen’s Houthi forces fired drones and missiles at the heart of Saudi Arabia’s oil industry on Sunday, including a Saudi Aramco facility at Ras Tanura vital to petroleum exports , according to Reuters.
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2021-03-06 11:31
Pope Francis meets powerful Shia cleric in Iraq
Pope Francis is holding a symbolic meeting with one of the most powerful figures in Shia Islam on the second day of his landmark trip to Iraq.
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2021-03-05 18:05
Qais al-Khazali: Israel directing attacks on U.S. headquarters in Iraq
Qais al-Khazali, the secretary-general of Asaeb Ahl al-Haq, has said Israel is behind attacks on the U.S. embassy and military bases in Iraq.
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2021-03-05 14:40
By Mohammad haghdoust
Taliban just seeking prisoner release, foreign troop exit: ex-U.S. security adviser
TEHRAN – A former adviser to the U.S. Special Operations Command says the Taliban only negotiates only on the release of its prisoners by the Afghan government and the exit of foreign forces, including Americans, from the central Asian country.
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2021-03-02 14:42
By Mohammad Mazhari
Everyone has known that MBS is new Saddam Hussein: Georgetown University prof.
“HOPE is an excellent step in the right direction, and Iran should continue to promote it in various international forums”
TEHRAN - By releasing an intelligence report implicating Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, the U.S. has done "nothing much" because it has been quite clear that MBS in the new Saddam Hussein of West Asia, a university professor says.
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2021-03-01 21:33
By Mohammad Mazhari
Vast majority of terror victims are Muslims: scholar
TEHRAN – Noting that most of the people who are victims of terrorism are Muslims, a British professor of communication says that Islamophobic rhetoric makes reconciliation and peace harder to attain.
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2021-03-01 18:49
By Mohammad Mazhari
Jalaluddin Rakhmat was victim of slander by takfiris: Indonesian professor
‘The nature of Islam in Indonesia is a peaceful Islam’
TEHRAN – Jalaluddin Rakhmat, a top Sia figure in Indonesia, lived under harassment and slander by takfiris, especially in recent years, an Indonesian academic says.
