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2019-02-12 22:35
We seek war with no country, but defend ourselves solidly: Zarif
TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Iran does not seek war with any country, but that does not mean that Tehran will lose firmness in defending itself.
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2019-02-07 01:43
India to benefit from U.S.-China trade war
TEHRAN - India is among the countries likely to benefit from the ongoing trade war between the world's top two economies – the U.S. and China – the United Nations (UN) has said in its latest report.
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2019-02-07 01:41
Pakistan reaffirms support to Afghan peace process
TEHRAN - At a time when hectic negotiations are underway to restore peace in war-ravaged Afghanistan, a senior Pakistani official says his country is playing a key role in Afghanistan’s peace process.
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2019-02-07 01:22
Zarif: West Asia filled with war, extremism due to foreign meddling
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Wednesday that the West Asia region has been filled with war, extremism and destructive actions due to foreign interference.
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2019-02-04 23:24
Xi, Trump likely to meet to discuss trade war
TEHRAN - As the trade war between China and U.S. escalates, there is a likelihood of Donald Trump and Xi Jinping meeting in Vietnam, according to reports.
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2019-01-12 22:03
India hits back at Pakistan PM, says offers for dialogue ‘not serious’
TEHRAN - The blame games continue between India and Pakistan, as the two estranged South Asian neighbors accuse each other of creating roadblocks for peace process.
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2019-01-07 23:25
Ghani’s ‘peace envoy’ to visit Pakistan
TEHRAN - Afghan President President Ashraf Ghani’s special envoy for peace and head of High Peace Council's (HPC) secretariat, Umer Daudzai is expected to visit Pakistan this week.
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2019/01/07
By Ahmad Salkida
Why troops are losing ground to ISWAP
ABUJA - In the few days leading to the eclipse on 2018, reports from the warfront in North East Nigeria provoked huge concerns, fiercely stirring panic within communities in and around Maiduguri, Borno state. Governor Kashim Shettima, within this period, quickly called an emergency security meeting to receive briefs from different security commands in the state. At the Executive chambers of the Government House, Maiduguri, the seat of power in the state, the situation was grim and faces drawn.
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2019/01/05
By Mudasir Sheikh
Eurasian strategic triangle and global peace
TEHRAN - Graham Allison’s 2017 book ‘Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap’ has become the topic of hot debate among Western think tanks as historical evidence indicates that Thucydides trap magnifies the chances of military confrontation between a ruling power and a rising power for dictating the terms of societal order.
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2019/01/01
By Bruce Riedel
Mohammed bin Salman's awful year
Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has had a tumultuous 2018. He has gone from being hailed a revolutionary who would bring a Saudi Arab Spring to being censured unanimously by the U.S. Senate for the premeditated murder of Jamal Khashoggi. The 33-year-old crown prince is now increasingly regarded as a dangerous and reckless despot implicated in war crimes and mass starvation. The Congress and media are likely to be more hostile in 2019. It has been a stunning fall from grace.
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2018-12-31 11:33
By Daniel Larison
Mohammed bin Salman, regional menace
Hisham Melhem has written a searing denunciation of Mohammed bin Salman (MBS)’s disastrous foreign policy record and his destabilizing domestic power grabs.
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2018-12-30 15:54
By Marjan Golpira
The many challenges of assisting those affected by war
TEHRAN - Katrina Ritz, head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Iraq, describes the situation on the ground in Iraq “stable” but in need of much assistance.
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2018-12-29 20:38
‘Trump didn’t order Afghan troop withdrawal’
TEHRAN - In a classic volte-face, White House has contradicted reports that the U.S. President Donald Trump ordered withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan. Apparently, in response to backlash at home and abroad, White House spokesman dismissed reports that Trump directed the military to pull 7,000 soldiers out of the war-torn country, Bloomberg reported.
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2018/12/17
By Mudasir Sheikh
U.S. military industrial complex’s perpetual warfare
TEHRAN - Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) on 10 December 2018 released its report on the sale of weapons and other military hardware by the world’s largest 100 weapon manufacturers. The U.S. weapon manufacturers dominated the ‘top hundred list’ with a 57 percent share of arms sales. According to the report, the U.S. companies benefitted from the U.S. Department of Defense’s ongoing demand for weapons.
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2018-12-17 17:17
Russian FM Pledges Moscow Will Not Wage War on Ukraine Despite Provocations
MOSCOW- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov vowed on Monday that Moscow was not going to start a war with Ukraine amid intensified provocations on Kiev's part.
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2018-12-13 10:13
Over 30 killed in multiple Afghan attacks
TEHRAN -In a spate of terrorist attacks across war-torn Afghanistan in past few days, more than 30 people have been killed, according to reports.
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2018-12-13 10:10
By Syed Zafar Mehdi
India’s cooperation needed to end war in Afghanistan, says Pakistan
TEHRAN - Pakistan and India, the two South Asian warring neighbors, have long been accused of proxy war in Afghanistan, where the war has stretched into its 18th year now.
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2018-12-09 10:16
By Syed Zafar Mehdi
Pakistan won’t fight anyone else's war; can’t be treated as ‘hired gun’, says PM Khan
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan, the cricketer-turned-politician, was known on the pitch for his flamboyance and aggression. A fierce competitor, he always led his team by example and turned aggression into a lethal weapon to subdue his competitors and gain upper hand over them.
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2018-12-02 10:48
At Geneva summit, Afghan government presents 'roadmap for peace and prosperity'
TEHRAN _ The much-awaited two-day Geneva conference on Afghanistan, co-hosted by the Afghan government and United Nations, was held this week, attended by delegations from 61 countries and 35 international organizations.
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2018-12-02 08:49
U.S. airstrike kills 23 in Afghanistan
TEHRAN _Compounding the misery of war-weary Afghans, the U.S. forces are carrying out deadly aerial operations in Afghanistan, resulting in the killing of innocent civilians. In a latest incident, the U.S. led airstrike in southern Helmand province on Tuesday killed as many as 23 civilians, most of them women and children, the United Nations confirmed.
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2018/11/19
By Syed Zafar Mehdi
Why no global outcry over Saudi war in Yemen?
TEHRAN - On Sunday, the U.S. intelligence agency confirmed that the brazen killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was ordered by the Saudi crown prince Mohammad Bin Salman, which must have finally given some comfort to his restless soul. The truth was not hidden from the world, as it was already established by the Turkish authorities, but now we have the word straight from the horse’s mouth.
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2018-11-17 23:30
‘Moscow talks step towards peace’
TEHRAN - The landmark conference in Moscow last week that saw the participation of Taliban representatives and officials from nearly a dozen countries was the “first and positive step” towards long-lasting peace in war-torn Afghanistan, former Afghan President Hamid Karzai said.
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2018-11-17 23:30
Afghanistan among most dangerous places
TEHRAN - Afghanistan, Libya and Somalia are the most dangerous places on earth, according to a new map designed for travelers that alerts them to risks abroad.
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2018/11/10
By Syed Zafar Mehdi
Saudi regime’s war on free speech, free press
TEHRAN _ A free and independent media is the watchdog of society, custodian of public interest and stimulus of political and social change. For a free and fearless journalist, truth is sacred, even though it may be unpalatable. In our times, to invoke George Orwell, telling a truth has become a revolutionary act, and often it has landed journalists and activists in troubled waters.
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2018/10/26
By Mikhail Gorbachev former president of the Soviet Union
A new nuclear arms race has begun
Over 30 years ago, President Ronald Reagan and I signed in Washington the United States-Soviet Treaty on the elimination of intermediate- and shorter-range missiles. For the first time in history, two classes of nuclear weapons were to be eliminated and destroyed.
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2018-10-15 22:37
By Syed Zafar Mehdi
Afghan refugee who defied odds to become an accomplished physicist in Iran
TEHRAN - She was forced to leave her homeland as a small child, along with her family, when the country was battling civil war, much before 9/11 and the American invasion. She became a refugee at a tender age, and faced tremendous hardships while growing up. But, somehow adversities proved to be blessing in disguise for her, making her strong and giving her definite purpose and direction in life.
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2018-10-15 16:55
UN: Yemen on brink of 'world's worst famine in 100 years’
The United Nations has warned Yemen could be facing the worst famine in 100 years if airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition are not halted, the Guardian reported on Monday.
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2018-10-14 16:52
Rouhani: U.S. has launched its psychological warfare project against Iran
TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that the U.S. been seeking to delegitimize the Islamic Republic system and has started its project through a “psychological warfare”.
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2018-10-09 19:58
General urges U.S. to release info on burial site of Iranian soldiers in Iraq
TEHRAN – A military commander has urged Washington to provide Iran with documents related to the burial locations of Iranian soldiers confiscated after the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003.
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2018/10/08
By Syed Zafar Mehdi
17 years of America’s disastrous Afghanistan venture
TEHRAN - On Sunday, the protracted war in Afghanistan completed 17 years. It was on October 7, 2001 the U.S. government and its allies launched the so-called ‘Operation Freedom’ apparently to topple the Taliban regime in Kabul, following the 9/11 attacks. Yet 17 years later, America’s longest war still grinds on, despite more than $2 trillion investment and thousands of casualties.
