Iraq’s electoral body says the 62.4 percent of the eligible 20 million voters cast their ballot in the Sunday elections, despite rains of mortar and rocket attacks. Hamdiyah al-Husseini, a senior official with the Independent High Electoral Commission, announced the... (Continue reading)
Turkish officials put the death toll from a strong earthquake in eastern Turkey at 51 after rescuers called off search-and-rescue operations in the area. Fifty-one people were killed by the 6.0-magnitude earthquake that shook eastern Turkey early Monday morning, Turkish... (Continue reading)
Palestinian resistance groups rejected Palestinian Authority’s decision for indirect negotiations with the Zionist regime. Eight Palestinian resistance groups, settled in Damascus, issued a statement which says the Palestinian Authority was forced to agree on a four month indirect peace talks... (Continue reading)
The Islamic Republic of Iran and Ecuador on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for construction of power plant. IRI Energy Minister Majid Namjou and his Ecuadorian counterpart, Miguel Calahorrano signed the MoU for construction of two power plants... (Continue reading)
Israel has given the green light for the construction of 112 new homes in a settlement in the occupied West Bank despite a moratorium on the expansion of settlements. Israeli Environment Minister Gilad Erdan has declared that the new homes... (Continue reading)
An Iranian diplomat in Kabul said Monday President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad would head a high-ranking delegation to Afghanistan on Wednesday, rejecting reports of delays in his visit. Afghan sources in the presidential office had earlier claimed that Ahmadinejad had postponed his... (Continue reading)
The head of the Iranian Offshore Oil Company (IOOC) says a European company is to invest in Iran’s Lavan gas field in the Persian Gulf. “The technical and investment details of the development plan of Lavan gas field have been... (Continue reading)
In a landmark visit to Tel Aviv, US Vice President Joe Biden will remind Israeli officials that the hefty military aid they receive from Washington should ease their worries about Iran’s nuclear work. Biden, who is slated to arrive on... (Continue reading)
Abu Obaida, the spokesman for the Qassam Brigades the armed wing of Hamas, accused the Zionist occupation with trying to confuse the Palestinian resistance factions capturing Gilad Shalit and to foil the prisoners’ exchange deal. Abu Obaida, in a press... (Continue reading)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that his father predicted the 9/11 attacks on New York’s twin towers back in the ’90s. The remark was made during the 100th birthday celebration of the premier’s father, Benzion Netanyahu, Haaretz reported.... (Continue reading)