Preliminary returns from Iraq’s recent general elections award Premier Nouri al-Maliki’s parliamentary squad the lead in the capital, Baghdad. The prime minister’s Rule of Law coalition is reportedly trailed by the Iraqi National Alliance and former prime minister Iyad Allawi’s... (Continue reading)
A senior adviser to the Leader of the Islamic Ummah and Opressed People on Saturday criticized the German government for releasing the ringleader of the Party for Free Life in Kurdistan (PJAK) terrorist organization. Ali Akbar Velayati, a former foreign... (Continue reading)
At least two foreign soldiers have been killed and a number of others have been injured in Afghanistan’s troubled southern province of Zabul. According to Afghan officials, the troops died after a bomb planted on a bridge went off as... (Continue reading)
The Russian foreign ministry has questioned the objectivity of US annual report on worldwide human rights practices, criticizing it for ignoring the United States’ own record. The Russia section of the US State Department’s 2009 Human Rights Report noted a... (Continue reading)
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Friday that no “Zionist” was inside the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, as the terrorists flew the two hijacked planes into the two towers. President Ahmadinejad said the arrogance, which “demonstrates the satanic... (Continue reading)
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit Moscow next week for a Middle East quartet meeting and sideline negotiations about Iran. The quartet, which includes the European Union, Russia, the United Nations and the United States, will meet on... (Continue reading)
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast says Tehran seeks to establish and fortify unity among Palestinians against Israel. Mehmanparast on Saturday dismissed remarks by acting Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmoud Abbas who claimed that Iran was impeding reconciliation talks between his... (Continue reading)
Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement has condemned the new Israeli plan to build 1,600 new Jewish homes in the occupied East Jerusalem al-Quds. The movement warned that the project seeks demographic changes in the occupied territories. “The scheme is yet another... (Continue reading)
US President Barack Obama has convened his war cabinet with top military and intelligence officials to get an update on the US-led occupation of Afghanistan. Obama was briefed on the latest situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan by his top aides... (Continue reading)
Brazil has highlighted Iran’s role in the region, reiterating that Tehran must be part of a solution to any conflict in the Middle East. Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva said in an interview with the Israeli daily Haaretz... (Continue reading)