Leader of the Islamic Ummah Imam Seyyed Ali Khamenei said Sunday the actions of the United States run counter to its call for establishing amicable relations with Iran. “The new [US] administration and president claimed interest in just and fair... (Continue reading)
Mauritania has officially ended its relations with Israel one year after freezing all bilateral ties over Israel’s deadly siege on the Gaza Strip. The northwest African nation’s foreign minister, Naha Mint Hamdi Ould Mouknass, said late Saturday that her country’s... (Continue reading)
Azerbaijan’s energy minister says Iran and Iraq should also be involved in the Nabucco pipeline for the strategic project to be undertaken. In an interview published in UK newspaper Independent, Natiq Aliyev said the success of the €7.9bn Nabucco pipeline... (Continue reading)
At least 8 US soldiers have been killed in two separate bomb blasts in the eastern province of Khost in Afghanistan, Taliban claimed Sunday. Taliban militants said two roadside bombs targeted convoys of US forces in the region, leaving at... (Continue reading)
Updated preliminary results from Iraq’s polls on Sunday showed that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has regained lead over the rival camp, former premier Iyad Allawi’s al-Iraqiya Alliance. Election tally, obtained by counting 95 percent of the ballots from the March... (Continue reading)
UN chief Ban Ki-moon crossed into the Gaza Strip today, expressing solidarity with the plight of the Palestinians and urging an end to the Zionist blockade of Gaza. Mr. Ban was making his second visit to the Gaza Strip since... (Continue reading)
Iraqi electoral commission on Sunday rejected the wholesale recount of the ballots cast in the recent general election amid calls for the measure by the Iraqi president and prime minister. “We have provided all political entities with CDs with the... (Continue reading)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says construction policies in Jerusalem al-Quds are the same as in Tel Aviv and that the regime has informed Washington of that in writing. “Construction in Jerusalem (al Quds) is like construction in Tel Aviv... (Continue reading)
Thousands of people have rallied in Yemen in a show of solidarity with the Palestinian people amid serious violations committed by Israeli forces against the revered al-Aqsa Mosque and the city of Jerusalem (al-Quds). Protestors chanted anti-Israel and pro-Palestine slogans,... (Continue reading)
Hamas denied sending a message with American congressman Jack Shepherd to Cairo giving up its remarks on the Palestinian national reconciliation. The movement in a press release on Saturday said, “There are no American mediators between us and the brothers... (Continue reading)