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S. Korea, Iran summon each other’s envoys over Yoon comment

Thursday 19-01-2023 02:03 PM

South Korea and Iran have summoned each other’s ambassadors in a diplomatic spat triggered by South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s comments describing Iran as the “enemy” of the United Arab ...

Iran arrests German for photographing oil facility

Wednesday 18-01-2023 05:17 PM

A German national has been arrested in Iran after photographing an oil facility, two semi-official news agencies reported on Tuesday. The Tasnim news agency and the Student News Network, ...

Iran welcomes steps toward Turkey-Syria reconciliation

Wednesday 18-01-2023 05:09 PM

Iran welcomes steps toward a reconciliation between Turkey and Syria and is ready to help move the efforts forward, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said Tuesday. The Iranian ...

Qatargate: Italian court rules Panzeri’s daughter can be extradited

Tuesday 17-01-2023 03:52 PM

An Italian court ruled Monday that the daughter of former MEP Pier Antonio Panzeri can be extradited to Belgium for charges in the alleged Qatar corruption investigation engulfing the European ...

Ancient Egyptian tomb may be royal female from rule of Thutmosid pharaohs

Monday 16-01-2023 03:32 PM

A tomb dating back 3,500 years to a golden age of ancient Egypt has been uncovered by a joint British and Egyptian team near the Valley of the Kings. The discovery on the western bank of the ...

Police: Ex-Afghan female lawmaker, guard shot dead at home

Sunday 15-01-2023 04:14 PM

A former Afghan female lawmaker and her bodyguard have been shot dead by unknown assailants at her home in the capital, Kabul, police said Sunday. Mursal Nabizada was among the few female ...

Iran and Syria set to renew long-term economic agreement

Sunday 15-01-2023 04:05 PM

Syria and key ally Iran agreed Saturday to renew an economic strategic arrangement between the two countries as Damascus prepares to welcome Iran’s president in the near future. Since ...

China Reports Nearly 60,000 Covid-Linked Deaths Since Lifting Restrictions

Sunday 15-01-2023 02:16 PM

China said on Saturday that it had recorded nearly 60,000 fatalities linked to the coronavirus in the month since the country lifted its strict “zero Covid” policy, accelerating an outbreak that ...

Police: Militants kill 3 officers in restive NW Pakistan

Saturday 14-01-2023 05:08 PM

Militants shot and killed three police officers on the outskirts of the Pakistani city of Peshawar, authorities said, the latest violence in the restive northwestern region bordering Afghanistan. ...

Iran hangs former defense ministry official over spy claim

Saturday 14-01-2023 03:25 PM

Iran said Saturday it had executed a dual Iranian-British national who once held a high-ranking position in the country’s defense ministry despite international warnings to halt his death ...

Crowd attacks Syrian rebel figure over reconciliation push

Saturday 14-01-2023 02:55 PM

Angry protesters in Syria’s rebel-held enclave rallied Friday against reconciliation attempts between Turkey and Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government and scuffled with a local Syrian ...

Islamic State suicide bomber ‘targeted Chinese diplomats’ in Kabul attack

Friday 13-01-2023 02:34 PM

Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a deadly suicide bombing in Afghanistan’s capital yesterday that appears to have targeted Chinese diplomats. Police said the explosion outside ...

China renews threat against Taiwan as island holds drills

Wednesday 11-01-2023 03:26 PM

China renewed its threats Wednesday to attack Taiwan and warned that foreign politicians who interact with the self-governing island are “playing with fire.” A spokesperson for China’s ...

US Navy says it seized Iran assault rifles bound for Yemen

Wednesday 11-01-2023 02:28 PM

The U.S. Navy seized over 2,100 assault rifles from a ship in the Gulf of Oman it believes came from Iran and were bound for Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, a Navy spokesman said Tuesday. It ...

UK ready to send Challenger 2 tanks for next Ukrainian offensive

Tuesday 10-01-2023 05:18 PM

Britain is considering sending tanks to help Ukraine stage a major counteroffensive in the spring. The UK could supply about a dozen Challenger 2s and become the first country in western ...