Turkish helicopter transporting senior officials crashes in southeast

At least 14 people have been killed in an incident where a helicopter transporting senior police and judiciary officials crashed in southeastern Turkey. Officials said the police helicopter had 12 people on board when it crashed in the eastern province of Tunceli during the early hours...

Iran, EU sign first-ever nuclear safety cooperation project

Iran and the European Commission have signed the first-ever project for nuclear safety cooperation within the framework of a landmark nuclear agreement signed between the Islamic Republic and the P5+1 group of countries. The commission said on Tuesday that the €2.5 million project is aimed...

Theresa May calls for early general election to strengthen Brexit hand

British Prime Minister Theresa May called Tuesday for an early general election on June 8 in a surprise announcement as Britain prepares for delicate negotiations on leaving the European Union. "We need a general election and we need one now. We have at this moment a one-off chance to get this done......

Police fire 'live bullets' at Nigerians urging Zakzaky's release

Nigerian police have reportedly used live bullets to disperse protesters demanding the release of Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, the revered leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN). Local media in Kaduna state said a peaceful protest held on Tuesday for the release of Zakzaky turned violent...

No political motive behind N Korea flights suspension: China

Beijing has dismissed any political motive behind the cancellation of flights to Pyongyang, amid speculations that the move was intended to pressure North Korea over its missile program. The rejection came on Monday after Chinese state broadcaster CCTV announced three days earlier that Air China,...

Turkey�s Future after Erdogan�s Narrow Win in Referendum

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the allies including the head of Nationalist Movement Party Devlet Bahceli have announced win in the referendum that will strengthen president's powers. The hard-won 51 percent yes vote will pave the way for replacing the country's current parliamentary...

Bahraini Regime Committed 2,389 HR Violations in 2016: Report

Bahraini regime's human rights violations have risen unprecedentedly, a rights group reported saying the abuses are taking place in a more systematic manner. The Bahrain Forum for Human Rights (BFHR) released on Sunday its annual report, titled as "Bahrain...The Map of Persecution: Undermining Civil...

Europe cautions Turkey after referendum

Top European officials have reacted to the recent referendum in Turkey by calling on Ankara to choose its next steps carefully and seek broader consensus in implementing constitutional reforms. Turkey held a referendum on a package of constitutional changes on Sunday. Later in the day, President...

Trump, Republican fundraising tops $42 million in 2017: Report

More than $42 million has been raised since January for the campaign efforts of US President Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee (RNC). The money was solicited through two joint fundraising committees and the RNC, The Washington Post reported Friday, citing Federal Election Commission...

Raeisi joins mix for 12th Iran presidential election

Hojjatoleslam Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi, the current custodian of the Holy Shrine of Imam Reza (PBUH) in the northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad, throws his hat in the ring for the forthcoming presidential contest. Raeisi arrived at the Interior Ministry building on Friday and registered for the...

Saudi blockade paralyzing Yemen, causing catastrophe: UN expert

A United Nations rights expert has called on Saudi Arabia to immediately lift its “paralyzing” aerial and naval blockade on Yemen that has been under attack by the kingdom for more than two years now.   Idriss Jazairy, UN special rapporteur on the negative impacts of unilateral...

America's first Muslim woman judge found dead in New York

Sheila Abdus-Salaam, America’s first-ever Muslim woman judge and the first African-American female to serve on New York’s highest court, has been found dead in New York, police say. The 65-year-old judge’s body was found floating on the on the Manhattan side of the Hudson River...

Russia-US relations deteriorated under Trump: Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow-Washington relations have worsened since US President Donald Trump took office in January. "You can say that the level of trust on a working level, especially on the military side, has not improved but most likely worsened (under Trump),"...

Pakistan says will quit Saudi-led military coalition if it turns 'sectarian'

Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif says Islamabad will quit a controversial Saudi-led coalition if it becomes "sectarian," as the military bloc continues its aggression against the impoverished nation of Yemen, particularly the Shia Houthi Ansarullah movement there. “Pakistan...

China denies any deployment of troops near North Korea

China's Defense Ministry has denied reports of troop deployment along the border with North Korea to respond to contingencies emerging from a potential US attack on the peninsula. The ministry said on its website on Wednesday that reports of troop build-up along China’s northeastern...

Iran rejects EU sanctions over human rights as politically-motivated

The Iranian Foreign Ministry has dismissed as politically-motivated the European Union’s extension of sanctions against the Islamic Republic over human rights, saying the bloc has turned a blind eye to the realities of civil rights in Iran. The Islamic Republic of Iran condemns the...

Turks attack Syrian refugees with knives, burn tents

Some 500 Syrian refugees have been forced to flee a makeshift housing in Turkey’s western Izmir province after being violently attacked by locals who burnt their tents. The attack took place in Izmir’s Torbali district on Saturday after reports claiming that a local child had...

Blast hits area near church in Egypt�s Tanta

At least 26 people have been killed and more than 71 others injured in an explosion that hit an area near a church in the northern Egyptian city of Tanta, sources say. State television confirmed the explosion on Sunday but the cause of the blast is yet unknown. Provincial governor Ahmad Deif told...

US strikes in Syria violate UN Charter: Rouhani, Putin

Presidents of Iran and Russia say the US missile attack on a Syrian airfield was a violation of international law and the United Nations Charter. In a phone call on Sunday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin stressed the importance of further supporting...

International probe must be launched in reported Syria gas attack: Iran president

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has called for the formation of an “impartial” international fact-finding committee to look into a purported chemical attack in Syria’s Idlib Province that left dozens of people dead. “An international fact-finding mission should be...

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US attack on Syria significantly damaged US-Russia ties: Putin

President Vladimir Putin believes a US missile attack on a Syrian airbase near Homs has violated international law and seriously hurt Russia-US relations, the Kremlin says. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday that the Russian leader regards the US attack as an act of “aggression...

Syria blasts US �aggression�, terrorists and Israel hail it

Syria has condemned a US missile attack targeting an army airbase near Homs as a “blatant act of aggression,” while Israel hailed it and a foreign-backed terrorist coalition called for further attacks. Some 60 US Tomahawk missiles were fires from US warships deployed to the Mediterranean...

UN experts warn Saudi Arabia against demolition of Shia neighborhood

UN rapporteurs have urged Saudi Arabia to immediately halt a planned demolition of an entire 400-year-old neighborhood inhabited by the kingdom’s Shia Muslim minority. The UN experts warned that the so-called development plan for the historic neighborhood of al-Masora in the village of...

Trump�s nepotism is �extremely scary� but not new

US President Donald Trump’s nepotism is “scary” yet it is not anything new in the history of American politics, says a New York-based academic. Daniel Shaw, an adjunct lecturer at the City University of New York, made the remarks Wednesday in regard to comments by a son of Trump’s...

US military leaders warn Congress on budget

Senior US military commanders have expressed frustration over the uncertainty that surrounds the Pentagon’s budget, warning that the current situation would impair readiness of the troops.  US Army Chief of Staff General Mark Milley told the House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday...

Russia pledges to stand by Syria in anti-terror battles

Russia has vowed to keep up support for the Syrian military in its fight against terrorism, calling for the establishment of a fact-finding mission to probe a reported chemical attack in the Arab country’s northwestern Idlib Province. “The Russian Federation and its military are...

Iran Slams Chemical Weapons Attack in Syria, Ready to Treat Victims

Iran strongly condemns the use of chemical weapons by terrorists in Syria, underling the need for disarming terrorists operating in the Arab country and declares readiness to treat victims. In a statement released on Wednesday, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi offered his condolences...

Russia, West trade barbs over Syria attack in UNSC meeting

Representatives from Russia and Western countries have been engaged in a war of words during an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) concerning a recent suspected chemical attack in Syria. They clashed on Wednesday over a resolution drafted by Britain, France and...

Trump removes chief strategist Steve Bannon from NSC

US President Donald Trump has removed White House Chief Strategist Stephen Bannon from the National Security Council (NSC).  Media sources confirmed the removal of Bannon from the NSC on Wednesday. Bannon , 63, a former film producer and media executive, was elevated to the National Security...