Iran to US defense chief: Mind your words

Iran’s defense minister has warned his American counterpart to mind his words, following accusations by the US official that the Islamic Republic is militarily active in certain countries in the Middle East. “US Secretary of Defense [Ashton Carter] had better go over his past...

Russia airstrikes in Syria very effective: US general

A retired highly-decorated US Air Force general says the Russian air campaign in Syria is “very definitely effective” because it has been targeting militant groups fighting the Syrian armed forces. “Russia means business,” retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Thomas McInerney told The...

President Assad, Oman FM meet in Damascus

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has met with Oman’s Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah in Damascus, with efforts to resolve the Syrian crisis topping the agenda of their talks, a report says. The meeting took place on Monday in the Syrian capital, where both sides also...

Israeli forces arrest two dozen Palestinians in East al-Quds

Israeli forces have arrested two dozen Palestinians during a series of raids on a number of houses across the occupied East al-Quds (Jerusalem). Mohammad Mahmoud, a lawyer for the Ad-Dameer Prisoners’ Support and Human Rights Association, said Israeli military vehicles stormed the al-Suwanna...

Bombing claims 10 lives in Pakistani Shia mosque

A bomb attack targeting a Shia mosque in southwestern Pakistan has left at least 10 people dead and 12 others injured, officials say. The incident occurred on Thursday in the town of Chalgari, located some 170 kilometers (105 miles) southeast of Balochistan’s provincial capital, Quetta. Shia...

John Kerry urges Netanyahu to end violence against Palestinians

US Secretary of State John Kerry has met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Germany, calling for an immediate end to "all incitement" and "violence" against the Palestinians. "It is absolutely critical to end all incitement, to end all violence and to find a road forward to build...

Russia launched 100+ strikes at Daesh positions in Syria

Russia has conducted over 100 airstrikes against the positions of the Daesh terrorist group across Syria over the past week, striking 110 targets and triggering panic among other terror groups, says the Russian Defense Ministry. Russian air force jet fighters have carried...

Talks with US banned because of disadvantages: Leader

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says holding negotiations with the US is banned as it has countless disadvantages and no benefits. The Leader made the remarks in a meeting with commanders and staff members of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)’s Navy...

West should compensate Russia for fighting terrorists in Syria: Pundit

The United States and its Western allies should compensate Russian President Vladimir Putin for the costly military intervention to destroy terrorist groups operating in Syria, a writer and activist based in Boston says. Russia has carried out airstrikes since Wednesday against the Daesh Takfiri...

Russia airstrike destroys Daesh bomb-making facility in Syria

Russia says a bomb-making facility as well as a command post belonging to the Takfiri Daesh terror groups has been destroyed in Moscow’s anti-terror airstrikes in Syria. On Friday, Russian media quoted Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov as saying that the country’s...

UN urges US to take measures to reduce gun violence

The United Nations has asked the United States to take measure to reduce gun violence following a mass shooting that killed nine people at a college campus in the state of Oregon. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned on Friday about the high death toll that US gun violence is inflicting on American...

Russia launches first airstrikes in Syria: US

Russia has carried out its first airstrikes in Syria after Washington reportedly refused to comply with Moscow’s demand to take US warplanes out of the Arab country, a senior American official says. Moscow carried out the mission on Wednesday near the city of Homs, CNN reported quoting the senior...

Palestinians forced out of Aqsa compound

Israeli settlers have once again stormed their way into the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the occupied East al-Quds (Jerusalem), forcing Muslim worshipers out of the site, Press TV reports. The Israelis entered the al-Aqsa Mosque early Wednesday morning and took by force the worshippers who were in...

Russia�s upper house of parliament approves military presence in Syria

Russia's upper house of parliament, the Federation Council, has voted unanimously to give President Vladimir Putin the right to use Russian armed forces in Syria. The Federation Council discussed Putin's request for the approval of Russia’s military presence behind the closed doors...

717 killed in crush during Hajj in Mecca

At least 717 people have been killed and nearly 863 others injured in a crush during Hajj pilgrimage rituals outside Mecca. According to Saudi disaster officials, the incident occurred in Mina, near Mecca, at 9 am local time (0600 GMT) after two large masses of pilgrims coming down...

US to station 20 new nukes in western Germany: Report

The United States Air Force (USAF) is going to station 20 new B61-12 nuclear bombs in Germany, each 80 times more destructive than the one used on Hiroshima, a report says. The nukes will be deployed to Luftwaffe’s Büchel Air Base in the western state of Rhineland-Palatinate, which...

US updating contingency plans for possible war with Russia: US officials

The United States is updating its contingency plans for a potential war with Russia for the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union, according to US officials. The US Defense Department is re-evaluating its Cold War era military plans following increasing tensions between Washington and...

Syrian girl dies in another boat tragedy off Greece

Another refugee boat incident has left a five-year-old Syrian girl dead off the Greek coast, bringing to three the number of children whose bodies were washed up during their perilous sea journey to Europe in recent days. On Saturday, Greek coastguard found the corpse of the girl, who went...

Saudi jets kill 76 in fresh raids on Yemen

Unabated Saudi airstrikes have claimed the lives of at least 76 people, injuring around 130 others across the kingdom’s impoverished southern neighbor, Yemen. Saudi jets pummeled the Yemeni capital Sana’a over Friday and Saturday, killing 35 people and injuring more than 120 others....

Pakistan Blame Afghan Militants For Air Base Attack

Pakistani military spokesman, General Asim Saleem Bajwa, said on Friday that security forces have concluded the gunmen who killed 29 people in the northwestern city of Peshawar, including 16 worshipers at a mosque, earlier in the day "came from Afghanistan". The attack on a Pakistani military base...

Social media users slam PG Arab rulers� inaction on refugee crisis

As an unprecedented refugee crisis is unfolding across Europe, with the foreign-backed crisis in Syria to blame for the bulk of it, many are asking why the oil-rich Arab monarchies in the Persian Gulf region are shirking responsibility. Social media users in the Middle East and other Muslim...

UN warns of civilian fatalities in Yemen's Taiz

The United Nations says nearly 100 civilians have been killed and about 130 more injured in Saudi Arabia's airstrikes in the southwestern Yemeni city of Taiz during the past two weeks. The UN human rights office said Tuesday that  53 of these civilian deaths occurred on...

Israel arrests parents of Palestinian boy beaten by soldier in West Bank

Israeli forces have arrested the parents of 12-year-old Mohamed al-Tamimi, who was rescued by his family after being beaten by an Israeli soldier last week. “The Israeli army arrested Basil and his wife, Nariman, as they tried to cross an army checkpoint at the entrance of Nabi Saleh...

Millions of Indian workers go on strike over economic policies

Millions of workers across India have initiated a 24-hour strike to protest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's economic policies, particularly changes in labor laws. At least 150 million laborers, including those in the banking, manufacturing, construction, and mining sectors, walked off...

'We Love Germany!', Cry Relieved Refugees at Munich Station

"We love Germany," several young migrants yelled happily as they stumbled out of a train in Munich -- the last stop, they hope, of their long and perilous journey from war. Whatever fatigue and fear they had was wiped away by the relief of having reached Germany, and seeing a welcoming crowd of people...

Yemen Ansarullah fighters, army units shell Saudi Arabia's Jizan

Yemen’s Ansarullah fighters and allied army units have shelled Saudi Arabia's southwestern city of Jizan as part of their retaliatory attacks against the ongoing Saudi aggression. Several tanks and armored vehicles trying to infiltrate a Yemeni military base were destroyed in the Friday...

Nasrallah hails 2006 victory in Israeli war on Lebanon

Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has hailed the 2006 victory of the Lebanese resistance movement in an Israeli war. Nasrallah, who was speaking in an address to a large crowd of people on Friday, said the victory was one of God’s blessings to the Lebanese people,...

Erdogan�s constitution ambitions refuse to fade

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has pledged to push ahead with his bid for a new constitution in the country that would give executive power to the presidency. “There is a president with de facto power in the country, not a symbolic one. The president should conduct his duties for the...

Grand Ayatollah Sistani urges more reforms in Iraq

Iraq’s top Shia cleric has voiced his support for a recent set of reforms by the country’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, saying, however, that more such measures are needed to eradicate corruption in the country. “We appreciate that (the reform package), and hope that these decisions...

John Kerry in Cuba to officially reopen US embassy

US Secretary of State John Kerry is visiting Cuba to raise the American flag in the newly reopened US embassy, more than 54 years after it was closed and the flag was lowered. Kerry’s arrival in Havana on Friday to raise the US flag is a symbolic step of normalized relations between Cuba...