North Korea executed its defense minister on treason charges

North Korea has publicly executed its defense minister Hyon Yong Chol on treason charges. Yonhap, a South Korean media outlet citing Seoul’s National Intelligence Services reported on Wednesday that Yong Chol was executed by firing-squad with an anti-aircraft gun in front of hundreds of people. The...

Yemen�s Houthi fighters bring down Saudi fighter jet: Report

Houthi Ansarullah fighters in Yemen have shot down a Saudi fighter jet violating the country’s airspace in the northern Sa’ada Province, a report says. Ansarullah fighters brought down the fighter jet in the Noshour Valley in Sa’ada on Monday, Yemen’s al-Massirah television...

Obama lying about Osama bin Laden�s death: US investigative journalist

US investigative journalist Seymour Hersh says President Barack Obama’s narrative of the killing of former al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was false. In an article published on the London Review of Books website on Sunday, Hersh wrote that high-level lying “remains the modus operandi...

Support for Saudi aggression further disgraces US: Leader

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has called Saudi Arabia’s ongoing aggression against Yemen as unjustifiable, saying that the United States is "shamelessly" backing the atrocities of Saudi Arabia against its impoverished southern neighbor. “The Saudi...

Saudi war on Yemen has failed: Hezbollah chief

Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary general of Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement, says the Al Saud regime has failed to achieve its goals in its brutal military aggression against the Yemeni nation. “Tell me about a single objective that has been achieved. Has Saudi Arabia restored...

Two people killed, guard shot in Texas

Two people have been killed and a security guard shot and injured outside a contest for physical depictions of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in Garland, Texas, the United States, reports say. The incident happened on Sunday night outside a building where an anti-Islamic group, American Freedom Defense...

Baltimore holds victory rally after mayor lifts curfew

Thousands of people have staged a victory rally in the US city of Baltimore after the mayor announced to lift curfew which was imposed following violent protests over the death of Freddie Gray in police custody. "I have rescinded my order instituting a city-wide curfew. I want to thank the people...

ISIL leader Baghdadi hiding in al-Ba�aj in northern Iraq: Report

A recent report has uncovered the location of ISIL Takfiri terrorist leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, saying he is hiding in a town in Iraq’s northern Nineveh province. "Baghdadi is understood to have been spending much of his time in al-Ba’aj," said a report published in the Guardian...

Over 225,000 people under ISIL siege in Syria�s Deir Ezzor

Takfiri ISIL terrorists have over 225,000 Syrians under siege in just one city in the crisis-hit Arab country, a new United Nations (UN) report says. The people are besieged in the western neighborhoods of Syria's eastern city of Deir Ezzor, said UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in his last...

Russia backs immediate lifting of anti-Iran sanctions

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has supported an immediate lifting of all “unlawful” sanctions against Iran as a  result of a possible final deal over Tehran's nuclear program.    In an interview with the Argumenty i Fakty Russian weekly, Lavrov hailed...

Riyadh declares end to Decisive Storm phase in Yemen

Saudi Arabia has declared the end of Decisive Storm operation against Yemen, and announced the beginning of a new phase dubbed Operation Restoring Hope, Saudi state TV says. Saudi Arabia has “ended Operation Decisive Storm based on a request by the Yemeni government,” and fugitive former...

China, Pakistan Reaffirm Support for Afghan Peace Process

While on a state visit to Pakistan this week, Chinese President Xi Jinping encouraged Islamabad to ramp up its counterterrorism efforts in the region, including in regard to its role as a facilitator in the peace process between Afghanistan and the Taliban. "China highly appreciates Pakistan's...

Iran showcases domestically-developed defense achievements

Iran has put on display different defense achievements, including its version of the missile S-300 system, developed by local experts. During Saturday parades by select units from Iran’s Armed Forces on the occasion of National Army Day, the domestically-manufactured Bavar-373...

Four Saudi troops killed in clashes with Yemen tribesmen

At least four Saudi forces have been killed and 20 others wounded in border clashes with armed Yemeni tribesmen in southern Saudi Arabia, Yemeni media say. The skirmishes happened in the Dhahran region on Saturday morning, with the number of casualties expected to rise, Yemen-based Arabic-language...

Tehran, Canberra concerned over ISIL: Iran FM

The Iranian foreign minister has reiterated Tehran’s misgivings over acts of terrorism and extremism in the Middle East region. In a joint press conference with his Australian counterpart Julie Bishop in the Iranian capital, Tehran, on Saturday, Mohammad Javad Zarif highlighted that both...

Attack on civilians in Yemen to bring disgrace to aggressors: Rouhani

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has warned against hatching plots in the region, saying the military aggression against civilians in Yemen will bring disgrace to the aggressors. Addressing a special ceremony to mark National Army Day in Tehran on Saturday, President Rouhani added that...

Ayatollah Khamenei calls for end to aggression against Yemen

  Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says a halt to the military aggression against Yemen and foreign meddling in the country is the only solution to the crisis plaguing the Arabian Peninsula state. The Leader made the remarks in a meeting...

Indian police kill 20 suspected red sandalwood smugglers

Police in India's Andhra Pradesh state say they have killed at least 20 suspected red sandalwood smugglers. The shooting came when loggers attacked police and forestry officials near the holy town of Tirupati, police said. Police are accused of excessive force. Most of the suspected smugglers were...

World condemns Saudi aggression against Yemen

Thousands of people have staged demonstrations in different countries in protest against the ongoing Saudi military aggression against members of the Houthi Ansarullah movement in Yemen.  Scores of Iranian protesters took part in a rally in the capital Tehran following Friday prayers,...

Iran, US kick off 5th day of nuclear talks in Lausanne

Iran and the United States have kicked off the fifth day of intensive talks in the Swiss city of Lausanne in an attempt to bridge differences on the outstanding issues pertaining to Tehran’s nuclear program. The talks on Thursday are led by Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif...

Iran mass produces long-range anti-ship Qadir cruise missile

Iran has started the mass production of a domestically-manufactured anti-warship cruise missile dubbed Qadir. The mass production of the long-range missile was launched by the Defense Ministry's Aerospace Industries Organization in a ceremony on Saturday attended by Defense Minister...

Iran anti-terror assistance to Iraq unconditional: Iraqi commander

The commander of the Iraqi volunteer forces has hailed Iran’s assistance to the Arab country in the fight against ISIL Takfiri terrorist group. In a Friday interview near the embattled Iraqi city of Tikrit in the northern province of Salahuddin, Hadi al-Ameri praised Iran’s supports for...

Myanmar ferry sinks, killing 21 with dozens missing

At least 21 people have been killed and 50 others are missing after huge waves capsized a crowded double-decker ferry in northwestern Myanmar, officials say. The Aung Tagun 3 ferry was carrying more than 200 people when it sank near the town of Myebon in Rakhine state late Friday, the Ministry of Information...

US envoy to South Korea attacked in Seoul

US Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert has suffered injuries following an attack by an armed assailant in the capital city of Seoul. According to the YTN news channel, Lippert was attacked while he was on his way to a breakfast meeting in the Sejong Cultural Institute in central Seoul on Thursday. The...

Russian Opposition Leader Nemtsov Shot Dead Near Kremlin

A Russian opposition leader and fierce critic of President Vladimir Putin, Boris Nemtsov, was shot dead by an unidentified attacker who fired multiple rounds at the politician as he was walking in central Moscow late Friday. The murder of the 55-year-old politician, who has been an outspoken critic...

Takfiri groups will soon breathe their last: Iran Quds Force cmdr.

Commander of Iran Islamic Revolution Guards Corps’ Quds Force says foreign-sponsored Takfiri militant groups operating in Syria and Iraq have suffered humiliating defeats, and will soon breathe their last. “Given the crushing defeats that ISIL and other terrorist groups have suffered...

Three American Muslim students shot dead in North Carolina

Three American Muslim students have been killed in a shooting incident in the US state of North Carolina, according to police officials. The incident happened in an apartment near the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus on Tuesday. The victims are Deah Shaddy Barakat, his...

Obama seeks three-year war authority against ISIL

US President Barack Obama has formally asked Congress to authorize a three-year war against the ISIL terrorist group in Iraq and Syria. The authority Obama sought on Wednesday in the proposed new Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) to Congress would provide the president political...

Obama Presses Putin to Strike Ukraine Peace deal

US President Barack Obama called his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday to discuss escalating violence in eastern Ukraine, urging him to embrace a negotiated solution. Expressing unease at "Russia's ongoing support" for separatists in Ukraine, Obama warned that the failure of upcoming...

Palestine opens first W Europe embassy in Sweden

Palestine has opened its first embassy in Western Europe in the Swedish capital city of Stockholm amid Israel’s anger. According to official Swedish sources, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom attended the inauguration ceremony of the Palestinian...