The 30th edition of Tehran International Book Fair has officially kicked off in a ceremony in the south of the Iranian capital. Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani, Culture Minister Reza Salehi Amiri and a number of Iranian officials, lawmakers and as well as foreign ambassadors and authors attended the inaugural ...

A series of recently leaked emails shows that the Belgian delegation was instructed in advance to vote for the appointment of Saudi Arabia as a member of a United Nations committee on gender equality, despite Riyadh’s massive discrimination against women. The leaked documents, cited by Belgian news network 7sur7 and UN Watch, revealed ...

The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says nearly three dozen people have lost their lives when members of the Takfiri Daesh launched an attack against a camp for Iraqi refugees and displaced Syrians in the far northeastern corner of Syria on the border with neighboring Iraq. The group reported that at least ...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has arrived in Russia for talks on major issues, including the crisis in Ukraine and Syria. Merkel arrived in the resort city of Sochi on the Black Sea on Tuesday for a one-day visit, where she will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The key visit, ...

US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has described last month’s massive missile strike in Syria as “after-dinner entertainment” for guests dining at President Donald Trump’s Florida mansion. Speaking at an economic conference in California on Monday, Ross recalled the scene at the Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, where President Trump interrupted ...

Somalia, hit by drought and on the verge of famine, will count 1.4 million acutely malnourished children by the end of the year, up 50 percent from late 2016, the UN said Tuesday. The United Nations children’s agency warned that 275,000 of those children were expected to be so severely ...

United Airlines CEO will testify before the House Transportation Committee after a passenger was violently dragged off a flight, sparking outrage worldwide. The hearing on Tuesday by the House Transportation Committee comes amid worldwide outrage sparked when a passenger was dragged off a United flight after refusing to give up his ...

The election commission has issued a ten-page order. SRINAGAR  – Election Commission of India has suspended by polls in occupied Kashmir for an indefinite period in the aftermath of the persisting tense situation. A ten-page order says that the situation is not favourable for holding elections as there is an ...

ISLAMABAD  – The 31st meeting of Council of Common Interests (CCI) chaired by Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif to discuss a 12-point agenda has concluded in Islamabad today (Tuesday). During the meeting, Chief Minister of Sindh (CM) Murad Ali Shah has expressed reservations and demanded equitable distribution of water in ...

Political analysts are tagging notification of interior ministry highly important. LAHORE  – Key developments are expected on the issue of Dawn Leaks today (Tuesday) and a middle way is being anticipated which could defuse the tensions created on Saturday. The perception of strains between state institutions emerged on Dawn Leaks ...