Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has warned that the US and Israel may hatch a new plot against the Muslim world following the end of the reign of Daesh Takfiri terrorists in Iraq and Syria. “Although Daesh reached its end in Iraq and Syria, one should ...
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Trump wants Ivanka, Jared Kushner to resign from White House
US President Donald Trump has told his daughter Ivanka Trump, and her husband, Jared Kushner, both high-profile White House advisers, to resign and move back home to New York City, fueling rumors of a strained relationship with his son-in-law, according to a new report. Trump is pressuring the couple to ...
Read More »Saudi crown prince roots for confrontational approach against Iran
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman says Riyadh prefers a confrontational approach to “appeasement” in dealing with Iran. In an interview with the New York Times published on Thursday, Mohammed bin Salman made an analogy between Iran’s growing regional influence and Germany’s hegemonic policies in the Hitler era and said, “We ...
Read More »Netanyahu hails ‘secret’ but ‘fruitful’ ties with Arab governments
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the regime has “secret” but “fruitful” ties with Arab governments, noting that peace between one-time adversaries would “happen in the end.” “Our fruitful cooperation with Arab countries is in general secret, but I am confident that relations with them will continue to mature and ...
Read More »184 killed in attack on mosque in Egypt’s Sinai
At least 184 people have been killed and dozens injured in a shooting attack and bombing at a mosque in the restive Sinai Peninsula, state TV says. Police officers said militants attacked al-Rawdah mosque in the town of Bir al-Abd, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from the North Sinai provincial capital ...
Read More »Israel cleansing al-Quds of Palestinian population: Rights activists
Human rights activists have warned that Tel Aviv is involved in an “ethnic cleansing” campaign against the generations-long Palestinian residents of Jerusalem al-Quds in order to get rid of their demographic dominance in the Israeli-occupied city. Citing rights groups and researchers, The Middle East eye news and analysis portal reported on ...
Read More »Emmerson Mnangagwa sworn in as Zimbabwe’s president
Emmerson Mnangagwa, a former vice president of Zimbabwe, has been officially sworn in as the country’s new president, days after long-time ruler Robert Mugabe resigned under pressure. Mnangagwa’s inauguration ceremony was held at the National Sport Stadium in the capital, Harare, on Friday. He will continue the remainder of Mugabe’s ...
Read More »27 hurt as quake hits western Iran again
Dozens of people have been hurt in a 4.3-magnitude earthquake that hit another province in Iran’s west, which is still reeling from a deadly tremor. The temblor jolted Boroujerd County of Lorestan Province on Friday, IRNA reported. Two of the 27 injured were hospitalized and the rest treated as out-patients, ...
Read More »China says to help with reconstruction of Syria
China says it will help with reconstruction efforts in Syria, which has seen massive destruction as a result of over six and a half years of armed conflict. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told a visiting senior aide to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad on Friday that dialog was important in resolving ...
Read More »Rights groups urge intl. monitoring of Rohingya’s return
Prominent human rights groups have called on international agencies to monitor the safe return of Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar, as global pressure mounts on the country over state-sponsored violence that has externally displaced hundreds of thousands from the minority group. On Thursday, Myanmar and Bangladesh signed an agreement for the return ...
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