The hostile plots to place constraints on Iran’s military programs would encourage the Armed Forces to enhance their capabilities, commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force said. Addressing a ceremony in Tehran on Wednesday, Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh made it clear to the enemies that their ...
Read More »UK running out of gas amid new cold wave
The UK’s National Grid says it needs to buy gas in order to meet the demand amid severe drops in temperature and gas supply outages due that have raised consumption levels to a five-year high. The NG requested shippers on Thursday to post offers on the OCM locational market after ...
Read More »No Talks on Iran Missiles unless West’s Nuclear Weapons Destroyed: Commander
Deputy Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Brigadier General Massoud Jazayeri said the Islamic Republic’s prerequisite for talks on its missile program is for the US and certain European states to destroy their long-range missiles and nuclear weapons. In remarks released on Saturday, Brigadier General Jazayeri denounced recent ...
Read More »Militants, sponsors must act to make Syria truce work: Russia FM
Russia says it has done its part to usher in calm in the militant-besieged Damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta, where it has announced a humanitarian pause, saying the ball is now in the court of militants and their supporters to make the truce in Syria work. Speaking at the UN Human Rights ...
Read More »Protests planned next week against bin Salman’s visit to UK
High-profile campaign groups plan to hold protests in London next week against a visit to Britain by the powerful Saudi crown prince to raise alarm over Riyadh’s war crimes in Yemen and its human rights record. The protesters will gather outside Downing Street next Wednesday, when Mohammed bin Salman arrives ...
Read More »Most meat plants across UK breach hygiene, food safety standards: Report
A new analysis of meat plants across Britain has revealed major food safety and hygiene problems, further indicating that more than half of all audited plants have had at least one “major” violation in the past three years. Inspection statistics from the UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) also show that ...
Read More »German cities to trial free public transport to cut pollution
“Car nation” Germany has surprised neighbours with a radical proposal to reduce road traffic by making public transport free, as Berlin scrambles to meet EU air pollution targets and avoid big fines. (The Guardian) — The move comes just over two years after Volkswagen’s devastating “dieselgate” emissions cheating scandal unleashed a wave ...
Read More »Syria Foils Major US-Israeli Plot in Eastern Ghouta: Military Source
Syria’s army and its allies recently managed to foil a major US-Israeli plot for facilitating the transfer of thousands of terrorists to the Arab country’s Eastern Ghouta region near Damascus, a Syrian military source said. Speaking to Tasnim on Saturday on condition of anonymity, the source said Israeli warplanes had ...
Read More »Iran Known as Top Regional Power: FM
Iran is known as the most powerful country in the region, thanks to its domestic capabilities and reliance on people, unlike certain neighbors that have spent tens of billions of dollars on the purchase of foreign arms, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said. Addressing a program at the University ...
Read More »UK Prime Minister Theresa May wants EU citizens to stay in Britain after Brexit
Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May says she wants all European Union citizens lawfully living in Britain to remain after Brexit in 2019, promising a streamlined system for them to register to be able to stay. “They’ve made a huge contribution to our country, that’s why we want them and their ...
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