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Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the US and Saudi Arabia cannot alter the facts on the ground about their sponsorship of Daesh and Iran’s role in defeating the Takfiri terrorist group. In a post on his Twitter account on Thursday, Zarif reacted to latest remarks by Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir, who accused …

German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative bloc and the Social Democratic (SPD) Party have started negotiations to form a “grand coalition” despite earlier setbacks. Leaders from Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), and the SPD met Friday for the start of formal …

Dozens of Saudi-sponsored militiamen loyal to Yemen’s resigned president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, have been killed and scores of others sustained injuries when Yemeni army forces fired a domestically-manufactured ballistic missile at their base in the country’s southwestern province of Ta’izz. A Yemeni military source, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Yemen’s …

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Up to 10,000 people stranded in refugee camps and detention centers in Libya could be relocated to Europe in 2018, the Italian government said Sunday. The initiative would be part of an attempt by EU countries to address the deteriorating conditions in Libya, where thousands of people …

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has lashed out at the US for undermining the territorial integrity of Syria through efforts to form “alternative bodies of authority” across the Middle Eastern country. “The US [is] trying to form… alternative bodies of authority on vast… parts of the Syrian territory,” Lavrov said …

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Senior Iranian commander Major General Qassem Soleimani praised the axis of resistance for defeating terrorists in Syria and Iraq, saying such a major victory against Takfiri groups, which had 7,000 suicide attackers, has greatly contributed to calm in the region and the world. Addressing a cultural ceremony …

The Spanish government has threatened to re-impose direct rule on Catalonia if the former regional leader Carles Puigdemont tries to govern from exile in Brussels. Speaking at the headquarters of his center-right People’s Party in the capital Madrid on Monday, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, said the former Catalan leader …

Diphtheria has claimed lives of at least 48 people within the last two months across Yemen amid the ongoing Saudi military aggression and blockade of the impoverished Arab country. The World Health Organization (WHO) said in a report on Thursday that diphtheria-related deaths had been recorded in 19 of Yemen’s …

German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives and the Social Democrats (SPD) agreed after all-night talks on Friday to a blueprint for formal coalition negotiations, party sources said, bolstering prospects for an end to months of political uncertainty. The agreement between party and parliamentary leaders should pave the way for detailed negotiations …

Russia says it detected an American spy aircraft circling in the skies between Russian bases in two Syrian cities during recent drone attacks on the facilities, implying that the United States may have been involved in the raids. (Presstv) — In a statement released on Tuesday, the Russian Defense Ministry …