Palestinian detainee Maher al-Akhras said he will continue his hunger strike and the demand for his immediate release. The hunger-striking detainee rejected a verbal suggestion by the “Israeli” entity’s prosecutor to transfer him to the al-Maqased Hospital in occupied al-Quds [Jerusalem], provided that his administrative detention would not be renewed ...
Read More »IMF Admits China Has Overtaken the US as the World’s Largest Economy
The world is waking up to a new reality post the devastating pandemic that brought everything to a grinding halt. One of them is the rise of China as the undisputed new economic superpower. According to the IMF’s World Economic Output 2020 released recently, China has now overtaken the US ...
Read More »Iranian Qari to Attend Online Quran Recitation Program to Be Organized in India
According to Iranian Qari Seyed Jassem Mousavi, who will be among the Qaris taking part in the program, it will be organized by the Tanzeem Abna Madaris society in India. Slated for Sunday, October 18, it will include Quran recitations by Qaris from India, Morocco, Egypt, Malaysia, and the Islamic ...
Read More »Imam Hussein (AS) Holy Shrine’s Flag Replaced
According to the Astan (custodianship) of the holy shrine, the black flag, which represented mourning and had been raised at the beginning of the lunar Hijri month of Muharram, was replaced with a red one. The ceremony was held on the first day of the month of Rab al-Awwal, the ...
Read More »8,000 Worshipers Perform Evening Prayers at Mecca Grand Mosque
The total number of worshipers yesterday reached 40,000, divided into 5 prayers (Fajr, Zuhr, Asr, Maghrib, and Isha), and the number of pilgrims reached 15,000. This comes as part of the precautionary measures taken by Saudi Arabia to limit the spread of the coronavirus, which include the return of Umrah, ...
Read More »Iran declares official termination of UN arms embargo
Iran’s Foreign Ministry says the UN Security Council’s arms restrictions against Tehran have all been terminated in defiance of the United States’ efforts. “As of today [October 18, 2020], all restrictions on the transfer of arms, related activities and financial services to and from the Islamic Republic of Iran, and all prohibitions regarding the ...
Read More »UK ‘dangerous’ bill provides MI5, police with crime license: Amnesty
Amnesty International has warned against passing “deeply dangerous” legislation into law, saying the proposed law would give devastating power to undercover agencies to authorize torture and murder in the United Kingdom (UK) and overseas. Responding to news that the controversial Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill has passed its third ...
Read More »Russia weighs military cooperation with Iran after arms embargo expiration: Foreign Ministry
The Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman says Moscow will consider military technical cooperation with Iran in line with mutual interests after the expiration of a United Nations arms embargo on Tehran. “We are convinced that all possibilities stemming from the expiration of the provisions of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231 ...
Read More »FM Zarif: Iran Ready to Help Azerbaijan, Armenia Settle Differences
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a telephone conversation with his Azeri counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov voiced his country’s readiness to help achieve sustainable peace and solution to the dispute and clashes between the two neighboring countries of Azerbaijan and Armenia within the framework of a regional initiative by Iran, ...
Read More »‘Israeli’ Military Readying for War with Hezbollah
The Zionist entity’s military establishment is concerned that a war could break out with Hezbollah along the northern border of the ‘Israeli’-occupied Palestinian territories. Despite the Covid-19 pandemic and outbreaks in the ‘Israeli’ amry’s bases with thousands of soldiers infected, a large-scale combat exercise simulating war on the Lebanon and ...
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