International
Despite sanctions on Iran, IRGC break the monopoly of space ...
( Iran )
Tehran:Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has successfully sent the first Iranian military satellite into the space, to break the monopoly of space technology by a few powers. The IRGC launched the Satellite Noor-1 by the domestically-built launcher Qassed (herald) on Wednesday morning and placed it into the orbit at an altitude of 425km. The Launcher Qassed is a three-stage launcher using compound soild-liquid fuel. The satellite was sent to the space on the anniversary of the IRGC establishment...
COVID-19:Turkey to deliver medical supplies to Israel...
( Turkey )
Ankara:The Turkish government has decided to sell medical supplies to Israel this week as part of its policy of humanitarian diplomacy amid the coronavirus outbreak, Turkish officials told Middle East Eye on Friday. Israeli officials approached Ankara with a list of requests this month and Turkey approved the sale, a sign that both countries intended to maintain their bilateral relations even though they have major regional disagreements, from the Gaza Strip to the status of Jerusalem. The shipment...
Coronavirus widespread among Al-Saud family, 150 Members inf...
( Saudi Arab )
Riyadh:Up to 150 members of the Saudi royal family may have gotten infected with the coronavirus, six weeks after the kingdom reported its first case, the New York Times reported. As the severity of the outbreak across the kingdom escalates, as many as 500 beds are reportedly prepared for royals in some of the country’s elite hospitals. Saudi Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz Al Saud – the governor of the capital Riyadh who is in his 70s – is in intensive care after...
President Ghani rejects peace deal and releasing of 5,000 Ta...
( Afghanistan )
Kabul:Just one day after the United States and the Taliban militant group signed a peace agreement, Afghanistan’s government has announced that it does not consider itself bound by the terms of the deal to free thousands of Taliban prisoners. The agreement was reached between Washington and the Afghan militants in Doha, Qatar, on Saturday, after at least 10 rounds of talks over the past 18 months. The accord was signed by US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and Taliban political chief Mullah...
US systematically destroyed Yemeni state: Houthi official...
( Yemen )
Sana`a:Head of Yemeni National Delegation, Mohammed Abdulsalam, affirmed, that the United States has systematically destroyed the Yemeni state, to lose its strength and constituents. “It is a systematic destruction carried out by the US to the Yemeni state by losing its foundations of its strength, and this was by the help of the traitors inside,” Abdulsalam said in a tweet. “After the the Yemeni people restored the state in the September 21 revolution, the US came with...
Resolutions on Kashmir need implementation :UN chief...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Islamabad: Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls for “enhanced dialogue” between India and Pakistan over disputed Kashmir while calling for “full respect for humans rights and continental freedoms” in the region. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres repeated calls on Sunday for de-escalation and diplomacy in the resolution of Kashmir dispute between Pakistan and India, saying “UN Security Council resolutions [should] be implemented”, humans rights...
Turkish President Erdogan pledges continued support for Paki...
( Pakistan )
Islamabad:Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday vowed unflinching support for Pakistan on the issues related to anti-terror financing and the long pending Kashmir Issue. The Turkish president made the remarks while addressing a joint session of the parliament. In his address to the Upper and Lower House of the legislature, Erdogan said that he was thankful and happy to have had the opportunity to address the joint session of the parliament in Pakistan. “I am thankful for this opportunity....
In first, US sends Israeli delegation to Saudi Arabia...
( Saudi Arab )
Riyadh:A high-ranking Israeli delegation from an umbrella US Jewish group has visited Saudi Arabia this week, a sign of increasing warmness between Tel Aviv and Riyadh as the two sides look to forge closer informal ties and expedite normalization efforts. Israel’s English-language broadsheet newspaper The Jerusalem Post reported on Friday that members of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations visited Saudi Arabia this week, a move believed to be the first official...
Israel sentences Palestinian leader Sheikh Raed Salah to 28 ...
( Palestine )
Gaza:An Israeli court has sentenced the head of the northern branch of the Palestinian Islamic Movement, Sheikh Raed Salah, to 28 months in prison on trumped-up charges of “fomenting incitement against Israelis and advocating violence.” On Monday, the Haifa magistrate’s court passed the verdict against the 61-year-old cleric. Israeli judge Shlomo Banjo said in his verdict statement that Salah is “dangerous.” “In light of Sheikh Raed Salah’s previous violations and his clear...
Century Deal, Trumps biggest trick to sabotage Palestine iss...
( Pakistan )
Islamabad: Secretary General of Pakistan’s Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) strongly believes that the US President Donald Trump’s so-called ‘Deal of Century’ is, in fact, the biggest trick of the century. Wilayat Times reports that In an interview with IRNA on Saturday, Liaqat Baloch said that the support of Trump’s allies especially from the region to this deal will never help solve the issue of Palestine. “Trump wants to sabotage the cause of Palestine through this so-called ‘Deal...