International
Al-Azhar Egypt slams Israeli violations on Masjid Aqsa...
( Egypt )
Cairo: Egypt’s Al-Azhar, the highest seat of learning in the Islamic world, condemned a series of violations by Israel, including detention of Palestinians and raids on Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. In a statement on Friday, Al-Azhar said it supports Palestinians in Jerusalem against the arbitrary practices of Israel — such as the closure of Al-Aqsa doors — adding that these violations cannot be accepted. The statement also called for urgent action — including political...
India launches airstrikes on Pakistan across disputed Kashmi...
( India )
New Delhi:India has carried out aerial bombing over the disputed ceasefire line in Kashmir for the first time since it went to war with Pakistan in 1971, claiming to have hit a large militant training camp. The Indian foreign secretary, Vijay Gokhale, said in a briefing that Delhi had received credible intelligence the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) militant group, which killed 40 Indian security personnel in a suicide bombing earlier this month, was training fighters for similar attacks. “In the...
US-Taliban talks in Qatar to focus on US’ Afghanistan exit...
( Qatar )
Doha:Taliban spokesman Zabihollah Mojahed said in an exclusive interview with Mehr that today’s US-Taliban talks in Qatar will focus on the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan and safety of other countries from terrorist attacks from Afghan territory. Speaking to Mehr News correspondent ahead of US-Taliban peace talks in Doha on Monday, Taliban spokesman Zabihollah Mojahed said the talks would focus on the details of a framework deal that the two sides reached in principle last...
Princess Rima:First Saudi woman ambassador for America...
( Saudi Arab )
Riyadh: Princess Rima bint Bandar, Saudi Arabia’s first woman ambassador, is a social campaigner on the front line of government efforts to boost the kingdom’s battered international reputation despite never having worked as a diplomat. The 43-year-old princess was named envoy to Washington on Saturday as the kingdom faces pressure from US lawmakers over last year’s murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents and its bombing campaign in neighbouring Yemen. A member of the Saudi royal...
Iran hacked US drone command center in response to Washingto...
( Iran )
Tehran:A senior commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says Iran’s aerospace force has successfully hacked the US drone command and control system as a response to Washington’s impudence in claiming that it has sabotaged Iran’s missiles. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a ceremony in Tehran on Sunday, the commander of the IRGC’s Aerospace Division, Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, said, “We did this to tell them (the Americans) that you not only failed...
Venezuela breaks diplomatic ties with US, orders diplomats t...
( Veninzula )
Caracas: Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro said Wed. Caracas is breaking diplomatic relations with the US, giving American diplomatic personnel 72 hours to leave the country. Maduro stressed that the US had attempted to stage a coup in Venezuela, and vowed to fight for the Venezuelan people’s right to peace and a sovereign government of their choosing. The US has, however, said it will keep its diplomats in Venezuela, saying Maduro has no longer any legal authority to break diplomatic...
Enemy can`t weak the will of Yemeni nation in the face of i...
( Yemen )
Sana: The leader of Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement says his country is determined to stand up to oppressive measures of Saudi Arabia and its regional allies, which are involved in an atrocious military campaign against the impoverished Arab country. Addressing his supporters via a televised speech broadcast live from the Yemeni capital Sana’a on Thursday evening, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi said, “The honorable people of Yemen have decided to stand against oppression,” calling upon...
Journalist Marzieh Hashemi jailed in US on unspecified charg...
( US )
Washington: Marzieh Hashemi, a journalist and anchor working for Iran’s English-language Press TV television news network, has been detained and imprisoned in the United States for unspecified reasons. American-born Hashemi, most famous for anchoring news programs and presenting shows for Press TV, was detained upon arrival at St. Louis Lambert International Airport in St. Louis, Missouri, on Sunday, her family and friends said. Press TV has learned that she was transferred by the FBI to...
Houthis dismiss Pompeo’s accusations of Hudaydah truce bre...
( Yemen )
Sanna: A senior Yemeni official has hit back at US Secretary of State Mike Pomepo over his recent allegations that Houthi fighters are violating the UN-brokered ceasefire in the Hudaydah port city, criticizing Washington for keeping up its support for the Saudi-led war on the impoverished nation. In a post on his Twitter account on Monday night, Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, the head of Yemen’s Supreme Revolutionary Committee, said that the Houthis’ redeployment...
A Palestinian government will be formed in Tel Aviv: Imam Kh...
( Iran )
Tehran:The Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Khamenei, received Mr. Ziad Al Nakhala, the General Secretary of Islamic Jihad of Palestine. In this meeting Ayatollah Khamenei stressed that the freedom of Palestine will certainly happen, asserting that: Palestine will strongly persist, and by the grace of God, the Palestinian nation’s ultimate victory will come true in the near future. Addressing the head of the Islamic Jihad of Palestine, Ayatollah Khamenei mentioned a clear...