International
Iran Blacklists US Envoy to Yemen...
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Tehran | WTNS | Dec 11:Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs imposed sanctions on US Ambassador to Yemen Christopher Henzel for his key role in the Arab country’s humanitarian crisis. In a statement issued here, the Iranian ministry described Henzel as a key contributor to the humanitarian crisis in Yemen. The statement highlighted the US ambassador’s role in leading the destructive war in Yemen, killing the innocent and oppressed people of this country, offering arms, financial and political...
American Muslim mother not allowed in courtroom because of H...
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Washington: | WTNS | Dec 11:A Muslim woman from Haltom City of Texas, United States, says she went to municipal court on Tuesday to pay a fine for a speeding citation but wasn’t allowed inside because she was wearing a hijab. The city said it regretted the incident and had changed its policy to allow for religious head coverings. Kendra Montemayor, a mother and teacher who converted to Islam in 2011, got emotional in a video on Facebook Live as she walked out of the courthouse. “I just came...
Report:Iranian Nuclear Scientist Assassinated Near Tehran...
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Tehran| WTNS | Nov 27:Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was assassinated near Tehran on Friday. Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a scientist involved in Iran’s nuclear industry, was assassinated by unknown attackers near Tehran on Friday, according to Wilayat Times News Service dispatches. Raja News also said in a report that the top scientist has been assassinated in Absard county near Damavand, 60 km east of Tehran. Fakhrizadeh was reportedly the only Iranian scientist that Israeli Prime Minister...
Israeli PM flew to Saudi Arabia to hold secret meeting with ...
( Saudi Arabia )
Riyadh | WTNS | Nov 23:Benjamin Netanyahu has made an unannounced trip to Saudi Arabia to meet the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, and the US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, according to an Israeli cabinet member. The Sunday night visit marks the first reported meeting between leaders of the long-time foes, one that Israel has been pushing for in its efforts for regional acceptance despite previously being considered a far-fetched ambition. Hebrew-language reports, citing unnamed Israeli...
Saudi warplanes bombard residential areas in Yemen...
( Yemen )
Sanna | WTNS | Nov 07:Saudi fighter jets have launched a series of airstrikes against residential areas in Yemen’s Ma’rib and al-Jawf provinces. The al-Masirah television network reported that the warplanes fired five missiles at Ma’rib’s Medghal district on Friday. The Saudi bomber jets also dropped a missile in al-Jawf’s Khabb wa ash Sha’af district and another in Rahabah neighborhood of the same province, the report added. There has been no report yet on the number of...
Iran’s Baqer Qalibaf raps French insults to Holy Proph...
( Iran )
Tehran | WTNS | October 26:Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf lashed out at the French authorities for their “brazen hostility” towards Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). In a post on his Twitter account on Sunday, Qalibaf said all Muslims and monotheists in the world would strongly condemn the “brazen hostility that the witless and rude authorities of France” have shown towards the great prophet of Islam. The sinister actions from the shameless ones insulting Prophet Muhammad...
Linking terrorism to Islam shows ignorance: Sheikh Al-Azhar...
( Egypt )
Cairo | WTNS | October 22:The grand imam of Egypt’s Al-Azhar Islamic Center, Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayyeb, has blasted individuals who link terrorism to Islam, following Islamophobic remarks by French President Emmanuel Macron and the recent murder of a French teacher. According to Wilayat Times on Wednesday, Tayyeb tweeted that linking terrorism to Islam was a sign of ignorance. Tayyeb ’s statement comes following the beheading of French school teacher Samuel Paty on Friday after he showed his students...
Israeli delegation travels to Sudan to discuss normalization...
( Sudan )
Khartoum | WTNS | October 22:An Israeli delegation has traveled to Sudan to discuss normalization between Tel Aviv and Khartoum amid the US’s attempts to persuade or pressure Arab nations to forge diplomatic ties with Israel. Israeli public broadcaster Kan radio said the delegation visited Sudan on Wednesday, but gave no further details about the discussions held in Khartoum. Meanwhile, Israeli intelligence minister Eli Cohen told Israel’s Channel 13 News that he believed the Tel Aviv regime...
US urges Saudi Arabia to consider normalizing ties with Isra...
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Washington | WTNS | October 16:US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has urged Saudi Arabia to consider normalizing relations with Israel after Bahrain and the UAE. “We hope Saudi Arabia will consider normalizing its relationships as well, and we want to thank them for the assistance they’ve had in the success of the Abraham Accords so far,” Pompeo said on Wednesday in a meeting with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud. He further suggested that the move would diminish Iran’s...
Armenia Says ISIL Now In Azerbaijan...
( Armenia )
Yerevan | WTNS | October 12:Armenian Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) Arman Tatoyan warns that the thousands of mercenaries transferred to Azerbaijan include fighters linked to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist group. “Mercenaries and members of terrorist groups, from the territory of Azerbaijan, are taking part in the armed attacks against Armenian. “According to most sources, they are thousands of mercenaries who moved to Azerbaijan, including those related...