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Israeli police shoot dead two Palestinians...

( Palestine )

Gaza:Palestinian military forces have shot and killed two more young Palestinian men in the central part of the West Bank amid ongoing tensions between Israeli troops and Palestinian protesters in the occupied territories. Witnesses said Israeli soldiers fired “dozens” of shots at the pair on Thursday after they allegedly carried out a stabbing attack near the illegal Israeli settlement of Ariel, which lies adjacent to the Palestinian city of Salfit, Arabic-language Ma’an news agency reported. An...

Russia powered up Syrian Army:Vladmir Putin...

( Russia )

Moacow:Russian President Vladimir Putin has hailed Russia’s military forces returning from Syria, saying their achievements in the militant-riddled Arab country has laid the ground for peace there. Speaking on the occasion of Russia’s military pullout from Syria, Putin said his country succeeded in strengthening Syrian army through months of aerial campaign against militant groups in Syria. Putin said despite Russia’s partial withdrawal, which he said was agreed with Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad,...

Iran’s definite policy is to cooperate with Asian coun...

( Iran )

Tehran:Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei in a meeting with Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang in Tehran on Tuesday, highlighted a host of economic, technical, trade and cultural grounds for the expansion of relations between the two countries, saying: “The courage and resistance of the nation of Vietnam and its prominent figures like [veteran revolutionary leader] ‘Ho Chi Minh’ and [military commander] ‘General [Vo Nguyen] Giap’ against aggression by foreigners...

With high turnout, people demonstrated their trust in the Is...

( Iran )

Tehran:Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, in a last meeting on Thursday with the chairman and members of the outgoing Assembly of Experts, in highly significant remarks, praised the meaningful and glorious participation of people in the February 26 elections for the Islamic Consultative Assembly (the Iranian Parliament) and the Assembly of Experts as well as their announcement of firm allegiance and loyalty to the Islamic Republic of Iran’s establishment. Ayatollah...

Iraqi Sunni Mufti praises Hezbollah’s anti-terror driv...

( Iraq )

Baghdad:Senior Iraqi Sunni cleric Khalid Mulla said that the Lebanese Islamic Resistance Movement of Hezbollah is targeted because it is against Daesh terrorists in Iraq and Syria and against Israeli occupation.   Speaking at a congregation to voice support to Hezbollah here on Sunday, the leader of Iraq’s Sunni Ulema Association  Mufti Khalid Mulla said that the resistance movement’s leader Seyed Hassan Nasrallah is opposing sectarian and divisive plots. The mufti also cautioned...

Lady Fatima is beacon of inspiration for Muslims:Hojjatul Is...

( Iran )

Tehran:Friday prayers leader of Someh Sara Hojjatul Islam Ismail Sidiqi held Lady Fatima Zahra (SA) as the best model for Muslims in abiding the Islamic teachings and instructions. Offering his condolences on the martyrdom anniversary of the revered daughter of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), the religious cleric underscored, “Fatima Zahra (SA) was infallible and the proof of God almighty on the earth.” “Fatima Zahra (SA) and Lady Maryam (SA) are entitled as the leader of women and the...

Saudi Arabia Puts Itself in Israeli Box:Sheikh Qassem...

( Lebanon )

Beirut:Deputy Secretary General of Hezbollah Sheikh Naim Qassem said Saturday that Saudi Arabia is declaring enmity against Hezbollah when it describes the party as “terrorist group,” stressing that “Saudi Arabia and its allies are in fact hostile to the luminous and influential achievements of the party and put themselves in the box of Israel.” During a speech he delivered in Bekaa region east of Lebanon, Sheikh Qassem said that “Saudi Arabia is trying to confirm Hezbollah...

Young businessman killed in Russia laid to rest in Kashmir A...

( Kashmir )

Srinagar: A young Kashmiri businessman, Yasir Shiraz, 27, who was hacked to death by unidentified robbers and decamped with cash and his other belongings at Kazan province of Russia, was Saturday laid to rest at his ancestral graveyard at Hassanabad in Kashmir. According to his friend, the body of Yasir who succumbed to his injuries on Wednesday arrived at Srinagar International Airport on the week hours of Saturday morning was buried at his ancestral graveyard at Hassanabad in Rainawari. Amid, tears...

United Nation calls on Bahrain’s government to carry o...

( Bahrain )

Manama:The United Nations high commissioner for human rights has censured the government in Bahrain for its harsh crackdown on dissent, calling on Manama to carry out fundamental reforms. 

Zeid Ra’ad Al-Hussein on Thursday expressed concern about frequent cases of arrest...

Mideast wars totally political: Imam Khamenei...

( Iran )

Tehran:Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the ongoing wars in the Middle East are “totally rooted in political motivations.” The Leader on Thursday called on clerics to thwart “the American and Zionist plot to create divisions” and avoid touching on divisive issues among Shia and Sunni Muslims.    “The enemies of Islam are trying to turn these differences into a religious strife so that they don’t end easily. We must not contribute...