Geneva 2 peace conference must be held immediately: Iran, Russia
Iran and Russia have underlined the need for promptly holding the upcoming Geneva talks to help find a political solution to the…
Regional Affairs
Egypt Morsi: US seeks end to ex-president’s detention
The US has called on Egypt’s army to free deposed President Mohamed Morsi, amid ongoing protests on the first Friday of Ramadan.…
Israel behind explosions in Syria’s Latakia: Israeli media
Israeli media say the Tel Aviv regime was behind the recent explosions in the Syrian port city of Latakia. US officials have…
Morsi supporters stay on Cairo streets
The supporters of Egypt’s ousted President Mohamed Morsi have remained on the streets of the capital, Cairo, in the early hours of…
‘Egyptians oppose military coup with their head high’
ANKARA (AA) – Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that Egyptian people protected their votes by taking to squares peacefully without harming the…
First case of MERS virus infection diagnosed in UAE
An Emirati citizen has reportedly been infected with a new deadly respiratory virus related to the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), the…
Russia delivers humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Syria
MOSCOW (RIA Novosti) – Two Russian heavy-lift transport planes on Thursday delivered a total of 70 metric tons of humanitarian aid to…
Israel says ready to build 10,000 more illegal settler units
The Israeli regime says it is prepared to ‘immediately’ construct 10,000 illegal settler units in the occupied West Bank and East al-Quds…
Election, democracy sole solutions for Egypt crisis: Iran lawmaker
A senior Iranian lawmaker says the ongoing unrest in Egypt can only be resolved through democratic channels. “The only way out of…
Turkish, Iranian foreign ministers call for cease-fire in Syria during Ramadan
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu and his Iranian counterpart, Ali Akbar Salehi, have called on the parties fighting in Syria to enact an immediate…
Syria chemical weapon claims pretext for aiding terrorists: Iranian MP
An Iranian lawmaker says the Western countries’ allegations that the Syrian forces have used chemical weapons against foreign-backed militants serve as a…
Assad applauds fall of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s embattled president said Thursday that Arab identity is back on the right track after the fall from…
US senator calls for military strikes on Syria
A prominent U.S. senator has called on the administration of President Barack Obama to attack Syrian “airfields, airplanes and massed artillery.” The…
Egyptian army killed dozens of Hamas fighters in Sinai, report says
Hamas officials renounce involvement in activities in Sinai; Egypt blasts Iran for ‘unacceptable interference’ in its domestic affairs. Egyptian security forces have killed…
Syria’s Assad says ousted Baathists made mistakes
AFP – Ruling party leaders removed in a reshuffle this week had made mistakes while in office, Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad told the…
Foreign-backed Syrian opposition undermining Geneva talks: Lavrov
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says the new president of the so-called Syrian National Coalition (SNC) is hindering attempts to hold the…
Kurdistan Workers’ Party has new leaders
The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has named Cemil Bayik and Bese Hozat as its new leaders, reports say. The announcement was made…
Gunmen kill 14 security troopers in western Iraq
Gunmen have killed 14 security troopers on the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in western Iraq, an Iraqi…
Bahraini regime forces raid houses of anti-regime protesters, arrest 30
Bahraini regime forces have raided the houses of anti-regime demonstrators in several villages, arresting more than 30 people. The Bahraini opposition group…
Pakistan MYC asks govt to slam Egypt coup
ISLAMABAD: The Milli Yakjehti Council Pakistan has demanded of the government to raise voice against military coup in Egypt and strongly condemn…
Iranian lawmaker dismisses claims about Iran interfering in Egypt
A senior Iranian lawmaker has dismissed Egypt’s recent allegations about Tehran’s interference in the North African country’s internal affairs as a blame…
Militants kill 2 in Sinai security attack
Two people have been killed and six injured in a militant attack on a security forces checkpoint in the north of Egypt’s…
Gunmen kill top army officer in southeastern Yemen: Officials
Unknown gunmen have shot and killed a senior Yemeni army officer in the country’s southeastern Hadramawt province, officials say. According to a…
U.S. considers pulling all troops from Afghanistan – officials
(Reuters) – The United States is considering pulling out all its troops from Afghanistan next year, U.S. officials said, amid tension between…
Tel-Aviv tries two Palestinian female activists over being involved in protest
Two Palestinian female activists have been put on trial in an Israeli court on charges of instigating in a demonstration against Israeli…
Syria militants used chemical weapons in Aleppo: Russia
Russian experts have found that Syrian militants fighting against the government of President Bashar al-Assad made sarin nerve gas and used it in…
Saudi Arabia planning to assassinate fugitive Iraqi VP Tariq al-Hashemi
The Saudi regime is reportedly planning to assassinate fugitive Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi over fears that he might disclose Saudi Arabia’s…
Photos: Unrest in Egypt
Supporters of deposed President Mohamed Morsy rally in Nasr City, Egypt, a suburb of Cairo. …
Gazans preparing for Ramadan amid Israeli blockade
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are getting ready for the Holy month of Ramadan. It’s the seventh time for the 1 point…
Militarism detrimental to democratization in Egypt: Iran MP
An Iranian lawmaker has warned against the consequences of Egyptian Army’s intervention in the North African country’s ongoing democratization process, saying militarism…
Iraqis mourn Shiite fighter killed in Syria
BAGHDAD (AP) — Hundreds in Baghdad mourned on Tuesday a Shiite fighter killed in Syria, one of an unknown number of Iraqis…