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President Hassan Rouhani referred on Wednesday to the 13th of Aban in the Iranian calendar (Nov. 4), which marks the anniversary of Iranian university students’ seizure of the US embassy in Tehran in 1979, saying it was basically the day of fighting capitulation for the independence of the Iranian nation against US aggression. Speaking in […]

In this Feb. 3, 2007 file photo, an Iranian technician works at the Uranium Conversion Facility just outside the city of Isfahan 255 miles (410 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File) Tehran strategic networks under attack, Hadashot TV says, hours after Israel revealed it tipped off Denmark about Iran murder […]

Retired Nevada Democratic senator Harry Reid said on Wednesday that President Donald Trump “can tweet whatever he wants while he sits around watching TV, but he is profoundly wrong” about revoking birthright citizenship. | AP Photo/Scott Sonner, File Harry Reid on Wednesday said Donald Trump is “profoundly wrong” after the president quoted his 1993 position […]

The head of the Saudi investigation into the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Attorney General Sheikh Saud al-Mojeb (L) leaves the Saudi-Arabian consulate by car in Istanbul on Oct. 30, 2018. (AFP Photo) Journalist Jamal Khashoggi was strangled to death as soon as he entered Saudi Arabia’s Istanbul consulate and his body was then dismembered […]

Netanyahu shook hands with Sultan Qaboos bin Said in Oman [Israel GPO/Handout via Reuters] It was a scene unthinkable just weeks ago: an Israeli Cabinet minister, tears of joy filling her eyes, proudly singing her country’s national anthem at a sports event in the heart of the Arab world. The spectacle of Miri Regev singing […]

A former senior commander of the East African terrorist group al-Shabaab has launched a campaign to become a regional president in SomaliaMukhtar Robow, also known as Abu Mansour, was the target of a $5 million US bounty before he defected from the Islamist group in 2013 and surrendered to the Somali government last year. He […]

Aasia Bibi. PHOTO: FILE ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday acquitted Aasia Bibi – a Christian woman accused of blasphemy in 2010 and sentenced to death – and set aside an earlier judgment passed by a lower court. Chief Justice Saqib Nisar, heading the three-member bench comprising Justice Asif Saeed Khosa and Justice Mazhar Alam Khan Miankhel, […]

A view shows the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov at a shipyard in the town of Roslyakovo near Murmansk, Russia June 19, 2006. (Reuters Photo) Russia’s only aircraft carrier was damaged in a dock accident Tuesday that left one person missing and four injured, officials said. A floating dock sank early morning in Murmansk, dropping […]

© Photovolcanica / YouTube Mother Nature produced a light show made of lava when Indonesia’s Krakatau volcano erupted, scattering fiery specks and volcanic lightning into the night sky. The entire display was caught on video. The beautiful footage shows the volcano, known for its violent eruptions, shoot ash and lava from its crater in a way that […]

Merkel and Macron at a meeting in Marseille in September. Photo: DPA French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday hailed Angela Merkel’s “extremely dignified” decision to step down as German chancellor in 2021. “She has never forgotten what Europe’s values are and she leads her country with great courage,” Macron told a press conference following talks […]