TEHRAN, August 24 -U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday lashed back at a new round of Chinese tariffs by heaping an additional 5% duty on some $550 billion in targeted Chinese goods in the latest tit-for-tat trade war escalation by the world’s two largest economies
TEHRAN, August 21 - UK authorities have been accused of ‘structural Islamophobia’ for using controversial counter-terrorism methods at ports and airports, despite the minuscule rate of resultant convictions.
TEHRAN, August 21 - North Korea says it has “no interest” in resuming negotiations with the United States unless Washington stops “escalating hostile military moves” in the region, as the White House intends to revive stalled nuclear talks with Pyongyang.
TEHRAN, August 21 - The US military has lost an advanced drone over Yemen, American officials say, confirming earlier reports that the Houthi Ansarullah movement had downed a US-made MQ-9 Reaper attack drone.
TEHRAN, August 21 -A former senior official with the US Treasury Department says the country’s economy is already experiencing recession, refuting President Donald Trump’s claim of his administration’s strong economic performance as mere “hoax.”
TEHRAN, August 21 -Japan and the United States will seek to narrow gaps on trade when their top negotiators meet this week, but hopes for a deal in September are fading as both sides fail to make concessions on agriculture and automobiles, sources say.
TEHRAN, August 20 - The Iranian nation is aware that the Trump administration’s “maximum pressure” against Iran “has not materialized,” says Iran's Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani.
TEHRAN, August 19 - Novartis (NOVN.S) plans to answer a U.S. senator who demanded details about data manipulation related to its gene therapy Zolgensma, amid scrutiny of the Swiss drugmaker’s decision to delay informing regulators until after the treatment’s approval.
TEHRAN, August 18 -Russia says it has no plans to deploy new missiles as long as the United States shows similar restraint in Europe and Asia, after Washington killed a landmark Cold War-era arms control treaty.
TEHRAN, August 17 -A state-run Chinese newspaper says it is "wishful thinking" to expect that Beijing will join a US-led naval mission purportedly aimed at protecting shipping lanes in the Persian Gulf.
TEHRAN, August 17 -The United States is trying to block the release of the Iran-operated Grace 1 supertanker in “an effort simply to harass Iran,” says a political analyst.
TEHRAN, August 15 -The United States has applied to seize the Iranian Grace 1 tanker in Gibraltar commandeered by British Royal Marines in the Mediterranean last month, the Gibraltar Chronicle said.
TEHRAN, August 15 -Since the turn of the century, American obesity rates have skyrocketed. And now a new study indicates that as the nation's waistlines expand, cancers long linked to obesity are striking the middle-aged more than ever before.
TEHRAN, August 13 -A group of the Israeli parliament (Knesset)’s members have criticized the US House of Representatives for approving a resolution against a global boycott campaign against the regime, which endorses, to Tel Aviv’s dismay, a so-called two-state solution to the decades-long conflict with Palestine.
TEHRAN, August 13 -French authorities have called on the United States to allow them to investigate activities of notorious financier Jeffrey Epstein, who was in jail for pedophilia at the time of his suicide.
TEHRAN, August 12 -“The IRGC not only destroyed the US’ stealth drone but it also tarnished Washington’s fictitious grandeur in the world,” Ayatollah Seyed Mohammad Hasan Aboutorabifard said at Eid al-Adha prayers in Tehran on Wednesday morning.
TEHRAN, August 12 - The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has warned that any Israeli presence in the Persian Gulf may result in a war in the region, and the responsibility for the consequences of such illegal presence lies with the US and the UK.
TEHRAN, August 9 -The United States’ decision to include Israel in a naval coalition in the Persian Gulf is a “very stupid move diplomatically” as it will only provoke Iran and stumble the whole region into an all-out war, says a New York-based author and commentator.
TEHRAN, August 7 -The US military, with the assistance of Israel, Saudi Arabia and terrorist groups in the Middle East, is seeking to tear Syria apart, as it maintains its illegal presence in the war-torn country, a former US Senate candidate says.