TEHRAN, May 9 - Senior Iranian defense officials say the US president’s latest claims and threats have failed to break the nation’s iron will to strengthen its defense power, vowing that the Islamic Republic will continue to develop its conventional military program with a special focus on missiles.
TEHRAN, May 9 - Japan and China have agreed to set up a security hotline aimed at preventing military clashes stemming from their territorial row over East China Sea islands.
TEHRAN, May 8 -President Donald Trump has announced his decision to withdraw the United States from Iran’s nuclear deal with the world powers and re-impose sanctions against the Islamic Republic.
TEHRAN, May 8 -A bomber has attacked a checkpoint in eastern Libya held by militiamen loyal to military commander General Khalifa Haftar, killing at least two people , including a civilian.
TEHRAN, May 8 - Turkish police forces have arrested dozens more people on suspicion of affiliation to a movement led by the US-based opposition cleric Fethullah Gulen, whom the Ankara government accuses of having masterminded the July 2016 coup attempt against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
TEHRAN, May 8 -Trade turnover between Russia and China grew by 31 percent in the first three months of the year compared to the same period in 2017, according to the Russian customs data.
TEHRAN, May 8 -Modern-day enslavement of Britons in the UK is on the rise. A new report has singled-out the UK as one of the main destinations for trafficked workers in Europe, while highlighting the 362% increase in enslaved British nationals.
TEHRAN, May 8 - If, like most people , you were under the impression that the #MeToo movement is about exposing instances of sexual harassment and abuse, you’d be wrong. It’s actually a Kremlin plot designed to bring down great American men.
TEHRAN, May 8 -Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has found it highly disrespectful that he was served desserts in shoes during a meal with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week.
TEHRAN, May 8 - Armenia's opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan has won the parliament's backing to take over as the country's prime minister, ending weeks of mass protests against corruption in the ex-Soviet republic.
TEHRAN, May 7 - President Hassan Rouhani says Iran seeks “constructive” and “win-win” relations with the world, but will continue down the path of development at home regardless of any sanctions against the country.
TEHRAN, May 7 - Israel’s foreign ministry has launched a Facebook page uniquely dedicated to efforts to sway the public opinion in Iraq in favor of the Tel Aviv regime, a new report says.
TEHRAN, May 7 -The state-run Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) and China Huadian Hongkong Company Limited (CHDHK) have signed an agreement to form a joint venture company to set up a coal-based power plant with a capacity of 1,320 megawatts, a senior BPDB official said on Monday.
TEHRAN, May 7 -US President Donald Trump has defended his nominee to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, Gina Haspel, after she offered to withdraw amid questions over her role in the agency’s torture program.
TEHRAN, May 7 -Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri says his party has lost a third of seats in the Sunday parliamentary elections, winning only 21 seats, down from the 33 it had been holding since the last time Lebanon elected a parliament in 2009.
TEHRAN, May 7 -Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri has warned that the Islamic Republic would give a proportionate response to the enemy's slightest aggression against the country.
TEHRAN, May 7 - The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a wide-scale vaccination campaign against cholera in Yemen, as the epidemic is expected to further spread due to the rainy season and deteriorating health and sanitation systems in the war-torn country.
TEHRAN, May 7 - The Daesh Takfiri terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the assassination of an Iraqi parliamentary candidate at his home in the country’s northern province of Nineveh.
TEHRAN, May 7 - Afghanistan's poverty rate has worsened sharply over the past five years as the economy has stalled and the Taliban insurgency has spread, with more than half the population living on less than a dollar a day, a survey published on Monday showed.
TEHRAN, May 4 - Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has reported better-than-projected earnings in the January-to-March quarter. Revenue climbed 61 percent to 61.9 billion yuan ($9.7 billion), boosted by steady sales in the firm’s core businesses.