TEHRAN, Jan 14 -Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says there are still significant disagreements with Japan on reaching a conclusive peace deal to end a decades-long territorial dispute over a group of islands, which has prevented the two sides from promoting their ties since the conclusion of World War II.
TEHRAN, Jan 14 -Israeli police forces have prevented hundreds of Muslim worshipers from saying their prayers in the Dome of the Rock mosque, which is located inside the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the occupied Old City of East Jerusalem al-Quds.
TEHRAN, Jan 14 - A renowned Muslim preacher and a university lecturer has been declared brain-dead after Saudi officials injected poisonous substance into his body during brutal torture in prison as a crackdown led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman against Muslim preachers and intellectuals widens in the conservative oil-rich kingdom.
TEHRAN, Jan 14 - China's 2018 trade surplus with the United States surged to a record $323.3 billion, but exports contracted in December as the delayed impact of President Donald Trump's tariff hikes started to hurt demand.
TEHRAN, Jan 14 - An official at the Iranian Space Agency (ISA) says the Islamic Republic is the sole country in the region actively producing satellite launchers as Tehran is getting ready to put two new satellites into orbit.
TEHRAN, Jan 14 - A UK member of parliament, who helped enforce discipline in Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party, has resigned over her Brexit deal with the European Union which faces a crucial vote in parliament on Tuesday.
TEHRAN, Jan 13- -Thousands of mourners gathered in disputed Kashmir on Sunday, January 13, for the funeral of a commander of pro-independence fighters, Zeenatul Islam, who was killed in a battle with government forces.
TEHRAN, Jan 13 -Senior Tory figures in the British parliament are ready to seize control of the country’s withdrawal from the European Union (EU) if lawmakers reject Prime Minister Theresa May's divorce deal with the bloc in an upcoming vote, a new report suggests.
TEHRAN, Jan 13 -Sudanese police have fired tear gas at crowds of anti-government protesters in the capital Khartoum and the western region of Darfur during nationwide demonstrations against the 30-year rule of President Omar al-Bashir.
TEHRAN, Jan 13 -Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has called an immediate vote of confidence in his government at the parliament after his Defense Minister Panos Kammenos — a coalition ally — announced his resignation in protest against a deal to solve a long-standing dispute with neighboring Macedonia.
TEHRAN, Jan 13 -The spokesman for Yemeni Armed Forces says army troopers and allied fighters from Popular Committees have a large number of domestically-developed combat drones and ballistic missiles in their inventory.
TEHRAN, Jan 13 -Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has commended Iraq's positive stance on the promotion of ties with Iran, saying the two countries have managed to foil US bids to sabotage mutual relations.
TEHRAN, Jan 13 -Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi says the country has broken new ground in the field of nuclear technology and is now taking preliminary steps toward production of 20-percent modern nuclear fuel.
TEHRAN, Jan 12 - At least five people have been killed and four others injured during clashes between police and gunmen who stormed a police station in Afghanistan's western province of Herat.
TEHRAN, Jan 12 -China’s flagship technology company Huawei has fired its sales director in Poland after authorities arrested the former diplomat over suspicious activities.
TEHRAN, Jan 12 - Martin Fayulu, the runner-up in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's presidential election, has filed an appeal against the result of the election.
TEHRAN, Jan 12 - The “yellow vest” protests are gaining momentum in France due to the fact that French authorities are not responding to the people ’s “legitimate” demands, says an analyst.
TEHRAN, Jan 12 - US President Donald Trump has again blasted former FBI director James Comey and other "losers" at the agency following US media reports that the FBI began an investigation of Trump last year to find out whether he had a clandestine agenda to help Russia.