TEHRAN, October 20 -A high-ranking Iraqi security official says pro-government fighters from the Popular Mobilization Units have managed to completely destroy the command center of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in the Arab country’s eastern province of Diyala.
TEHRAN, October 20 -Minor earthquakes have been reported near a fracking (hydraulic fracturing) operation site in northwest England where people continue protesting against the environmental damage of the controversial gas-extraction operation.
TEHRAN, October 20 -Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has accepted resignations of Minister of Roads and Urban Development Abbas Akhoundi and Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade Mohammad Shariatmadari.
TEHRAN, October 19 - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev have officially initiated the construction of a two-reactor nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan's western region of Navoiy.
TEHRAN, October 19 - A commuter train traveling at high speed struck a crowd of people seated on tracks in northern India on Friday and at least 50 were feared killed, Punjab state police and witnesses said.
TEHRAN, October 19 - The secretary general of Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement says the policies of the United States and Saudi Arabia stoke tensions across the Middle East.
TEHRAN, October 19 - At least 32 civilians have lost their lives when warplanes of the US-led coalition purportedly fighting the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group carried out a series of airstrikes in Syria's oil-rich eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr in less than 24 hours, a monitoring group says.
TEHRAN, October 19 - Some 130 Palestinian protesters, including 25 children, have been injured by Israeli fire during anti-occupation protests at the Gaza border, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, amid Amnesty International's condemnation of Israel's newly proclaimed "zero tolerance" towards protesters.
TEHRAN, October 19 - Participants in the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) have reaffirmed their "collective support" for a multilateral nuclear agreement Iran signed with major world powers in 2015, saying the lifting of sanctions against Tehran is an essential part of the deal.
TEHRAN, October 17 -Haitian President Jovenel Moise has reportedly survived an assassination attempt at a commemoration ceremony in the country’s capital of Port-au-Prince, amid resumed anti-government protests against financial corruption and a range of economic issues.
TEHRAN, October 17 -Lebanese President Michel Aoun announced on Thursday that a new government will be formed very soon, ending over five months of deadlock after the parliamentary elections.
TEHRAN, October 17 -A violent incident of a UK police officer being run over in Manchester has attracted attention to a growth of violence in England and Wales.
TEHRAN, October 17 -An independent human rights group says it documented 2,165 cases of grave human rights violations in Bahrain last year as the ruling Al Khalifah regime relentlessly continues with its crackdown on human rights activists and pro-democracy campaigners in the kingdom.
TEHRAN, October 17 -Russian President Vladimir Putin has rejected US and Israeli calls for Moscow to persuade Iran to pull its military forces out of Syria, saying it is not what Russia can make a decision about.
TEHRAN, October 17 -A British court has quashed jail sentences given to three activists over their protest to a controversial fracking operation in Lancashire, in northwest England.
TEHRAN, October 17 -Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel warned Wednesday that Europe must be prepared for a no-deal Brexit, as EU leaders sought to unblock stalled divorce talks with Britain.
TEHRAN, October 17 -An armed attack on a college in the Black Sea region of Crimea has claimed the lives of at least 19 people and injured about 50 others.
TEHRAN, October 17 -The Boston Celtics have grabbed a convincing 105- 87 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers in the opening game of the National Basketball League's new season.
TEHRAN, October 17 -The US government’s budget deficit has surged to $779 billion in fiscal 2018, its highest level in six years as President Donald Trump’s tax cuts caused the government to borrow more heavily in order to cover its spending.