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Australian Wildfire Smoke Stokes Health Fears in Cities
January 16,2020
CANBERRA, Australia — Fire alarms have been sounding in high-rise buildings across downtown Sydney and Melbourne as dense smoke from distant wildfires confuse ...
Philippines Volcano Spews Lava Half-Mile High, threatens to Erupt Again as Flights Grounded
January 16,2020
MANILA - A volcanic eruption in the Philippines continues to spew lava half a mile into the sky, creating lightning bolts, and threatening to erupt again even as tens of thousands ...
EU Launches Iran Nuclear Deal Dispute Action
January 15,2020
BRUSSELS — Britain, France and Germany have launched action under the Iran nuclear agreement paving the way for possible sanctions in response to Tehran’s attempts to roll ...
Libyan General Haftar Left Moscow Talks Without Signing Truce with Tripoli-Based GNA
January 15,2020
TRIPOLI - Khalifa Haftar, who leads the Libyan National Army, failed to come to terms with the rival Government of National Accord, leaving the closely-watched Moscow talks ...
Canada: Iran Giving Access to Data Recorders from Downed Ukrainian Passenger Jet
January 15,2020
OTTAWA - Canada’s Transportation Safety Board on Monday said Iran has given investigators permission to analyze the “black box” flight data recorders from the Ukrainian ...
Johnson: New Trump Deal Can Replace the Iran Nuclear Pact
January 15,2020
LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday called on U.S. President Donald Trump to replace the Iranian nuclear deal with his own new agreement to ensure that ...
Heads of Libya’s Warring Sides in Russia for Talks
January 14,2020
TRIPOLI - The leaders of Libya’s two warring sides have arrived in Moscow for talks, a day after a ceasefire brokered by Russia and Turkey came into force. The development on Monday came amid suggestions that ...
Kazakhstan - Iran Flight Implemented for First Time Since Ukranian Plane Crash
January 14,2020
NUR SULTAN - The plane of the Iranian Mahan Air airline company implementing flight on the route Almaty – Tehran has successfully landed in the Imam Khomeini International ...
Iran Police Shoot at Those Protesting Plane Shootdown
January 14,2020
TEHRAN - Iranian security forces fired both live ammunition and tear gas to disperse demonstrators protesting against the Islamic Republic’s initial denial that it shot down ...
Australian ‘Megablaze’ Brought Under Control
January 14,2020
CANBERRA - Exhausted firefighters said they had finally brought Australia’s largest “megablaze” under control Monday, as wet weather promised to deliver much-needed respite for ...
China Says Will Not Change Position on Taiwan After Landslide Election
January 13,2020
TAIPEI - China will not change its position that Taiwan belongs to it, Beijing said on Sunday, after President Tsai Ing-wen won re-election and said she would ...
Russian MP Slutsky Calls Iran’s Admission of Responsibility for Ukrainian Boeing Crash ‘Courageous’
January 13,2020
MOSCOW - By admitting responsibility for shooting down the Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) flight on January 8, Tehran proved wrong accusations of pursuing a destructive ...
Queen, Prince Harry, Senior Royals Set for Crisis Meeting
January 13,2020
LONDON - Queen Elizabeth II will host a showdown meeting with Prince Harry on Monday in an attempt to solve the crisis triggered by his bombshell announcement that he and wife Meghan ...
New Indian Citizenship Law Fulfills Wishes of Mahatma Gandhi & Other Freedom Fighters – PM Modi
January 13,2020
NEW DELHI - The new citizenship law aimed at helping religious minorities that come to India from Muslim-majority states is in line with the ideas of Mahatma Gandhi and other independence ...
Ukrainian Interior Ministry Expects Iran Identify Plane Crash Victims’ Bodies, Return Them to Kyiv
January 12,2020
KYIV - The Ukrainian Interior Ministry has handed over to Tehran the DNA samples collected from the relatives of the people killed in the crash of a Ukraine International Airlines ...
Oman Names Culture Minister as Successor to Sultan Qaboos
January 12,2020
MUSCAT — Oman announced Saturday culture minister Haitham bin Tariq Al Said as the new ruler of the Gulf Arab country, ending speculation over the mystery of who would succeed ...
Kazakhstan, Malaysia Mutually Interested in Bilateral Cooperation Deepening
January 12,2020
NUR SULTAN - Kazakhstan and Malaysia expressed mutual interest in the further deepening of the bilateral political cooperation, Trend reports with reference to ...
Canada, Under Pressure at Home Over Plane Crash, Warns Iran World Is Watching
January 12,2020
OTTAWA/EDMONTON, Alberta - The Canadian government, under pressure at home to be tougher on Iran over intelligence reports it shot down a passenger jet, on Friday reiterated calls for ...
Iraqi Cleric Condemns U.S. And Iran as Fears of Wider Conflict Persist
January 11,2020
BAGHDAD - Iraq’s top Shi’ite Muslim cleric on Friday condemned the U.S.-Iranian military confrontation taking place on Iraqi soil, saying it risked plunging the war-ravaged country and ...
US-Iran Tensions After Soleimani Killing: All The Latest Updates
January 11,2020
WASHINGTON - Fears of imminent war between Iran and the United States have sparked following the United States’s assassination of ...
Prince Harry’s Wife Meghan Returns to Canada Amid Royal Storm
January 11,2020
OTTAWA - Prince Harry’s wife Meghan has returned to Canada following the couple’s bombshell announcement that they were quitting their frontline royal duties, their spokeswoman said ...
Kazakh Bek Air’s Plane Crash: Icing Considered Main Reason for Crash
January 11,2020
NUR SULTAN - Interstate Aviation Committee is considering icing of the plane to be the main reason for Bek Air’s plane crash, Kazakhstan’s Deputy Prime Minister Roman Sklyar said, Trend ...
Iraqi PM Received ‘Verbal Message’ From Iran About Missile Attack
January 09,2020
BAGHDAD - Iraq’s caretaker Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi was alerted by Iran that its response to the US assassination of its top military general was either imminent ...
Ukrainian Airliner Crashes in Iran, Killing 176
January 09,2020
DUBAI/KIEV - A Ukrainian airliner crashed shortly after take-off from Tehran early on Wednesday, bursting into flames and killing all 176 people on ...
US-Iran Missile Strikes, Syria & Libya: What’s on the Table When Putin Meets with Erdogan
January 09,2020
MOSCOW - Arriving in Turkey for the grand opening of a gas pipeline, Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to discuss the recent escalation of the US-Iranian ...
High-Stakes Decision Looms for Trump in Showdown with Iran
January 09,2020
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump faces one of the greatest tests of his presidency after Iran launched ballistic missiles at Iraqi bases housing U.S. troops. It was Iran’s most brazen direct ...
Netanyahu Says Israel Should ‘Stay Out’ of Fallout from US Killing of Soleimani, Per Report
January 08,2020
JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought to distance himself from the U.S.-led airstrike that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, telling Security Cabinet ...
Muslims should unite after Iran commander’s killing: Malaysian PM
January 08,2020
KUALA LUMPUR - Muslim countries should unite to protect themselves against external threats, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Tuesday after describing the U.S. killing of ...
Turkey’s Export from Ankara, Istanbul to Kyrgyzstan Rises
January 08,2020
BISHKEK - From January through November 2019, Turkey’s export from Ankara and Istanbul to Kyrgyzstan amounted to $286.9 million, Turkey’s Ministry of Trade told Trend ...
Japan Issues Arrest Warrant for Ghosn’s Wife, looks for Ways to Bring Him Back
January 08,2020
TOKYO - Tokyo prosecutors on Tuesday issued an arrest warrant for Carlos Ghosn’s wife Carole for allegedly lying in testimony, as officials sought ways to bring the fugitive car ...
‘Remove America from The Region’: New Head of Iran’s Quds Force Promises to Avenge Soleimani’s Killing
January 07,2020
WASHINGTON - Tehran will avenge the assassination of Qassem Soleimani by driving the US out of the region, his successor said shortly after another Revolutionary Guard ...
German Fm: Iran’s New Nuclear Policy May End Agreement with World Powers
January 07,2020
BERLIN - In an interview with Deutchlandfunk (DLF) radio Monday German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said Iran’s announcement on Sunday that it would not comply with any ...
Iraq Vote, Hezbollah Threat Leveled at US Troops in Mideast
January 07,2020
BAGHDAD — The U.S. military presence in the Middle East was thrown into jeopardy Sunday, as Iraq’s parliament voted to expel U.S. troops from their country while the leader ...
Turkmenistan Approves Country’s Representatives to Hungarian-Turkmen Commission
January 07,2020
ASHGABAT - Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has approved the Turkmen side’s composition of Hungary-Turkmenistan intergovernmental commission for economic ...
Trump Says 52 Targets Already Lined Up If Iran Retaliates
January 06,2020
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump issued a stark warning to Iran on Saturday, threatening to hit dozens of targets in the Islamic Republic “very fast ...