March 24th, 20170ANKARA — Iran is sending advanced weapons and military advisers to Yemen's rebel Houthi movement, stepping up support for its ally in a civil war whose outcome could sway the balance of power in the Middle East, regional and Western sources say.
Iran's enemy Saudi Arabia is leading a coalition fighting the Houthis in the...
March 12th, 20170DAMASCUS- According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the death toll of a double bomb attack targeting Shi'ite pilgrims in Damascus has climbed to 74.
Yesterday, the Iraqi foreign ministry said that the bombs killed at least 40 Iraqis and wounded 120 who were visiting the Sayeda Zeinab shrine.
There was no immediate claim...
TEHRAN — Iran has indicted a member of its nuclear negotiating team who was arrested last year on suspicion of spying, and detained an Iranian American on charges of defrauding people under the guise of helping them emigrate, the Iranian judiciary said on Sunday.
Authorities have formally charged a dual national who had been a...
March 10th, 20170In a Fox News interview that aired on Sunday, Feb. 5, President Trump defended Russian President Vladimir Putin when host Bill O’Reilly asked him why he respects him so much if he’s a killer.
"There are a lot of killers," Trump replied. "Got a lot of killers. What, do you think our country's so innocent?"
No, our country...
March 6th, 20170
Washington, DC - On Monday, the U.S. State Department issued and then deleted a congratulatory message for an Oscar win by a prominent Iranian director who criticized President Trump's travel ban as "inhumane."
The State Department's official Persian-language Twitter account, @USAdarFarsi, tweeted congratulations to the Iranian...
March 6th, 20170
WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump signed a revised executive order for a U.S. travel ban on Monday, leaving Iraq off the list of targeted countries, after his controversial first attempt was blocked in the courts, senior administration officials said.
The new order, which the White House said Trump had signed, will keep a...
February 9th, 20170
SAN FRANCISCO ― A federal appeals court on Thursday unanimously upheld a temporary suspension of President Donald Trump's order that restricted travel from seven Muslim-majority countries.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling came in a challenge to Trump's order filed by the states of Washington and Minnesota. The U.S....
