The spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry says the Islamic Republic has already introduced special initiatives for the advancement of the Vienna talks on the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal, stressing that the United States needs to make a political decision and respond to Tehran’s proposals.
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‘Military tension will rise’: Russia chides NATO Nordic expansion
Decisions by Finland and Sweden to join the Western military alliance threaten to increase the chance of armed confrontation, Russian official says.
Read More »Swedish, Finnish ministers to head to Turkey for NATO talks – TT news agency
The foreign ministers of Sweden and Finland plan to travel “soon” to Turkey for talks to address Ankara’s objections to NATO membership for the two Nordic countries, news agency TT reported, citing the Swedish foreign office. Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde and Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto would meet their …
Read More »Unilateral action on Northern Irish Brexit rules is wrong, Sinn Fein tells UK PM
Sinn Fein President Mary Lou McDonald said her party had a “fairly tough” meeting with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday in which they told him taking unilateral action over post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland would be wrong. Johnson says the European Union must make concessions on the …
Read More »Lebanon’s Interior Minister Announces Results of Parliamentary Vote in 5 Districts
The Lebanese Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi announced on Monday the official results of the parliamentary elections in five districts, hailing the democratic achievement of holding the vote. Mawlawi announced the names of the winners as follows: 1- Bekaa I: Ramy Abu Hamda, George Akis, Michel Daher, Elias Estephan, Salim Aoun, …
Read More »North Korea mobilizes military to battle Covid
Officials have confirmed a total of 50 deaths and over 1.21 million cases of “fever” since late April
Read More »Israel detained one million Palestinians since Nakba in 1948: Advocacy group
A prisoners advocacy group says more than one million Palestinians have been detained by Israel since the ‘Nakba’ in 1948, which marked the loss of the Palestinian homeland.
Read More »2 bomb blasts in S Damascus leaves several killed, injured
A number of Syrian citizens were killed and several others were injured when two bombs exploded simultaneously on the outskirts of the city of Al Kiswah, south of Damascus.
Read More »Dust storm in Iraq suspended flights at airports; 4000 cases of suffocation reported
Iraqi media sources reported a large dust storm in various parts of Iraq and the suspension of flights at Baghdad and Najaf International Airports due to low visibility. Severe dust storms ripped through various provinces in Iraq on Monday. Social media users also posted pictures of various provinces, including Najaf, …
Read More »3 killed, many injured in California, Texas shootings
Shootings in a church in California, and a market in Texas left at least three dead and several injured on Sunday, US authorities said.
Read More »Ceasefire reached to evacuate wounded from Azovstal plant in Ukraine’s Mariupol
Russia’s defense ministry said Monday that an agreement has been reached to evacuate injured soldiers from the Azovstal steel plant in Ukraine’s port city of Mariupol. “An agreement was reached with representatives of the Ukrainian military blocked at Azovstal in Mariupol to evacuate the wounded,” the ministry said. It added …
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