
DEFENSE
‘Enemies unable to catch Iran off-guard’
A senior Iranian military commander says enemies cannot catch Iran’s Armed Forces off-guard.

A senior Iranian military commander says enemies cannot catch Iran’s Armed Forces off-guard.

The US government is an aspiring empire and “super predator” determined to control the world, an American writer and political analyst says.

Germany accepts Turkey's request to prosecute German comedian Jan Boehmermann over a satirical poem about Erdogan.

An American political analyst says multinational corporations own the US Congress, which passes wages wars to boost their profits.

Human Rights Watch says 30,000 civilians have fled skirmishes between Daesh and rival militant groups in northern Syria in 48 hours.

The US has criticized China’s human rights record in an annual report, prompting Beijing to blast Washington’s own rights record.

Police in Cairo fire tear gas at people protesting President Sisi’s recent decision to give away two islands to Saudi Arabia.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani warns of divisive enemy plots against Muslims.

A former Turkish ambassador to NATO says an emerging Turkish-Saudi alliance will not last long.

The EU censures Israel’s resumption of construction activities at the site of separation wall in West Bank.

Armenia-backed militiamen accuse Azerbaijan's government forces of killing two Armenian soldiers despite a ceasefire.

Wounded militants are receiving medical treatment at illegal clinics inside Turkey, with the knowledge of the Ankara government, militants say.

Egyptians are holding a massive protest rally in Cairo against a government decision to give away two islands to Riyadh.

Americans hold nationwide protests to demand a rise in the minimum wage.

The Saudi foreign minister admits that the kingdom gave a big sum of money as a gift to Malaysian prime minister.

Saudi warplanes bombard a number of areas in the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, in defiance of a UN-brokered ceasefire.

The Pentagon chief is set to visit a US warship in the South China Sea.

An Israeli Arab MP says the Palestinians should keep Israelis away from al-Aqsa Mosque Compound.