Iran's President Hassan Rouhani vowed on Tuesday that his country would continue to back Syria in its fight against "terrorism", the semi-official news agency Tasnim reported. "Iran will continue helping Syria in the fight against terrorism and towards establishing security in the region," ...
TEHRAN – Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Shamkhani on Tuesday reiterated Tehran’s long-standing position that inter-Syrian dialogue is the only way to put an end to the ongoing crisis in the country. During a meeting with Hadiya Khalaf Abbas, the Syrian parliament speaker, ...
Abdollahian, international affairs advisor to the speaker of Iran’s Parliament, has said Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei prohibited the government from holding talks with the United States over Syria. In a meeting with the visiting Speaker of the People's Council of Syria Hadiya Khalaf ...
Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani (R) and Syrian Parliament Speaker Hadiya Khalaf Abbas meet in Tehran on September 27, 2016. (Photo by ISNA)/ Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani has criticized the US for providing various ...
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (R) and Syrian Parliament Speaker Hadiya Khalaf Abbas meet in Tehran on September 27, 2016. (Photo by president.ir)/ Iranian President Hassan Rouhani vows that Tehran will continue supporting Syria in the fight against terrorism and to restore security to the ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A scuba dive boat captain was scheduled to be sentenced by a federal judge Thursday on a conviction of criminal negligence after 34 people died in a fire aboard the vessel nearly five years ago. was the deadliest maritime disaster in recent U.S. history, and prompted changes ...
- Bitcoin’s tumble is piquing the interest of investors who view pronounced swings in the digital token as a possible precursor for broader changes in risk appetite in global markets./ The cryptocurrency has shed about 4% in the past two days following a near 16% plunge in April, the worst ...
In many southern Lebanese villages, there are no signs of life. People have fled, leaving towns deserted. Israel has been carrying out strikes on southern Lebanon almost daily since Hezbollah - the powerful Lebanese Shia Islamist group - fired rockets at Israel on 8 October in support of Hamas ...
The family of a gay British-Mexican man held in Qatar for alleged drug offences has given further details of what they say was a "honeytrap" operation using the gay dating app, Grindr./ Manuel Guerrero Aviña was approached online by a man called "Gio" and they arranged to meet - but he was ...
Two human rights groups have condemned an 11-year prison sentence handed to a Saudi fitness instructor and women's rights activist by a terrorism court./ Manahel al-Otaibi, 29, was convicted of charges related to her clothing choices and expression of her views online,/ These included calls for ...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — It was the music that changed first. Or maybe that’s just when many people at the pale brick Catholic church in the quiet Wisconsin neighborhood finally began to realize what was happening. The choir director, a fixture at St. Maria Goretti for nearly 40 years, was suddenly ...
Shohei Ohtani is still just playing baseball after being all but cleared in the Ippei Mizuhara scandal. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)/ If you were curious about what exactly happened to Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani's money after it was allegedly stolen by his former interpreter, ...
Spiralling tensions and cross-border strikes which have killed more than 70 civilians in Lebanon have turned parts of south into ghost towns. Residents have fled, leaving their homes at risk of destruction. The BBC went on patrol with the UN's peacekeeping force there to see what has happened./ ...
, the veteran ABC News meteorologist who provided weather updates for , has been fired by the network, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to The Daily Beast. ABC News gave Marciano the boot on Tuesday following complaints from multiple network staffers over his behavior, sources noted. ...
Thick murky clouds fill the sky, with freezing winds carrying snow faster than 100 miles per hour. With a frigid –30 degrees Fahrenheit temperature, life-threatening snowstorms and avalanches are frequent. And these are typical conditions on the world’s highest mountain: Mount Everest. The ...