Featured, Iran, Middle East, Others, World News
Iran dismisses report on nuclear arms quote
Iran has dismissed a recent report by an American paper which claimed Tehran was seeking nuclear weapons in the late 1980s. Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast described the report as a “propaganda ploy that shows Washington’s ultimate frustration.” In a Sunday article titled ‘Iran’s attempted deal with Pakistan,’ The Washington Post, quoted Abdul Qadir [...]
Featured, Iraq, Middle East, Others, World News
Iraq premier Maliki sweeps votes in Baghdad
Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has swept the vote in the country’s largest province, Baghdad, early results from parliamentary elections show. With 60 percent of ballots counted, the prime minister’s Rule of Law Alliance garnered 518,203 votes, with the Iraqiya bloc of secular ex-premier Iyad Allawi coming in second with 453,028, AFP reported Monday. The [...]
Featured, Iran, Middle East, Others, World News
Judiciary chief says Iran foundations are strong
As Iran prepares for the Persian New Year, the Judiciary chief said Sunday the events of the past year, which ends March 21st, have made the Islamic Republic stronger than before. Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani said although the year was “bittersweet,” its events had paved the ground for the foundation of the revolution, the Iranian [...]
Featured, Iran, Middle East, Others, World News
Rafsanjani calls for ‘rational’ expression of opinion
Chairman of Iran’s Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani calls on Iranian youth and university students to choose a “rational” manner to express their views. Rafsanjani said Sunday that everybody should be free to express their views, adding that “I will never ask them to remain silent.” However, the former president added, “We should speak [...]
Featured, Iraq, Middle East, Others, World News
Maliki coalition leading in Basra
Early results from Iraq’s general elections show Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s coalition having a wide lead in the southern oil hub of Basra. Maliki’s State of Law coalition had 219,657 votes compared to 121,497 for the Iraqi National Alliance. Iraqiya, led by former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, had 36,093 votes. The totals represented 63 percent [...]
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Afghanistan, Asia-Pacific
One dead in attack on US base in Kabul
15 March 2010 19:00
One person has been killed in an early morning rocket attack on the largest US military hub north of the Afghan capital of Kabul, NATO says. The US military did not give details of the Monday attack on Bagram Air Field. It also did not say whether the victim was from the military personnel or [...] Continue Reading
Asia-Pacific, India, World News
India’s missile shield project fails
15 March 2010 18:49
India’s test of a homemade missile defense shield, which was expected to find and demolish hostile ballistic missiles, have proven to be unsuccessful. The Indian military officials dismantled the test on Monday after radars failed to keep track of a nuclear-capable missile expected to be detected and destroyed by an interceptor missile. The target missile [...] Continue Reading
Afghanistan, Asia-Pacific, World News
US Predator crashes in Afghanistan
15 March 2010 18:26
An American MQ-1 Predator drone has crashed on takeoff in southern Afghanistan, the US Air Forces Central Command confirms. Early Monday reports said the aircraft was not gunned down by a hostile fire. It was also noted that the accident has left no casualties. The US military said the drone was to conduct a surveillance [...] Continue Reading
Asia-Pacific, India, World News
India’s missile shield project fails
15 March 2010 18:24
India’s test of a homemade missile defense shield, which was expected to find and demolish hostile ballistic missiles, have proven to be unsuccessful. The Indian military officials dismantled the test on Monday after radars failed to keep track of a nuclear-capable missile expected to be detected and destroyed by an interceptor missile. The target missile [...] Continue Reading
Europe, World News
Italy swiftly reviewing case of arrested Iranians
15 March 2010 17:53
Italy’s Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said Monday that the country is “swiftly” following up on the case of the two Iranians arrested on charges of arms smuggling. Frattini said, in a phone conversation with his Iranian counterpart, he was aware that the arrest of an accredited journalist and another Iranian had a “negative” impact on [...] Continue Reading
Europe, World News
Italian figures condemn arrest of Iranian journalist
15 March 2010 17:34
More than 70 of Italian personalities in a signed petition have called for the release of an Iranian journalist, detained over alleged arms smuggling. Hamid Masouminejad, a reporter for the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), was arrested after Italian counterterrorism prosecutor Armando Spataro claimed an investigation had implicated him in arms smuggling to Iran. [...] Continue Reading
Europe, World News
EU raps Israel over illegal settlement expansion
15 March 2010 17:30
The European Union’s top diplomat, Catherine Ashton, has criticized Israel for endangering the fragile Middle East peace process by announcing plans to expand “illegal settlements.” “Recent Israeli decisions to build new housing units in East Jerusalem have endangered and undermined the tentative agreement to begin proximity talks,” the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and [...] Continue Reading
Afghanistan, Asia-Pacific, World News
Karzai orders extra troops in Kandahar
15 March 2010 17:28
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has ordered extra security forces for the southern city of Kandahar, following the death of dozens of people in Taliban attacks. “The Afghan president has ordered new security forces for better security of Kandahar,” Interior Minister Mohammad Hanif Atmar told reporters on Monday. The news comes a day after seven coordinated [...] Continue Reading
Iran, Middle East, World News
In Iran, Majlis passes new budget bill
15 March 2010 17:27
After long hours of debate, Iran’s Majlis (parliament) has passed the budget bill for the new Persian calendar year starting March 21st. The bill encompasses measures that give President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the go-ahead for the first phase of his major economic reform plan. Less than a week to the Persian New Year, lawmakers wrapped up [...] Continue Reading
Middle East, Turkey, World News
Israel’s army chief visits Turkey
15 March 2010 16:10
Israel’s Army Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi has traveled to Turkey to attend a NATO conference amid rising tensions between Tel Aviv and Ankara. During his one day visit to Ankara, Ashkenazi will meet with his Turkish counterpart General Ilker Basbug and Turkish Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul, Ynet reported. Ashkenazi will head to the NATO [...] Continue Reading
Europe, World News
Germany third-biggest arms supplier worldwide
15 March 2010 12:12
A new study has named Germany as the world’s third major arms exporter, saying the volume of weapons and other military technology it sold abroad “increased by over 100%” in the past decade. A report released on Monday by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) highlights that despite the worldwide financial crisis, the arms [...] Continue Reading
Iran, Iraq, Middle East, World News
Iran congratulates Iraqis on election, envoy departs
15 March 2010 02:41
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki congratulated the people of Iraq on holding a successful general election in his last meeting with the outgoing Iraqi ambassador. “The Iraqi elections showed that despite enemy plots, it is the people of Iraq who determine their country’s destiny,” Mottaki told Iraq’s ambassador to Tehran, Mohammad Majid al-Sheikh. Tehran-Baghdad relations [...] Continue Reading
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