TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi strongly condemned terrorist attacks in Spain that have killed at least 13 people and injured more than 100 others, renewing his call for a strong global alliance against violence and terrorism. In a statement on Friday, Qassemi deplored the deadly attacks in Spain claimed by Daesh […]
SYDNEY, Australia — Australia’s Senate is rowdy and raucous, and often compared to a schoolyard. But after the leader of the anti-immigrant One Nation party walked into the chamber on Thursday wearing a full-body burqa, the room went silent. The party leader, Pauline Hanson, took her seat as political rivals watched astounded. Senators from her […]
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Twenty-five criminals were killed overnight in the Philippine capital Manila, police said on Thursday, including 14 in anti-drug operations in a second night of heavy bloodshed this week as a fierce war on drugs intensifies. The killings across Manila followed 32 deaths in near-simultaneous police operations on Monday night through to Tuesday […]
Indonesian police said Tuesday that they foiled an Islamic State-linked terror plot to attack the Presidential Palace with chemical bombs, by arresting five suspects and seizing explosives and bomb-making material in raids near the capital Jakarta. Investigators uncovered the plot while interrogating two of the suspects – a husband and wife – who revealed that […]
A man carrying a shotgun has climbed on a roof of a building located in Esenyurt district of Istanbul and opened fire, local media reports. A video of the alleged shooter has emerged in social media shortly after the initial reports. The footage shows the perpetrator shouting and pointing at someone with the barrel of […]
Lao soldiers occupying an area south of the Sekong River claimed by both Laos and Cambodia have pulled back from the disputed zone following a meeting Saturday in which the prime ministers of both countries promised to work to reduce tensions, Cambodian media and other sources said. The Aug. 12 meeting between Cambodian prime minister […]
News that Hong Kong government broadcaster RTHK will cease rebroadcasting the BBC World Service on AM radio has prompted calls for its reinstatement, after the station said it would be replaced by programming in Mandarin from China’s state broadcaster. BBC World Service programming, which has been rebroadcast in the former British colony since 1978, will […]
Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen called on Laos on Friday to withdraw troops he said have been present in Cambodia since April, threatening military action against the neighboring country if its soldiers are not pulled out by Aug. 17, Cambodian media and other sources said. Speaking at a ceremony in the capital Phnom Penh, Hun […]
