London-Newly declassified U.S. government documents released by Washington few days ago revealed the founder of the Wilayat al-Faqih was in contact with the U.S. government since the 1960’s, even until a few days before his arrival to Tehran from the French capital and the creation of the Iran
Aden-A UAE ship carrying 14,000 tons of oil products docked in Aden, Yemen. The ship arrived after days of blackout in Aden. Yemen Oil and Gas Corporation and Aden Refinery Company in Aden issued a joint statement announcing the arrival of Emirati “C. John” ship to Gates Harbor carrying 14,000 metri
Beirut- Security fears have doubled on the eve of the holy month of Ramadan over continuous threats made by ISIS and al-Nusra Front. Al-Nusra spokesman in Syria’s Qalamoun region Sirajeddine Zuraiqat said lately in a series of tweets that militants should be ready for jihad during Ramadan. Security
London- In a ground-breaking discovery, German scientists arrived at a positive finding expected to later help in the realization of cancer fighting vaccines, reported the scientific journal “Nature”. Mining a series of genetic encoding specialized to take down malignant proteins, the vaccine works
Beirut-The Special Tribunal for Lebanon adjourned on Thursday the proceedings in the trial of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri against the backdrop of differences in the viewpoint of the Trial Chamber and the attorneys for Mustafa Badreddine. The lawyers have asked for a suspension of tri
Vienna-The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) chose during its Vienna meeting, on Thursday, not to change the production of crude oil, claiming that current production quantities were acceptable. The organization was content with administrative changes by appointing Nigeria’s
Beirut: Turkey is extremely worried about developments happening behind its northern borderline. The expansion of Syria’s Kurds in the direction of the city of Manbij and the possibility of finding geographic link between the Afreen area and the rest of Kurdish areas in Syria, isolates Turkey
Cologne, Ankara- Turkey recalled its ambassador to Germany on Thursday after the German parliament overwhelmingly voted to label the killings of Armenians and minority Christians by Ottoman forces a century ago as genocide. The motion, which was put forward by Chancellor Angela Merkel’s govern
Scientists concluded that ancient humans made dogs their best friend twice by domesticating two separate populations of wolves thousands of miles apart in Europe and Asia. Scientists said they had used modern genetics to unravel canine evolutionary history, revealing a deep internal split between do
Singer Prince, 57, who was found dead in his home in a Minneapolis suburb in late April, died of an accidental, self-administered overdose of an opioid painkiller, according to the county medical examiner death report on Thursday. The Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office in Anoka County, Minnesot
The Brazilian government will possibly help block Venezuela from taking the rotating presidency of the Mercosur trade group this month, which will help to prevent beleaguered Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro from firming his hold on power. However, such move has yet to be decided since it has not be
BMW (BMWG.DE) has transformed its “i” division into a development center for self-driving cars, a board member stated. While Tesla’s (TSLA.O) Model 3 will be in showrooms in 2017, the German carmaker appears to have all-electric cars on the back burner with its next fully-electric
Yemen foiled a massive terrorist attack by al Qaeda militants that planned to target local administrative headquarters in the city of Mukalla the UAE state news agency WAM said on Thursday. Security forces found a car laden with 15 high-explosive bombs that an al Qaeda suspect was planning to blow u
London-Khomeini’s grandson, Ali Khomeini, defended the series of executions carried out by the first supreme leader of Iran by saying that his grandfather’s firmness in ruling the country was the major reason behind the Iranian regime’s survival after the revolution. Khomeini, addressing an audience
Three Syrian men have been arrested on suspicion of planning an attack in Germany for ISIS, the federal public prosecutor said on Thursday. The arrests came after a fourth member of the suspected terror cell turned himself in to French authorities on Feb. 1 and told officials about the alleged plot,
Mullah Omar successor, Mullah Akhtar Mansour was targeted by a drone as soon as he returned from his secret visit to Iran. This may not be his first visit to Iran as it is said that he was there in February and March for medical treatment. EU Special Representative in Afghanistan Franz Michael Mellb
A cartoon white tiger cub named “Soohorang” will be the mascot for South Korea’s 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. The organizing committee of the games made the announcement Thursday and said an Asian black bear character, named “Bandabi,” was picked as the mascot for the Pa
London-Concerns in the financial community over deals with Iran are hampering Airbus Group SE’s ability to close a multibillion-dollar aircraft deal with Tehran, the European plane maker’s head of sales said Wednesday. “We have to find ways to get money out of Iran through the banking system,” said
Erstfeld (Switzerland) – Switzerland inaugurated the world’s longest and deepest rail tunnel through the heart of the Alps on Wednesday in an engineering marvel hailed as a symbol of European unity at a time of increasing fragmentation. The 57.1-km long Gotthard Base Tunnel, 17 years und
Riyadh-Saudi Arabia welcomed all international corporations planning to invest in the country within a competitive environment. This comes as Saudi Aramco signed a memorandum of understanding with General Electric (GE) and Italian Cividale SpA to build a forge and caste facility in Ras al-Kheir area
