News Archive - 6 August 2016

This week’s Friday prayers was dominated by Ahmad Alamolhoda’s vitriolic remarks against Hassan Rouhani, calling him “naïve” for his defense of JCPOA, the nuclear deal.   “Is it dignity that an Italian modeling company corrupts your daughters and wives, your youngsters, and turn here [Iran] into a market for...

Thursday, 14th of Mordad – August 4th, 2016 HEADLINES OF IRAN’S MORNING PAPERS   KAYHAN   -Terrorists’ final attempts to escape Aleppo siege The last attempts made by Aleppo terrorists to exit from this city’s siege have been faced with the defensive wall of the Resistance forces and the...

>The release of the 18-page Presidential Policy Guidance document, as well as other Department of Defense papers, follows an order by a U.S. District Court judge in February requiring the Justice Department to disclose the document, also known as "the Playbook."It sets out the law and rules the...

>The attacker, who was shot by a third officer, subsequently died of his wounds, but the police officers were out of danger, they added.Prime Minister Charles Michel took to Twitter to condemn the attack, while Interior Minister Jan Jambon called it cowardly. Islamist bombers killed 32 people in suicide...

>BEIRUT Syrian rebels broke through to besieged opposition-held areas in eastern Aleppo on Saturday in an assault on a major government military complex meant to end a month-long siege, insurgents and a monitoring group said.Pro-government media outlets denied the siege had been broken. The heavy fighting and air strikes...

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>The exercises come at a time of heightened tension in the disputed waters after an arbitration court in The Hague ruled last month that China did not have historic rights to the South China Sea. The air force sent several H-6 bombers and Su-30 fighter jets to inspect the airspace...

>ISTANBUL/MOSCOW As Turkey's relations with Europe and the United States are strained by the fallout from its failed coup, President Tayyip Erdogan travels to Russia on Tuesday to meet Vladimir Putin in a trip he may hope will give the West pause for thought.Turkish officials insist Erdogan's visit to...

>The Syria Democratic Forces (SDF), which includes the powerful Kurdish YPG militia and Arab fighters, launched its campaign two months ago with the backing of U.S. special forces to drive Islamic State from a last stretch of the Syrian-Turkish frontier. The official spokesman of the SDF-allied Manbij military council,...

>WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is still pursuing an agreement with Russia on military cooperation in the fight against Islamic State in Syria despite major setbacks and skepticism from other administration officials and U.S. allies, U.S. officials with knowledge of the talks said on Friday.

>Two people with knowledge of the matter said on Saturday that the Japanese automaker wants to sell its 51 percent stake in Automotive Energy Supply Corporation, which makes lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles. The company is jointly owned by NEC Corp (6701.T).The Nikkei daily on Friday reported that...