News Archive - 10 June 2021

Powerful explosion hits Yemen's Sana'a

An intense explosion took place on Thursday noon at the Yemeni capital of Sana'a, Ayn Al-Arab reported. The Saberin News also reported an explosion in the Yemeni capital. A number of social media users also confirmed the explosion and wrote that the cause of the explosion was the Saudi coalition airstrike on...

350,000 people in famine conditions in Ethiopia’s Tigray

The 350,000 figure was presented at a meeting on Monday of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee, comprising 18 UN and non-UN organisations chaired by UN humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock, Al-Jazeera reported. The analysis, which diplomats said could be released publicly as soon as Thursday, found millions more across Tigray required...

India, Russia determined to implement S-400 agreement

The first batch will be delivered before the year-end, said Nikolay R. Kudashev, Sputnik reported. "We see no changes [in the contract], and the Indian leadership has confirmed its commitment to these agreements," Kudashev said while addressing media in New Delhi. In October 2018, Moscow and New Delhi signed an...

Iran loses to Serbia in 2021 VNL Week 3

Iran was defeated against Serbia 3-2 [21-25, 25-21, 26-28, 25-22, 15-8] in 2021 Volleyball Nations League’s Week 3 on Thursday. Luburic Drazen scored 23 points for his team on Thursday and Amirhossein Esfandiar grabbed 17 points for Iran. Iran, who defeated the United States in three straight sets [25-19, 25-23, 25-23] on Wednesday, will...

'Ballad of a White Cow' goes to Berlinale, Tribeca festivals

The synopsis of 'Ballad of a White Cow' read, "Mina's life is turned upside down when she learns that her husband was innocent of the crime for which he was executed, so she starts a silent battle against a cynical system for her own and her daughter's sake."...

US 'Victory' base in Baghdad targeted by 3 rockets

The US military base was targeted by three rocket on Thursday morning. The base is located at Baghdad International Airport, and Iraqi forces control part of the base. According to Iraqi security officials, the Victory base was targeted by Katyusha rockets and the base's missile defense systems have failed to...

At least 12 killed in military plane crash in Myanmar

Security forces arrived on the scene shortly after the incident which occurred on Thursday morning. The 16 seater plane went down between a power and steel plant in Pyin Oo Lwin in the Mandalay region. A local on the ground said that eight further people were injured. Local media...

Shots fired at US military base in Texas

"We do have some solid reports that two gunshots were fired into the installation," Lieutenant Colonel Brian Loveless told reporters at Joint Base San Antonio, Reuters reported. The base issued an "active shooter warning" and ordered all personnel to implement lockdown procedures following the initial reports, according to a...

3 Palestinian security officers martyred in West Bank

An armed clash between Palestinian intelligence forces and Zionist forces took place in the north of the West Bank early on Thursday The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced that Adham Yasser Eleiwi, 23, and Tayseer Ayasa, 32, both members of the Palestinian Military Intelligence Service, were martyred by Israeli army...

Bomb blast in Afghanistan's Baghlan kills, injures 16

At least six security force members were killed and more than 10 others were wounded in a car bomb attack close to a military base in the northern province of Baghlan early hours of Thursday morning, sources said. The attack took place at around 2 a.m. local time...

Latin America among regions most in need of COVID-19 vaccines

“Across our region, this year has been worse than last year,” said Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, the director of the Pan American Health Organization, which is part of the World Health Organization, Washington Post reported. “In many places, infections are higher now than at any point in this pandemic.

Mars helicopter Ingenuity aces 7th flight on the Red Planet

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity now has seven Red Planet flights under its belt, Space reported. The 4-lb. (1.8 kilograms) chopper took to the Martian skies again on Tuesday (June 8), making its first sortie since battling through an in-flight anomaly on May 22. And there were no problems...

Front pages of Iran’s English dailies on June 10

Asia: Energy Minister: Iran reduces electricity exports  Russia's Pushkin Museum, Iran's Niavaran Museum sign coop. agreement Aftab:  Macron: Violence has no place in democracy Ebtekar: Holding commemoration of 160 years of diplomatic relations between Iran, Italy Gharibabadi: United States not shown any will for JCPOA Etela'at: Araghchi: Some key issues unresolved in JCPOA...

Now ball in US court to prove its commitment to intl. law

The United States has shown no determination towards removing its sanctions and returning to compliance with the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, Kazem Gharibabadi said on late Wednesday. “It remains to be seen whether the United States has the necessary determination and readiness to give up its addiction to use unilateral...

Iran, Iraq discuss expansion of cultural ties

Saeed Khatibzadeh who arrived in Baghdad on Wednesday morning to hold meetings with Iraqi officials met with Hussain Nazim on Wednesday evening.  During the meeting, the two sides exchanged viewpoints on boosting cultural exchanges, ways of resuming pilgrimages to Iraq's holy shrines and other fields of bilateral cultural cooperation especially in artistic...

Rouhani inaugurates Energy Ministry’s projects in S, W Iran

The development projects of the Ministry of Energy were put into operation in the presence of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Thursday. Close to 42,000 billion tomans have been invested in the projects in Hormuzgan in the south and Ilam and Kermanshah Provinces in the west of the country. Two...

Iran sends naval fleet to Atlantic Ocean for first time

We consider presence in international waters as the inalienable right of the Navy of the Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran and we will continue this path with authority, said Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari on Thursday. "The 77th strategic naval fleet of the Navy, comprising of the 'Sahand' destroyer and the...

Iran-Russia relations to be in favor of region, global issues

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani made the remarks at the inauguration ceremony of the national projects of the Ministry of Energy on Thursday morning. Appreciating the efforts of the Ministry of Energy and all those involved in the field of water and electricity, both public and private, to achieve national projects...

Over 12,000 new coronavirus cases detected in Iran

Speaking at a daily press conference on Thursday, Sima Lari said the total number of people who tested positive for COVID-19 in Iran has surpassed 3,003,112 after the detection of 12,398 new cases since yesterday. Of the new cases detected over the past 24 hours, 1,491 patients have been...

Sidelines of Cabinet meeting on Wednesday

TEHRAN, Jun. 10 (MNA) – Some of the Iranian ministers answered a number of questions raised by reporters on the sideline of Iran's Cabinet session on Wednesday.          ...