News Archive - 20 May 2022

Arab media reported on Saturday morning that a loud explosion was heard over the skies of Damascus, the capital of Syria. The official Syrian News Agency (SANA) reported moments later that the army's air defense was confronting hostile targets over the Damascus skies. Some media outlets said that several...

Arman-e Melli: Govt. Spox.: US sanction in violation of Human Rights Asia: Tajik president set to visit Tehran next week Ebtekar: Erdoğan blocks Nato accession talks with Sweden, Finland Etemad: World on verge of famine Etela'at: Iran ready for mediating between Russia, Ukraine 17 Taliban members killed in...

The Senate voted 86-11 in favor of the emergency package of military, economic and humanitarian assistance, by far the largest US aid package for Ukraine to date, according to Reuters. This comes three weeks after Joe Biden requested a smaller $33bn version. The bill will be sent to the White House...

"Let me note that this year our Fleet is set to receive the Project Borei-A first strategic submarine cruiser Knyaz Oleg and the Project Yasen-M first nuclear-powered submarine Novosibirsk. The Knyaz Oleg is outfitted with Bulava ballistic missiles and the multi-purpose submarine cruiser Novosibirsk with Kalibr and Oniks cruise...

The Korea Herald wrote that the deceased was a subcontractor who was among the 10 others doing repair work at the alkylation processing line in the refinery in Ulsan, about 415 kilometers southwest of Seoul, when the blast occurred at 8:52 p.m. Thursday. The nine others sustained injuries,...

The suspect has been apprehended, the force added. “I can confirm we have the offender under control,” a police spokesperson told Reuters. The attack came two days after a Danish man pleaded guilty to stabbing five people to death in a small Norwegian town last October. Espen Andersen Braathen,...

“The liberation of the Lugansk People's Republic is nearing completion,” Shoigu said at a televised ministry meeting. Separately, Shoigu said 1,908 Ukrainian soldiers had surrendered at the Azovstal steelworks in the port city of Mariupol. Russia took control of the strategic city in southeastern Ukraine in late April. MP/PR...

The Lebanese Hezbollah leader started his speech on the 6th martyrdom anniversary of Lebanese Resistance commander Sayyed Mustafa Badreddine. "Martyr Badreddine was a smart commander that attended the various battlefields in face of Zionist enemy and the takfiri groups in Syria," he said.  "Lebanese resistance in face of Israeli enemy...

Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran's ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations, at a high-level meeting of the Security Council on food security and hostilities on Thursday, local time said, "Food insecurity, climate change, the Covid- 19 epidemic, and the negative effects of various international conflicts have all affected many countries,...

Speaking on Thursday in a meeting with Azerbaijani Deputy Prime Minister Shahin Mustafayev, the President said that the Islamic Republic of Iran welcomes the promotion of economic, political, cultural and trade cooperation with Azerbaijan, saying, "Full implementation of the Tehran-Baku agreements in various fields, including economic and transit, requires...

Grossi, speaking at a press conference in Tokyo, added, "We are currently awaiting convincing responses from Iran on a number of its nuclear activities." “We are, of course, still hopeful that some agreement is going to be reached within a reasonable time frame, although we have to recognize...

Amir-Abdollahian and India's foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar held a phone conversation on Friday, discussing Iran-India's bilateral ties and several regional and international issues. Iranian foreign minister described Iran-India's cooperation in the direction of comprehensive development and their consultations on regional and international issues as indicators of growing relations. Jaishankar, for his...