News Archive - 26 January 2023

The officers were fired last week and accused of using excessive force in an encounter that was captured on video, including police body cameras. The city’s police chief, Cerelyn Davis, described their actions as “a failing of basic humanity," the New York Times reported. The officers — Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius...

 Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made the comments in a post on his Twitter account in the Arabic language where he also called on the international community to stop the barbaric atrocities committed by the occupying regime. "The brutal attack and massacre committed by the Zionist regime in the Jenin camp require immediate...

Israeli fighter jets conducted air raids on various areas in Gaza on Friday morning. Palestine Today's website reported the Zionist Israeli regime's fighter jets targeted the 13th Palestinian resistance battalion center in al-Maghazi camp in Gaza with 15 missiles. The attack caused huge panic among children and women in the...

Brigadier General Rahimi, the Iranian capital police chief, announced the arrest of a person who entered the Azerbaijan embassy with a weapon on Friday morning while one of the embassy staff was entering the embassy "This person entered the Azerbaijan embassy with a firearm this morning. One person was killed...

News sources reported a blast in Quneitra in the south of Syria, which was described as huge. The Al-Arabiya network reported, quoting its Syrian sources, that the explosion occurred in Quneitra and near the occupied Golan, but no further details were released. Syrian official sources have not yet commented on...

The following is the full text of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei to the 29th National Prayer Conference in Tehran which was read out on Thursday morning. In the Name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Praise be to God, Lord of the Worlds, and...

In a statement on Thursday, Nasser Kan'ani condemned in its strongest terms the Israeli regime's brutal raid on the Jenin camp in the occupied West Bank, which resulted in martyrdom and injuring of dozens of Palestinians. The spokesperson also denounced the silence and inaction of the responsible international bodies and...

The Iranian foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and his Tanzanian counterpart Stergomena Lawrence Tax held a phone conversation on Thursday afternoon. "We are ready to supply our knowledge and experience, especially in the fields of knowledge-based, agriculture, fisheries, dam construction, watershed management and irrigation to Tanzania to help with its development,"...

According to local Palestinian media, after the Israeli military launched its new raid on the Jenin camp, it was confronted with fierce resistance of the Palestinian resistance groups. According to the Palestine Al-Youm (Palestine Today) news website, there were heavy armed clashes between the Palestinian resistance fighters and the occupying regime's...

Speaking at a regular press briefing, Kirby was asked whether the US-led military alliance has enough troops to repel a possible Russian strike on its eastern flank in case of a major escalation in the Ukraine conflict, RT reported. “All I can tell you is we’ve seen absolutely no indication...

Dozens of cattle herders and bystanders were killed and several injured by a suspected bomb blast in Nigeria's north-central region, a state government official and spokesperson of the national cattle breeders said on Wednesday, according to Reuters. The incident happened on Tuesday night between Nasarawa and Benue states in north-central...

Kazem Gharibabadi made the comments in a meeting with Namizata Sangaré, President of the National Human Rights Council of Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire ), who is visiting Iran to attend  the first International Congress for the Women of Influence in Tehran. In the meeting, Gharibabadi pointed out the important and influential role of...

"One of the topics we discussed was the issue of transit and logistics and the Kazakh side's investment in the south of the country in Bandar Abbas," the chairman of the Chamber of Commerce of Iran and Kazakhstan Amir Abedi said in an interview with national Iranian TV on Thursday...

"The Islamic Republic of Iran is resolved to defend its sovereignty, national interests, and its pillars of national might," Nasser Kan'ani said in a statement on Thursday. He said that the Iranian actions are in accordance with the standards of international law, and the principle of equality of state sovereignty.

Athletes from Russia and Belarus could participate in Olympic qualification events in Asia, as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) examines options for the return of both countries to international sporting events, it said in a statement on Wednesday. The sports elite from Russia and Belarus have been restricted from competing...

Spanish authorities said they were investigating what they called a possible "terrorist" incident after a machete-wielding man attacked several people at two churches in the southern port city of Algeciras, killing at least one person. The man attacked clergymen at two different churches - San Isidro and Nuestra Senora de...

The Leader of the Islamic Revolution made the remarks in a post on the Arabic page of his Twitter account. Ayatollah Khamenei in his post reacted to the insult to the Holy Quran in several European countries and described the move as a planned and targeted insane act. "Insane insult...

"Those who insult the religion, the holy Qur'an and the holy Prophet, in fact, they are insulting all Abrahamic religions and humanity as a whole," the Iranian president said in a speech in the annual national prayer assembly in Tehran on Thursday morning. The president also attached great importance to...

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TEHRAN, Jan. 26 (MNA) – Here are the front pages of Iran’s English language dailies on Thursday, January 26.   ...

TEHRAN, Jan. 26 (MNA) – President Ebrahim Raeisi and some other Iranian officials attended the annual National Prayers Assembly in Tehran on Thursday morning.   ...