TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – The “world is changing” amid the emergence of a new international order and the “path is irreversible”, said Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi in his speech at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday. Raisi, who arrived in New York on Monday, used the platform of the annual premier conference of world leaders […]...
WASHINGTON (AA) – When Mohamed Khairullah was abruptly turned away from a White House Eid al-Fitr celebration four months ago, he demanded answers. Khairullah, the longtime mayor of Prospect Park, New Jersey, had been invited to the event, and was on his way to the US capital when he received a call telling him that […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Five US citizens who had been imprisoned in Iran returned to the US on Tuesday after being released under a prisoner swap agreement by the Biden administration with Tehran. A plane carrying these five prisoners, along with two of their family members, touched down at a military facility in Virginia, located just […...
NEW YORK (AA) – The US expressed deep concern Monday over allegations by Canada that link India to the killing of a Canadian Sikh activist. “We are deeply concerned about the allegations referenced by Prime Minister (Justin) Trudeau earlier today,” said White House National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson in a s...
Doha, Qatar – AFP Frozen funds totalling $6 billion have been transferred to Qatari banks under a US-Iran prisoner swap deal, with a plane on standby in Tehran to fly out five American detainees, a source told AFP on Monday. The release of the funds by US ally South Korea, long blocked under US sanctions, […]
TEHRAN (AA) – Iran accused the US and the three European parties to the 2015 nuclear agreement on Saturday of “misusing” the UN nuclear watchdog to achieve “political objectives.” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said in a statement that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been “politicized” despite Tehran’...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US and Bahrain signed a new strategic security and economic agreement Wednesday to expand security and defense cooperation. The agreement was signed during a meeting at the State Department between Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Bahrain’s Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, who is also the country...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US expressed alarm Wednesday over an increase in indiscriminate air and artillery strikes in Sudan, which have killed a large number of civilians. “The United States is alarmed by the recent increase of indiscriminate air and artillery strikes in Sudan, including in Khartoum, South Darfur and South Kordofan st...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that the US will send emergency funds to relief organizations for floods in Libya. The US president offered condolences to those who lost loved ones in the devastating floods. “In this difficult hour, the United States is sending emergency funds to relief organizations and coo...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US said Monday that it does not recognize the results of a presidential election held by Armenians in territories of Azerbaijan’s Karabakh region. During a press briefing, State Department Spokesman Matthew Miller said the US does not recognize Karabakh as “an independent and sovereign state, and therefore we ...
