News Archive - 10 July 2022

17 killed, injured in Saudi attack on Yemen’s Saada

The casualties were caused on Sunday after Saudi forces opened fire on a border area in Yemen’s Saada province, which lies to Yemen’s extreme northwest, a security source told Yemen’s official Saba Net news agency. Most of the wounded, who have been transferred to a hospital in the city of...

3 dead, 2 injured in in weekend shooting in California

The shooting took place at 00:45 a.m. local time (0745 GMT) in the 8100 block of Leeds Street in Downey, a city located in southeast Los Angeles County, police officials said in a statement. The officers found four men and a woman had been shot, the report said. Three...

Japan ruling party secures strong win after Abe assassination

The ex-premier's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its coalition partner Komeito strengthened their hold by winning more than 75 of the 125 upper house seats up for grabs, according to national news outlets. The parties are part of what is now a two-thirds supermajority willing to amend the country's...

UK foreign minister Liz Truss joins crowded race for PM

Truss, 46, announced her candidacy in the Daily Telegraph newspaper on Sunday evening, saying she had "a clear vision of where we need to be, and the experience and resolve to get us there". The bid by Truss, seen as a frontrunner in the Tory leadership contest, followed that of...

Recent Iran-Qatar talks positively affect reached agreements

In his Sunday evening phone talk with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, President Raeisi after felicitating the Eid al-Adha to him and the Qatari nation and government wished for the showering of Almighty Allah’s blessings on the Iranian, Qatari and Islamic nations. Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al...

Headlines of Iran’s Persian dailies on July 11

Arman-e Melli: Iran national volleyball team among 8 finalists Iran: Tehran opposes any foreign meddling in Syrian affairs Asia: Ukraine envoy says his country has no heavy weapons in war Ebtekar: Raeisi to Asad: Iran opposes any foreign meddling in Syrian affairs Jam-e Jam: Iran continues to support Syria, Resistance Javan:...

Amir-Abdollahian leaves Tehran for Rome for bilateral talks

Heading a delegation, Amir-Abdollahian departed for Rome on Monday to exchange views with Italian and Vatican officials regarding bilateral issues, international and regional developments.   Before departure, he told reporters that his visit to Rome takes place a the invitation of the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs.  Pursuing bilateral relations,...

Fire engulfs warehouse in UAE capital

The incident occurred at 2:00 p.m. local time, according to UAE police. The police and security forces of Abu Dhabi were immediately dispatched to the site and the relevant institutions have started conducting investigations to identify the cause of the fire. No further information has been published. MP/FNA14010419000412

Destiny of regions' countries tied to each other

"Past experiences have proven to everyone that political, security and economic crises in one country will cause similar crises in other countries, although the amount of damage may not be the same," Leader of the National Wisdom Movement said on Sunday. Noting that today's world is a small village where it is...

Ukrainian army shells settlements in Donbass with Uragan

According to it, two Uragan rockets were fired at the settlements of Panteleymonovka and Mikhailovka north of Donetsk and five Grad rockets hit the Golmovsky settlement in northern Gorlovka. Additionally, Panteleymonovka was shelled six times using 155-mm caliber howitzers, TASS reported. Earlier on Sunday, the residential districts of Donetsk were...

Coronavirus era makes Hajj pilgrims more eager

The annual Hajj is a major religious duty for Muslims and must be performed at least once during the lifetime of a Muslim. Tens of thousands of Muslims gather together from all across the world each year in the holy city of Mecca to perform the Hajj pilgrimage. Without any...

ISIL claims responsibility for Congo attack

The local authorities of the city announced on Friday that at least 12 people were killed in an attack by gunmen on a clinic. Last month, at least 52 civilians were killed in 3 attacks launched by ISIL-affiliated rebels in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The eastern...

Feeding of IR6 centrifuges notified to IAEA 2 weeks ago

Referring to the news published about the increase of uranium enrichment in Iran, Behrouz Kamalvandi said that the feeding of a new chain of IR6 centrifuge machines was notified to the agency at least two weeks ago, and earlier the agency informed it. The action has been carried out in...

Providing fair health service among Islamic Ummah necessity

Felicitating his counterparts in the Islamic countries on Eid al-Adha, Einollahi, in a message wrote that Eid al-Adha, the Eid of servitude and submission and satisfaction before the will of Almighty God, and the Abrahamic Hajj is the center of intimacy, uniformity and the manifestation of the unity and cohesion...

Iran opposes any foreign interference in Syria

Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi on late Saturday held a phone talk with his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad and felicitated him on Eid al-Adha. Calling for pursuing the implementation of the agreements reached between Iran and Syria with seriousness, Raeisi stated that the Islamic Republic of Iran will continue to support the...

US continues to increase pressure until Iran returns to deal

"My administration will continue to increase diplomatic and economic pressure until Iran is ready to return to compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal, as I remain prepared to do," Biden claimed in his article published in Washington Post. "With respect to Iran, we reunited with allies and partners in Europe...

Mojtaba Amani appointed as new Iranian envoy to Lebanon

He has replaced Seyyed Mohammad Jalal Firouznia. Firouznia was in charge of the Iranian embassy in Beirut since 2017. Amani held a meeting with the Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Saturday. During the meeting, Amir Abdollahian stressed the need for expanding cooperation between Iran and Lebanon. Mojtaba Amani, for...

Iran has no restrictions to expand ties with Pakistan

Felicitating Sharif on the Eid of al-Adha, Raeisi noted that the Islamic Republic of Iran attaches great importance to its relations with Pakistan. Raeisi stated that the current level of relations between Tehran and Islamabad is not in accordance with the diverse capacities of the two countries, adding, "We are...

Front pages of Iran’s English dailies on July 11

TEHRAN, Jul. 11 (MNA) – Here are the front pages of Iran’s English language dailies on Monday, July 11.       ...

Eid al-Adha prayers across Iran

Eid al-Adha, celebrated by around 1.5 billion Muslims around the world, is one of the most significant occasions in the Islamic calendar. Eid al-Adha is also known as a festival of sacrifice in honor of the willingness of the Prophet Ibrahim to sacrifice his son as an act of...

Eid al-Adha prayers in Imam Khomeini Mosalla

TEHRAN, Jul. 10 (MNA) – The prayers of Eid al-Adha was performed in Imam Khomeini Mosalla, Tehran, with the attendance of groups of people.       ...

Joe Biden Executive Order Abortion

President Joe Biden Signs Executive Order to Protect Abortion AccessPeople via Yahoo News· 2 days agoPresident Joe Biden signed an executive order Friday that takes steps to protect reproductive health...