News Archive - 31 December 2022

Kim called "for an exponential increase of the country's nuclear arsenal,” in a report at the end of a key party meeting of the ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang on Sunday, according to the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). The North Korean leader said the move was aimed at...

According to a statement on the police website, a total of three people were wounded in a shooting in the Vallingby suburban district on Saturday. Later, a 20-year-old man died at the hospital from the wounds he sustained during the shooting, the Swedish police said. Purported footage of the aftermath...

"Two Syrian servicemen were wounded in Latakia province as a result of a drone strike launched by terrorists," Maj. Gen. Oleg Yegorov said during a briefing. According to Yegorov, no violations of the ceasefire regime by Kurdish formations in northeastern Syria were recorded. In addition, over the past 24 hours, four...

According to the preliminary reports, officials and police forces have blocked the roads leading to the scene of the explosion. The ambulances and military vehicles have been dispatched toward the scene, the sources also reported. Some other new sources reported that a fire broke out near the building of the Afgan Interior Ministry leading...

Kayhan: Leader says initiatives of Ayt. Mesbah-Yazdi must be continued  Khordad 15 air defense system hits hostile targets in Army drills Former Pope Benedict XVI dies at 95 Javan: Gen. Soleimani's role in defeating US plots in region Iran: Leader stresses continuing path of Ayat. Mesbah​​​​​​ Venezuelan opposition puts end...

Three citizens and an African immigrant were injured, Friday, by Saudi artillery shelling in Al-Raqo area, and a civilian was killed and eight others, including African immigrants, were injured by the Saudi enemy’s army fire on the border areas of Sa'adah Governorate, Al-Masirah reported.  Recently, the Ministry of Public...

"Steps must be taken in the political process for our troops to leave. If there are voids, terrorist organizations should not fill them," Cavusoglu said as quoted by a local newspaper. Earlier in the day, the Syrian media reported citing sources that Ankara had agreed to withdraw its troops from...

"In order to preserve and enhance women's rights to the highest possible degree, we submitted proposals to the Social Commission and the Presiding Board of the Parliament to bolster the bill "Improving Security and Prevention and Protection of Women against Harms," Secretary of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights Kazem Gharibabadi...

According to an ancient tradition, Christians around the world consider the beginning of the year to be January 1 in winter, just as we Iranians consider the beginning of the year to be the first day of Farvardin (March 21) in spring, and the Arabs consider the beginning of the...

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Japan’s Ministry of Defence said the first ballistic missile was fired on Saturday morning shortly after 08:00 am local time (23:00 GMT), the second was launched at approximately 08:14 am (23:14 GMT), and a third missile took off a minute later, according to Aljazeera. All three missiles were fired from...

The Russian Foreign Ministry on Friday expressed concern over the situation in the Lachin corridor, a route connecting Armenia to the Caucasus territory of Karabakh. The Russian side, in particular the leadership of the Russian Peacekeeping Contingent, continues to take consistent steps to resolve this situation, Maria Zakharova said in...

The government is looking to deploy a 2,000-km range missile by the early 2030s and a 3,000-km hypersonic missile that can reach anywhere in North Korea and some parts of China by around 2035, Kyodo news reported on Saturday, citing a source familiar with the matter. Japan this month unveiled its...

His death on Saturday came days after Pope Francis had asked for prayers for his predecessor, saying he was “very sick”.  The Vatican said in a statement, "With sorrow, I inform you that the Pope Emeritus, Benedict XVI, passed away today at 9:34 in the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in...

The statistics, which were collected from December 23 to December 29, show that in these seven days, 29 shooting operations were carried out against Zionist soldiers and settlers. Other operations included throwing stones, Molotov cocktails, and handmade bombs. Five Zionist forces were wounded and a Palestinian youth was martyred during the...

As air raid sirens sounded across the country, Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said one of the blasts occurred in an area of residential buildings in the capital's Solomyanskyi district. There were explosions in two other parts of the city, according to Kyiv Mayor. He did not say what had caused...

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The administration of US President Joe Biden will send National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan to the Israeli regime in mid-January for talks with incoming Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu concerning his government's policies, the Israeli regime's media have cited a US outlet as reporting on Friday citing unnamed Israeli and US...

One of the ISIL terrorists, wearing an explosive belt himself, was carrying several explosive belts and explosives. The terrorist was killed with a light aircraft in Diyala province. According to Iraqi sources, the security forces of the country managed to kill more than 200 ISIL terrorist forces in 2022. ISIL,...

“The West is using the people of Ukraine to split Russia and weaken it; we will never let it happen,” Putin said during his New Year address to the nation on Saturday, Sputnik reported.  He also stressed that “moral, historical rightness” is on Russia’s side. The remarks come after...

The helicopter was leaving an oil platform when it crashed shortly after 6 p.m. Thursday. Coast Guard crews searched almost 180 square miles for eight hours, according to officials with the Coast Guard's 8th District Headquarters in New Orleans, local US media reported. The Coast Guard said it received...

The wounded are in a critical condition and receiving treatment at a local health facility, the administrator of Fizi territory in South Kivu Province, Aime Kawaya Mutipula, said by phone, Reuters reported. Landslides are relatively common in the hilly slopes of eastern Congo where heavy rains can saturate and loosen...

The halt means Lockheed delivered fewer F-35s than the 148 contractually required in 2022, Defense News website reported. “We were on track to meet our delivery commitment” before the F-35B mishap on Dec. 15, Lockheed spokeswoman Laura Siebert told Defense News. “However, given the delivery pause, we delivered 141 aircraft”...

The director of production supervision of National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) said that currently, NIOC produces 1 billion and 40 million cubic meters of gas daily from 23 gas fields in the country, of which about 980 mcm are delivered to National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) for distribution. Hormoz Qalavand...

Speaking at the specialized roundtable on combating terrorism and extremism in the West Asian region Nasser Kan’ani said, “Haj Qassem's personality is multidimensional.” Referring to the Islamic Revolution Leader's statement that the school of Haj Qassem is worthy of study, Kan’ani reminded that his multidimensional personality is so great...

Referring to the importance of the words and analysis of Ayatollah Khamenei regarding colonialism and its future, a number of prominent media and cultural figures considered the book very important in promoting his ideas among the people. The book is actually a collection of the destructive role of French colonialism in...

Iranian Army units have launched large-scale military exercises, dubbed as Zolfaghar 1401 joint drills, in the southeast of Iran. During the drills, the Iranian Army units targeted a range of aerial targets with advanced homegrown air defense systems including the low-altitude ‘Majid’ air defense missile system and ‘Khatam’ artillery fire control system.

Speaking in the specialized roundtable on fighting terrorism and extremism in the West Asian region, Abbas Ali Kadkhodaei said that the US falsely introduced itself as a country that fights against ISIL terrorists, but the fact is that ISIL could achieve nothing if Americans were not present in the region. Confronting ISIL...

Tehran-Baku bilateral relations were the most important topics discussed between Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and Jeyhun Bayramov. The top Iranian diplomat wished a happy new year to the people and government of Azerbaijan and expressed hope that the bilateral relations between the nation would further expand in the coming year. Referring to the...

In his message to the 2nd international congress honoring 'Ayatollah Mesbah-Yazdi', Hassan Nasrallah described the late philosopher as a great thinker whose "Sea of Knowledge" had no parallels.  The Hezbollah chief further described the prominent Iranian religious figure as a great Faghih and philosopher who spearheaded a scientific fight...

Supporters of the Iraqi Resistance groups and Iraqi social networking websites activists have launched a campaign against the continuation of US troops' presence in their country describing it as an occupation. They demanded the withdrawal of the occupying US troops on the anniversary of the assassination of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani,...

"All of Tehran province's schools... except Firuzkuh and Damavand counties are closed for tomorrow and the day after tomorrow due to increasing air pollution," an official in the Tehran Governor's Office said on Saturday. The official also said that the universities will also be shut down over the next two...

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Al Nassr posted a picture on social media of Ronaldo on Saturday holding up the team’s jersey, with the club hailing the deal as “history in the making”. “This is a signing that will not only inspire our club to achieve even greater success but inspire our league, our nation...

The International Kurash Association announced the different awards corresponding to the year 2022, in which Fatemeh Barmaki of Iran has been chosen as the Best Female Athlete. Other prizes were awarded in the Best of the Best, such as Umid Esanov, best male athlete (Uzbekistan); Jeong Minwoo, best male coach...

TEHRAN, Jan. 01 (MNA) – Here are the front pages of Iran’s English language dailies on Sunday, January 1.         ...

TEHRAN, Dec. 31 (MNA) – Rangers in Damavand captured a video of a deer in the Kuh-e Sefid protected area.

TEHRAN, Dec. 31 (MNA) – During the Zolfaqar 1401 joint drills, held in an area stretching from east of the Strait of Hormuz to the northern tip of the Indian Ocean, the Iranian Army naval and ground forces held joint practice.     ...

TEHRAN, Dec. 31 (MNA) – The aerospace and artillery units of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army Ground Forces conducted a drill on Saturday.               ...