Top clerics from Iran and Syria have met in the capital Damascus to stress necessity of cultural and religious cooperation between two Muslim countries.
"The responsibility of the Palestinians is upon the entire Muslim world, and there is no doubt that outstanding scholars, religious, and political figures will do their job well," stressed the Secretary General of the World Forum for Proximity of the Islamic Schools of Thought.
Rohingya refugees wait in the rain for security forces permission to enter Bangladesh. Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims have fled the clampdown of Myanmar security forces seeking refuge in the neighboring country of Bangladesh.
Iran’s first Oscar-nominated female director has challenged President Donald Trump to watch her film to see if its portrayal of ordinary Iranians’ experience of war and revolution will change his views of her country.
Iran has started the construction of two new nuclear power plants in the southern province of Bushehr in a joint project with Russia’s Rosatom energy firm.
India has sent a ship of wheat to Iran to be transited to Afghanistan in what appears to be a dry run of a new multi-modal trade route that dodges Pakistan.
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has reminded the Muslim world of its “heavy responsibility” towards the Palestine issue, calling for continued struggles against the Israeli regime’s occupation and aggression.
Senior UN relief official has warned of desperate humanitarian situation for over 13 million Syrians while 6.3 million are in ‘acute need’ of assistance because of ceaseless violence in the war-torn country.