Israel has for some time been trying to expand its influence across the African continent. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's recent visit to Chad is being viewed as a step in this direction. The two sides have now announced the normalization of their diplomatic ties amid reports of Israel supplying the Central African state with weapons.

A major German arms manufacturer has threatened legal action against the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel over its decision to suspend all weapons sales to Saudi Arabia in the wake of the assassination of a dissident journalist in the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.

US President Donald Trump insists he will not allow “amnesty” for the young undocumented immigrants, who were brought to the country as children amid an ongoing government shutdown.

Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units, Hashd al-Sha’abi, have warned Israeli regime of ‘playing with fire’ vowing strong answer to possible attack on the volunteer Iraqi forces.

In its annual report, Oxfam International warns against a widening economic gap between the rich and the poor due to faulty tax systems in different world countries, calculating that a mere 26 billionaires owned more than 3.8 billion people last year.

At least 12 Afghan troops have been killed and more than 30 injured as military compound in the southern province of Maidan Wardak came under Taliban attack on Sunday.

Iranian northeastern city of Mashhad will be hosting leaders and elites from different religions to the first international conference on Imam Reza (AS) and interfaith dialogue in late January.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country is prepared to take over security in Syria’s northern town of Manbij where a deadly bomb attack killed several American soldiers last Wednesday.

Russia has warned the US Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Donald Cook to keep its distance from the Russian coast in the Black Sea stressing Moscow’s close monitoring over the US warship’s moves.

Syrian air defenses have intercepted most of the missiles targeting the capital Damascus fired in Israeli atrocities on the Arab country, Syrian media have reported.

Iranian scholar on mission in the European capital of Frankfurt has warned of new campaign aiming to fuel Shia Sunni division calling Muslims for more vigilance against the hostile effort.

Iran has hosted an international conference on the anti-Israeli resistance of the Palestinian people in the besieged Gaza Strip.

The US army has described Iran as “the only victor” in its two-volume, 1300-page study of its brutal invasion of Iraq.

Iran's Vice Presidency for Women and Family Affairs has denounced the detention of Press TV news anchor Marzieh Hashemi, who has been taken into custody by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) as material witness in an unspecified case.

Iran’s Parliament speaker says the United States' “barbaric” treatment of Press TV’s detained anchorwoman, Marzieh Hashemi, is an instance of “sham politics,” denouncing Washington for applying double standards to the issue of human rights.