Protesters in the Iraqi city of Basra take to the streets over poor living conditions and clash with the police amid efforts to break into government headquarters in the city.
The United States has reportedly drawn up a preliminary list of facilities in Syria that could be targeted in case of a false flag chemical weapons attack in the war-torn country.
Senior religious cleric highlighted the telling role placed by religious seminaries in the society noting, "Religious seminaries have never been secular."
Moscow has denied a claim made by former French president Francois Hollande in his memoirs that Russian President Vladimir Putin had threatened to “crush” Ukrainian troops.
This book sheds more light on Shia and Sunni traditions on collection of the Qur’an examined using Harald Motzki’s method recognized as an efficient tool in dating the early Islamic traditions and analysis of text and chain of transmission.
Iranian Foreign Minister says Pakistan is an "important" neighboring country to Iran, stressing that no third country can negatively affect relations between the two countries.
Iran has rejected the French foreign minister’s call for talks on Tehran’s missile program and regional policies, saying the West has left no trust for Iran to sit for talks on non-nuclear issues.
Iraqi protesters have held massive rally in the capital Baghdad voicing their anger at the US interference in the domestic affairs of the Arab country.
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country will procure Russia's S-400 air defense missile system "in the shortest time," paying no heed to warnings issued by the US, a NATO partner.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has once again reaffirmed Iran's full compliance with its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal in the second such report after the US stopped fulfilling its side of the bargain and left the multilateral agreement in violation of international law.
The United States and Canada have failed to reach a final deal on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in spite of long discussions this week.
A nation- wide poll conducted in the US shows record high disapproval of President Donald Trump, 60 per cent, since he sworn in as the American president in January 2017.
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has pardoned or reduced the prison terms of 615 Iranian prisoners convicted by various courts.