MEXICO (Web Desk) A newly-elected member of Mexico’s parliament has been kidnapped at gunpoint in the latest violent incident linked to the country’s recent elections.Congresswoman-elect Azucena Rodriguez Zamora, who has been elected to the lower house of Mexico’s Congress for the eastern state of Veracruz, was abducted on Tuesday, when …

CARACAS (Web Desk) Venezuela has arrested two high-ranking military officers as part of an investigation into what the government says was an assassination plot against President Nicolas Maduro.Venezuela’s chief prosecutor, Tarek Saab, said on Tuesday that a general and a colonel had been detained for their alleged involvement in an …

NEW YORK (Web Desk) In his letters to UN secretary-general and President of the United Nations Security Council, Khoshroo rejected all unfounded allegations made by Saudi Arabia against Iran as regard inattention to the Security Council 2216 and 2231 resolutions. The full text of Khoshroo’s letter is as follows: I …

TEHRAN (Web Desk) Arguments made against the convention of legal status of the Caspian Sea are just the result of some media hype,’ said Ali Najafi-Khoshroo.The littoral countries of the Caspian Sea have signed different documents pertaining to the Sea but because the Caspian Sea Legal Regime has been a …

BAGHDAD (Web Desk) In remarks in Ankara on Tuesday, Araji said he had a meeting with the Iranian and Turkish interior ministers, during which the three sides agreed to ensure security of borders among the three neighboring countries and prevent the infiltration of illicit drug smugglers, the Arabic-language Alsumaria news …

TEHRAN (Web Desk) In a statement released late on Tuesday, Qassemi expressed deep regret over the tragic incident and sympathized with the bereaved families of the victims.A section of a towering highway bridge collapsed in Italy Tuesday, sending vehicles plunging nearly 300 feet to the ground and killing at least …

BEIRUT (Web Desk) Addressing a gathering marking the end of the 2006 Israeli war on Lebanon, Nasrallah said Hezbollah’s arms, equipment, numbers and determination have never been stronger than now.The conflict in 2006, also known as the July War, took place in Lebanon, northern parts of Occupied Palestine and the …

DAMASCUS (Web Desk) The political wing of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has visited the Syrian capital Damascus for a second time since the central government extended an offer of negotiation to the mainly Kurdish militant group.The group’s political branch, known as the Syrian Democratic Council (SDC), held talks …

TEHRAN (Web Desk) Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Tuesday congratulated the 12th victory anniversary of Lebanon’s Resistance in 2006’s 33-day war against the Zionist regime.Zarif congratulated the victory anniversary in separate messages to his Lebanese counterpart Gebran Bassil and Hezbollah Secretary-General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah.The Zionist regime launched a …

DAMASCUS (Web Desk) Syrian Army units continue to close in on the remnants of Daesh (ISIS) terrorists in the badiya (desert) of Sweida province, killing a number of terrorists and destroying their weapons and equipment.SANA’s war correspondent in Sweida said on Tuesday that army units, in cooperation with supporting forces, …