Middle East

NEW YORK: United Nations agencies warn of an “alarming increase” in the number of people facing “acute food insecurity” in Yemen amid a crippling siege by the Saudi-led military coalition and the coronavirus pandemic. The grim analysis was made public in a Wednesday report by the World Food Programme (WFP), …

TEHRAN: Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi has said that investigations are underway about an incident on Thursday night in which two American jets threatened an Iranian passenger jet on the Syrian air. Mahan Air passenger plane was on route to Beirut, Lebanon when it was threatened by two military …

NEW YORK: The Iranian Permanent Mission to the United Nations will protest to the UN Security Council and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres over US military jets threatening Iranian passenger plane in the Syrian air. Mahan Air passenger plane was on route to Beirut, Lebanon on Thursday night when it was …

TEHRAN: Deputy Sultan of Oman for Defense Affairs, on behalf of Sultan of Oman, appreciated unflinching efforts of outgoing Iranian Ambassador to Oman Hojjatoleslam Nouri Shahroudi for his role in strengthening Iran-Oman ties. In the last days of his mission in the Sultanate of Oman, outgoing Iranian envoy to Oman …

BAGHDAD: A senior Iraqi official says that work for a key rail link connecting the country to the neighboring Iran will begin in the very near future. “The railway between Iran and Iraq through the Shalamcheh link will get going soon,” said Qasim al-Araji, a national security adviser to the …

TEHRAN: An Iranian contractor has started laying pipes for a long underwater gas transfer project connecting the Kish Island in the Persian Gulf to the country’s national gas network. A Thursday report by the IRIB News said the pipeline will link a gas supply terminal in Bandar Aftab, also known …

TEHRAN: Iran’s ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations says the long-term deal that awaits finalization between the Islamic Republic and its Asian ally, China, is nothing out of the ordinary and stems from age-old relations between the two countries. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Russia’s RT news …

TEHRAN: The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman has rejected claims that recent fires in Iran were caused by cyber attacks, but said the country reserves the right to deliver a “proper” response to any such operation in the future. Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Abbas Mousavi said thousands of cyber attacks …

TEHRAN: Various reports say warplanes deployed by the so-called United States-led coalition operating illegally in Syria have conducted some aggressive and “dangerous” maneuvering close to a Beirut-bound Iranian passenger airplane. The incident took place on Thursday involving two warplanes and Mahan Air’s Flight 1152 that had taken off from Tehran …

SANA’A: The US-Saudi aggression and its mercenaries, on Wednesday, continued to bomb a number of provinces, causing damage to public and private property. They violated the Stockholm Agreement in Hodeidah with a number of attacks. In Sa’adah, US-Saudi aggression launched 3 raids on Baqem district, a raid on Majz district …