Day: April 29, 2019

The Watered Lilies

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The MASTER stood in His garden, Among the lilies fair,Which His own right hand had planted, And trained with tend’rest care.He looked at their snowy blossoms, And marked with observant eyeThat the flowers were sadly drooping, For their leaves were parched and dry.“My lilies need to be watered,” The Heavenly Master said;“Wherein shall I draw it for them, And raise each drooping head?”Close to his feet on the pathway, Empty, and frail, and small,An earthen vessel was lying, Which seemed no use at all;But the Master saw, and raised it From the dust in which it lay,And smiled, as He gently whispered, “This shall do My work today:“It is but …

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Long-term replacement of Iran oil, not possible: MP

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SHANA – A member of the Iranian parliament said offsetting the shortage caused by removal of Iranian oil from the market was not possible in the long run. Speaking to Shana, Asadollah Ghareh Khani, spokesperson of the parliament’s energy committee, stated that it could be possible to replace Iran’s oil in the market in the […]

France says it has foiled terrorist act, suspects held in custody

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Published:  04.29.19 , 10:38 France has foiled a terrorist act and is holding four suspects in custody, said the French interior minister and a police source on Monday.   The police source said the four suspects had been arrested on suspicion of acquiring weapons “with a view to committing a terrorist act”.   “We had […]

Larijani says negotiating with Trump administration ‘strategic mistake’

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TEHRAN, Apr. 29 (MNA) – Iranian Parliament Speaker dismissed the possibility of talks with the Trump administration, saying that holding negotiations with the current US government is a ‘strategic mistake’. Making the remarks Monday in a local event in Tehran, Larijani noted that US officials should understand that they are standing against a fierce rival. […]

Netanyahu insists on transferring millions to PA

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Report: Israel transferred money to PA in order to prevent economic collapse, but the PA is unwilling to accept the money.   Elad Benari, 29/04/19 03:04   Mahmoud Abbas Reuters Israel secretly transferred hundreds of millions of shekels to the Palestinian Authority to prevent its collapse – but the Palestinians returned the money, Kan 11 […]

Airstrike Hits Largest Russian Base in Syria

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Monday, 29 April, 2019 – 06:45 Intense bombs shook at Sunday’s dawn the city of Jableh in the countryside of Latakia, where sources confirmed the attacks were caused by drones that tried to drop unguided bombs on the largest military Russian airbase in Hmeimim. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said there is still no […]

‘B Team’ Trying to Push Trump into Unwanted War with Iran: Zarif

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TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the B team – Bolton, Bin Salman, Bin Zayed and “Bibi” – is making all-out attempts to push US President Donald Trump into a war with Iran. April, 29, 2019 – 10:02 – Politics news – A “B team” of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, […]

What’s Iran going to do after the temporary oil waiver deadline?

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The U.S. had granted China, India, South Korea, Japan, Turkey, Greece, Italy and Taiwan temporary oil waivers in November 2018 with respect to the sanctions applied on oil trade with Iran. The waiver in question ends this week on May 2. It is obvious that a new period will begin in terms of countries importing […]

Russia eyes Libya’s Mediterranean port of Tobruk

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29 Apr 2019Andrea Spada The advance of the army of general Khalifa Belqasim Haftar towards Tripoli raises again the issue of Russia’s ambitions to control Libya’s deep-water ports of Tobruk and Derna, like reported by portseurope.com. For Moscow, the port of Tobruk is an ideal logistics and technical base for its navy, on the doorstep […]

Iran, Russia preparing to hold joint naval drills in Persian Gulf

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BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:45 A.M.) – The naval forces of Iran and Russia are preparing to hold joint drills in the Persian Gulf waters, the Mehr News Agency reported. Citing Iranian naval commander Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi, the Mehr News Agency reported that the joint naval drills will take place in Iran’s southern waters. “Based on […]

Sri Lanka on alert for attacks by militants disguised in uniforms

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Published:  04.29.19 , 09:59   Sri Lankan security officials have warned that the Islamist militants behind Easter Sunday’s deadly suicide bombings were planning more attacks imminently, using a van and bombers disguised in military uniforms.   “There could be another wave of attacks,” the head of ministerial security division (MSD), a unit of the police, […]

The contest over the Strait of Hormuz’s closure has begun at… Libya’s Ras Lanuf

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Five of Iran’s top leaders have threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz to oil traffic. Why is President Donald Trump unfazed in his resolve to tighten sanctions on the Islamic Republic? On Sunday, April 28, Iran’s armed forces chief of staff Gen. Mohammed Bagheri said: “We are not after closing the Strait of Hormuz. […]

Indonesia floods, landslides kill at least 29

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April 29, 2019 09:53 Breaking news. (photo credit: JPOST STAFF) Landslides and floods triggered by torrential rain have killed at least 29 people in Indonesia, the disaster agency said on Monday, with thousands taking shelter in evacuation centers amid fears of disease. More than a dozen people were missing after the rain hit the province […]

In Apparent Rebuke of Fox News Star, State Department Spokeswoman Blasts Iran’s Zarif as ‘Hypocrite’

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A State Department spokeswoman issued an unusually harsh rebuke of Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Sunday, calling him a “hypocrite.” Spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus tweeted, “It’s not surprising that @JZarif, the self-proclaimed ‘human rights professor’ who’s the mouthpiece for #Iran’s violent regime, comes to the U.S. to enjoy the freedoms he denies the Iranian people.” […]