French minister: Iran could have nuclear weapon in one to two years

European leaders are scrambling to reduce tensions between the US and Iran, over fears that Iran’s exit from the nuclear deal could spell disaster globally. REUTERS JANUARY 10, 2020 12:51 Europe will look on Friday for ways to guide the United States and Iran away from open conflict, knowing that a miscalculation from either side […]

Top Iranian general: Strikes on US bases were just the start of big operation

Head of of the IRGC Aerospace Force says Iran chose not to kill 5000 US soldiers to avenge Soleimani; claims dozens of injured US soldiers evacuated via Israel, Jordan By TOI staff Today,  A top commander of Iran’s missile array said Thursday that missile strikes on US bases were “the start of big operations which […]

EU foreign ministers hold emergency meeting on Iran crisis, nuclear deal

10 Jan, 2020 07:51 Foreign ministers for the EU states are holding an emergency meeting on Friday to seek ways to guide the United States and Iran away from confrontation, Reuters reported. President Donald Trump had earlier urged European allies to “break away” from the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran. However, the EU says it […]

Iraqi PM tells US to decide mechanism for troop withdrawal

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi has told the U.S. secretary of state to send a delegation to Iraq tasked with formulating the mechanism for the withdrawal of U.S troops from Iraq, according to a statement released Friday. The statement, from the office of the Iraqi caretaker prime minister, said the request came […]

Iranian press review: Iran designates US Pentagon a terrorist organisation

Meanwhile, Iranian officials say the real revenge for Soleimani’s killing is to expel American forces from the region, and US border officers harass citizens with Iranian background Pentagon designated a terrorist organisation In the aftermath of the assassination of General Qassem Soleimani, the Iranian parliament has voted to designate the US military and Pentagon as terrorist […]

IRGC Aerospace Commander: ‘Killing Pres. Trump wouldn’t be enough to avenge Soleimani’

Hajizadeh: ‘Trump should order coffins for American soldiers before threatening Iran; If war breaks out with US, Iran will finish and win.’ Mordechai Sones, 10/01/20 11:46 IRGC Aerospace Force Commander General Amir Ali Hajizadeh told a Channel 1 (Iran) interviewer at Qasem Soleimani’s funeral that even attacking every U.S. base, killing President Trump, and killing […]

Iran wants to handle black box data after plane crash blamed on missile

The head of Iran’s Civil Aviation authority has said that it could take months to extract information from the voice and flight data recorders. JANUARY 10, 2020 11:50 Iran said on Friday it wanted to download black box recordings itself from a Ukrainian airliner that crashed, killing all 176 people aboard, after Canada and others […]

Iranian press review: Iran designates US Pentagon a terrorist organisation

Meanwhile, Iranian officials say the real revenge for Soleimani’s killing is to expel American forces from the region, and US border officers harass citizens with Iranian background Pentagon designated a terrorist organisation In the aftermath of the assassination of General Qassem Soleimani, the Iranian parliament has voted to designate the US military and Pentagon as terrorist […]

Report: Israel attacked weapons truck on Iraq-Syria border

Hezbollah-affiliated Lebanese network reports Israeli planes attacked weapons truck near Al Bukamal, on Iraq-Syria border. Elad Benari, 10/01/20 The Lebanese Al-Mayadeen television network, which is affiliated with the Hezbollah terrorist organization, reported on Thursday night that Israeli planes attacked a weapons truck on the Iraq-Syria border. Sources quoted by the channel reported that a loud […]

Report: 8 dead in Israeli airstrikes on Iraq-Syria border

Observer group claims eight pro-Iranian fighters killed in Israeli bombings in Syria near Iraqi border. Death toll expected to rise.   David Rosenberg, 10/01/20 11:22   Airstrikes in Syria (archive) Reuters Airstrikes attributed to Israel killed eight in eastern Syria overnight, a London-based observer group claimed Friday morning. According to a report by the Syrian […]

Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan deadlocked over giant Nile dam, look to Washington talks

(This Jan. 9 story corrects paragraph 12 to reflect options after Jan.15 deadline) By Giulia Paravicini and Dawit Endeshaw ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan remained deadlocked after two days of talks in their disputes over a giant hydropower dam on the Nile though Cairo said it hoped the issues would be resolved […]

Israeli Analyst: Iran Is Taking a Step Back for Fear of Trump

by Algemeiner Staff     US President Donald Trump. Photo: Reuters / Marco Bello / File. Iran is pulling back from its latest confrontation with the US because it fears President Donald Trump, a top Israeli analyst asserted on Thursday. Ehud Yaari, a veteran Israeli journalist and expert on the Middle East, wrote at the […]

Diane Francis: Russia is the only winner after Iranian strikes, plane shoot-down

The Kremlin intends to fill the power vacuum in the Middle East created by the U.S., and, along the way, keep oil prices higher This week’s stock market and oil price roller-coaster ride, due to U.S.-Iran tensions, isn’t over, even though experts believe that Iran’s retaliation is finished. More likely, however, is that it is […]

U.S. to join probe of jet disaster, no missile link: Iran official

PARIS (Reuters) – Iran has invited the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board to take part in its investigation into the crash of a Ukrainian jetliner and the U.S. agency has agreed to assign an investigator, an Iranian official said on Thursday. “The NTSB has replied to our chief investigator and has announced an accredited representative,” […]