TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s president called Sunday on Western powers to leave the security of the Persian Gulf to regional nations led by Tehran, criticizing a new U.S.-led coalition patrolling the region’s waterways as nationwide parades showcased the Islamic Republic’s military arsenal. President Hassan Rouhani separately promised to unveil a regional peace plan at […]

The first official synagogue to be built in the United Arab Emirates will be completed by 2022, according to a report by “the National” website, a local news outlet. The shul will be part of a “place for religious tolerance and education, bringing faiths together and sending a message of unity to the world.” The […]

Tehran – Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard is ready for combat and “any scenario,” its chief commander said Saturday, as the country’s nuclear deal with world powers collapses and the U.S. alleged Iran was behind a weekend attack on major oil sites in Saudi Arabia that shook global energy markets. Iran has denied involvement in the […]

Tehran – Victims of Iranian-related terrorism will be getting more than $28 million following the sale of Iranian properties in Ottawa and Toronto in accordance with a recent Canadian court decision. Plaintiffs include the family of Marla Bennett, an American killed in the 2002 bombing at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; and Joseph Cicippio and […]

Berlin – German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer announced on Thursday plans to ease the country’s Nationality Law to make descendants of Nazi victims eligible for German citizenship. “Germany has to live up to its historic responsibility towards those who, as descendants of Jews persecuted by the Nazi regime, have suffered from disadvantages pertaining to Nationality […]

Toronto – Confessing a “massive blind spot” in his thinking, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau moved to contain a growing furor Thursday after a photo surfaced of him in brownface at a 2001 “Arabian Nights” costume party and two other similar incidents came to light. With Election Day just a month away in his bid for […]

Jerusalem – Starbucks Germany will be implementing an electric milk-dispensing system created by Israeli milk-on-tap startup Milkit Ltd. into 140 stores over the next two years, with the potential to expand to additional locations, according to Milkit co-founder and CEO Assaf Blank. The announcement comes after Starbucks Germany completed a successful four-month pilot using the […]

Tehran – Iran said on Monday that President Hassan Rouhani will not meet with U.S. President Donald Trump next week at the U.N. General Assembly, even though Washington has repeatedly stated that it is open to negotiating with Tehran without preconditions. Of course, it would come amid crippling U.S. sanctions on the regime since the […]

Berlin – Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to join worldwide demonstrations this week ahead of a U.N. climate summit in New York, as unions and some businesses lend their support for faster action to fight climate change. Organizers said Monday that more than 800 events were planned in the United States for Friday’s […]

London – Palestinian activist and co-founder of the BDS movement Omar Barghouti will speak on a panel at an event taking place alongside the British Labour Party Conference. Barghouti plans to discuss “British state and non-state actors” using “a variety of methods to suppress the democratic mobilizing of those working for progressive causes” on Sept. […]