Iran FM reaffirms Tehran’s support for Cuba
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has reaffirmed Iran’s support for Cuba in different spheres, calling for the promotion of bilateral ties between the two countries.
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The Chinese Balloon Was Shot Down By the U.S. Military. Here’s How It Went Down
U.S. officials said the spy balloon was successfully downed by a single missile as it drifted over the water. The recovery mission is expected to take days.
The Chinese Balloon Looks Nothing Like a Weather Balloon, Experts Say
The massive Chinese balloon traveling above the U.S. is much bigger than the thousands of weather balloons launched daily around the world.
Sunak ‘risks full-scale trade war’ with Brussels by scrapping EU laws
Leading European politicians have warned that the prime minister’s plan to ditch EU legislation will trigger retaliatory countermeasures, including imposing tariffs on goodsRishi Sunak’s plan to scrap thousands of EU laws by the end of this year risks …
Brexit causes collapse in European research funding for Oxbridge
Oxford and Cambridge universities, once given more than £130m a year in total by European research programmes, are now getting £1m annually between themOne of the UK’s most prestigious universities has seen its funding from a large European research pr…
Russia says top Iranian security official to visit Moscow within days
Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani will visit Russia next week for consultations on Afghanistan, Russian special presidential envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov has said.
Iran rejects Macron claims over its nuclear program
The Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman has rejected as unconstructive the recent claims of French President Emmanuel Macron over Tehran’s nuclear program.
Settler Attacks in the West Bank Are On the Rise. Israel’s New Leaders May Make it Worse
Palestinians and Israel’s liberal left are now looking to the Biden administration to rescue the country from its worrying trajectory.
How an Alleged Spy Balloon Derailed an Important U.S.-China Meeting
Canceling U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken long-planned trip underscores how seriously the White House views the incident.
Iran rejects media reports of arms shipment to Yemen
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman has rejected French media reports regarding the seizure of Iranian arms shipment bound for Yemen.