Indonesia said its coast guard seized the Iranian-flagged MT Horse and the Panamanian-flagged MT Freya vessels over suspected illegal oil transfer in the country's waters on Sunday.
Coast guard spokesman Wisnu Pramandita said the tankers, seized in (...)
World leaders on Wednesday expressed their shock as supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol building where Congress meets in an attempt to overturn the results of the Nov. 3 election won by Joe Biden.
Here are reactions (...)
The number of deaths recorded on migratory routes fell this year, although COVID-19 difficulties and so-called "invisible shipwrecks" mean the real number is probably much higher, officials at the U.N. migration agency said on Friday.
The IOM's (...)
EU leaders plan to discuss arm exports to Turkey with NATO allies and Washington, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday, after Greece pushed for an arms embargo on Ankara.
Merkel spoke after a summit where the bloc's 27 leaders agreed to (...)
China urged the United States on Tuesday to correct its mistake and lift all illegal sanctions, after Washington imposed Venezuela-related sanctions targeting a Chinese firm.
China supports Venezuelan efforts to defend its sovereignty and is opposed (...)
في سابقة لم تكن معهودة كثيراً، قام الرئيس الفنزويلي نيكولاس مادورو، بالكشف عن رقمه الشخصي على «تليجرام وواتس آب»، وطالب الشعب بالتوالص معه.
ونشر الرئيس الفنزويلي نيكولاس مادورو، اليوم الإثنين 30 نوفمبر، رقمه الخاص على موقع التواصل الاجتماعي تويتر، (...)
قال وزير الخارجية الأمريكي، مايك بومبيو، إن «الولايات المتحدة تفرض عقوبات على شركة CEIEC للتكنولوجيا في جمهورية الصين الشعبية، لتمكينها من جهود نظام مادورو لتقويض الديمقراطية في فنزويلا».
وأضاف بومبيو، في تغريدة له نشرها عبر صفحته الرسمية بموقع (...)
Paris St Germain striker Neymar has been ruled out of Brazil's World Cup qualifier against Uruguay next week in Montevideo.
The forward arrived in Brazil with a leg injury and although he was certain to miss Friday's game against Venezuela in Sao (...)
Players from AS Roma and Fiorentina have been barred from leaving the country by local authorities to play in upcoming international matches because of COVID-19 infections at the two clubs, Italian media said on Sunday.
The ANSA news agency said (...)
As voting sites closed throughout the United States on Tuesday, exit polls conducted by Edison Research provided some insight on major issues driving the presidential vote and an early read on voter support.
Here are some highlights from the poll, (...)
Paris St Germain's Brazil forward Neymar will be sidelined until after the international break in mid-November following his injury against Istanbul Basaksehir in the Champions League, the French club's coach Thomas Tuchel said on Friday.
Neymar (...)
The United States revealed on Thursday it had seized Iranian missiles shipped to Yemen and sold 1.1 million barrels of previously seized Iranian oil that was bound for Venezuela, in the Trump administration's latest move to increase pressure on (...)
The United States on Thursday slapped sanctions on multiple entities in Iran, China and Singapore over their purchase and sale of Iranian petrochemical products, in the Trump administration's latest move to increase pressure on Tehran less than a (...)
Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp suffered another injury blow with Brazilian Fabinho joining Virgil van Dijk on the sidelines after picking up a hamstring injury in Tuesday's Champions League win over Midtjylland.
Midfielder Fabinho has been filling (...)
The United States on Monday imposed fresh Iran-related sanctions targeting the Islamic Republic's oil sector, including the Iranian Ministry of Petroleum, in Washington's latest action to increase pressure on Tehran.
The U.S. Treasury Department in (...)
Brazil's captain put their impressive 5-0 win over Bolivia down to the single-minded way the five-times world champions addressed their opening World Cup qualifier in Sao Paulo on Friday.
“Without a doubt, we have to highlight the fact that we took (...)
The new Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah has vowed to preserve the legacy of his brother, the late emir sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, who died on 29 September in hospital in the US.
The focus of the new emir will be mainly domestic, (...)
“The ‘Trump Doctrine' earns President Trump a third Nobel Peace Prize nomination!”
This was a tweet proudly tweeted by US President Donald Trump on Tuesday, adding that “might as well mention this because it will never be reported by the lamestream (...)
The United States will slap new sanctions on a number of Iranian officials and entities, including a judge who sentenced Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari to death, U.S. Special Representative for Iran and Venezuela Elliott Abrams said on Thursday.
"The (...)
The U.N. human rights chief appealed Monday for ``urgent and profound action to combat systemic racism'' in the United States, and encouraged Hong Kong authorities to ``monitor closely'' the enforcement of a national security law in China derided by (...)
Iran supports the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) as long as the group protects Iranian interests alongside other members, Iran's OPEC governor Amir Hossein Zamaninia said on Monday.
Sixty years after its formation, OPEC's (...)
Sudan declared an economic state of emergency on Thursday after its currency fell sharply in recent weeks due to "systematic vandalism," officials said.
The transitional government, in charge of the country since the ouster of Omar al-Bashir last (...)
The least one can say is that the Democratic and Republican Party conventions, which are held every four years prior to the US presidential elections, went practically unnoticed this year.
The reasons for this are many, the most important being the (...)
A senior Iranian official said on Friday there was no difference between the outgoing and incoming U.S. special envoys for Iran because American officials “bite off more than they can chew”.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Thursday (...)
Lebanon's hospitals, long considered among the best in the Middle East, are cracking under the country's financial crisis, struggling to pay staff, keep equipment running or even stay open amid a surge in coronavirus cases.
Private hospitals, the (...)
