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A meeting between Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi and US President Donald Trump has been cancelled. The Iraqi government today said in a statement that a disagreement on the organisation of the meeting led to it being replaced by a telephone conversation.  The statement added that during the call, …

TEHRAN, Dec. 25 – Peter Jenkins, former UK Ambassador to the IAEA and UN says that “UNSC 2231 “calls upon” Iran to refrain from developing a certain category of missiles. “Call upon” is not a legally-binding formulation.” A former associate fellow of the Geneva Centre for Security Policy also adds …

TEHRAN, Dec. 25 – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei has expressed his condolences on the loss of lives of several academy students in a bus accident in the north of Tehran on Tuesday. After a bus carrying university students turned over, killing 9 and injuring 28 others, according to …

Christmas, marking the birth of Jesus Christ, is being celebrated across the globe today. Thousands of pilgrims flocked to Bethlehem, the birth place of Lord Christ, for the celebrations. Pope Francis led a service in St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican for the traditional Christmas Eve Mass. He called on …

US Federal government shut down over budget spending could continue right up to the opening of the next Congress on 3 January, a Trump aide has said.  The shutdown began at midnight Friday after opposition Democrats resisted President Donald Trump’s demand for 5.7 billion dollars for his Mexico border wall …

An anti-corruption court in Pakistan on Monday sentenced ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif to seven years in jail and imposed 2.5 million US Dollars fine in the Al-Azizia Steel Mills graft case.  The court also ordered to seize the Al-Azizia and Hill Metal properties.  However, it acquitted him in the …

RAWALPINDI – Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa has confirmed death sentence awarded to 14 hardcore terrorists, who were involved in heinous offences related to terrorism. The terrorists were involved in attacking Armed Forces and Law Enforcement Agencies of Pakistan, destruction of communication infrastructure, police station, educational institution …

 Ayatollah Mohammad Emami Kashani, the interim Leader of Tehran Friday Prayers says that the American troops are leaving Syria after their failure, expressing hope foreign troops will leave other countries in the region.  “When the Americans say that they need to leave Syria it means that they have failed in …

Pakistan was one of the two countries elected to this position from Asia-Pacific Group. ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Pakistan has been elected as the Vice President and the Rapporteur of the Conference of Parties (COP) to UN Convention on Climate Change and member of five other climate change bodies. According …

President Ram Nath Kovind has extended India’s support to the efforts of Myanmar in taking forward the peace process, national reconciliation and economic recovery. Addressing at the banquet hosted in his honour in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday, he said that Without unity and territorial integrity of Myanmar, India cannot succeed …