Middle East
UN, Palestinians Launch Humanitarian Appeal After US Funding Cuts
The 2019 Humanitarian Response Plan outlined 203 projects to be carried out by 88 different groups, including UN agencies and non-governmental organizations.
JERUSALEM (Reuters) —...
Jamal Khashoggi, Other Journalists Named Time Person of the Year
NEW YORK — Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered in October at his country’s Istanbul consulate, was on December 11 named Time magazine’s “Person of the Year”...
UN: 20 Million Yemenis Are Hungry, 250,000 Face Catastrophe
UNITED NATIONS (PTI) — Twenty million people in war-torn Yemen are hungry — a staggering 70 percent of the population and a 15 percent...
Iran Yatra: A Five-Day Journey to Persian Nation
Mohammed Anas
WHAT thoughts Iran provokes when you think of this West Asian country? A country run by mullahs (ayatollahs) who hold grip on all...
Iran Becomes World Missile Power Despite Sanctions: Defence Minister
Iran’s missile program has a defensive nature and is designed based on the needs of the country,” Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman said.
TEHRAN (IANS) — Iran...