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China, US Hold 'Constructive' Call on Trade Mini-Deal

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Senior Chinese and US officials again sent positive signals on Friday about their efforts to formalize the partial trade bargain announced last month, with US President Donald Trump saying he may meet with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in the state of Iowa.
News ID: 79175    Publish Date : 2019/11/02

‘I Like Oil, We’re Keeping Oil’: Trump Confirms US Wants Syria’s Oil, Not to Patrol Its Borders

TEHRAN ( defapress )- US President Donald Trump reiterated the US’s lack of interest in patrolling the Syrian-Turkish border, stressing that Washington’s main interest was in controlling the country’s oil.
News ID: 79172    Publish Date : 2019/11/02

UN Says Record 45 Million People in Southern Africa Facing Food Crisis

TEHRAN ( defapress )- A record 45 million people across Southern Africa face severe food shortages in the next six months, with around a quarter of them currently enduring drought-induced "crisis" food insecurity, three United Nations agencies warned.
News ID: 79171    Publish Date : 2019/11/02

Iran:

US Unilateral Sanctions Blatant Violation of Int’l Law

TEHRAN ( defapress )- Iranian First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri said on Saturday that the US bullying and “unjust” sanctions against his nation represents a textbook example of economic terrorism and a flagrant breach of the principles of the international law and the United Nations’ charter.
News ID: 79169    Publish Date : 2019/11/02

53 Troops Killed in Mali Military Outpost Attack

TEHRAN ( defapress )- At least 53 soldiers and a civilian have been killed in an attack on a military post in Northeast Mali, according to the country's communication minister.
News ID: 79168    Publish Date : 2019/11/02

Xi Voices Willingness to Maintain 'Close Communication' with North Korean Leader

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Chinese President Xi Jinping has voiced his readiness to maintain "close communication" with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and promote the two nations' ties in a message, the North's state media said Saturday.
News ID: 79167    Publish Date : 2019/11/02

Iranian VP, Kyrgyz PM Discuss Closer Ties

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iranian First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri and Kyrgyzstan’s Prime Minister Mukhammedkalyi Abylgaziev held talks about a host of topics, including the latest efforts to boost bilateral relations between the two countries.
News ID: 79166    Publish Date : 2019/11/02

Palestinian Wounded in Israeli Airstrikes on Gaza Dies of Wounds

TEHRAN ( defapress )- A Palestinian man who was seriously injured in the Israeli air raids on the Gaza Strip during the night and early morning hours of Saturday died of his wounds, according to medical sources.
News ID: 79165    Publish Date : 2019/11/02

Pelosi Suggests Impeachment Inquiry Could Expand Beyond Ukraine

TEHRAN ( defapress )- Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) stated on Friday it's possible that controversies beyond Ukraine could be part of the impeachment case against President Donald Trump.
News ID: 79164    Publish Date : 2019/11/02

Senior MP:

Triangle of US, Israel, Saudi Arabia Support Terrorist Groups in Region

TEHRAN ( defapress )- A senior Iranian lawmaker underlined that Washington and its regional allies, specially the US and Israel are main source of terrorism in the region, and said that the US is meddling in the internal affairs of Iraq and Yemen.
News ID: 79163    Publish Date : 2019/11/02

IRGC Chief:

US Power Waning since Victory of Islamic Revolution

TEHRAN ( defapress )- Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami said on Saturday that the US power has entered a course of erosion since the victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979, adding that Washington has been relegated from strategic to operational levels.
News ID: 79162    Publish Date : 2019/11/02

11 Wounded as Blast Rocks Afghanistan's Northern City

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – At least 11 people, including two security personnel, were injured in Afghanistan as a blast rocked the capital of northern Baghlan province on Saturday, provincial police spokesman Jawed Basharat said.
News ID: 79160    Publish Date : 2019/11/02

Trump Suggests Chad Wolf Is Acting Department of Homeland Security Chief

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – US President Donald Trump appeared Friday to name Chad Wolf, an official at the Department of Homeland Security, as the agency's acting secretary, three weeks after Kevin McAleenan submitted his resignation to the White House.
News ID: 79159    Publish Date : 2019/11/02

Iran’s VP Attends SCO Meetings in Uzbekistan

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iranian First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri is taking part in the 18th Meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Heads of State that started in Uzbekistan’s capital of Tashkent today.
News ID: 79157    Publish Date : 2019/11/02

UN Says Drafting New Syria Constitution Will Begin Monday

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – The 150-member committee selected to write a new constitution for Syria has agreed on a 45-member drafting body that will begin work on Monday, a first step on what UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres hopes will be a road to peace.
News ID: 79156    Publish Date : 2019/11/02

Amir-Abdollahian:

Referendum, Palestine's democratic solution

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iranian Parliament speaker's special adviser on international affairs said Palestine's democratic solution is a “referendum among genuine Christians, Muslims and Jews.”
News ID: 79155    Publish Date : 2019/11/02

FM spox welcomes designation of 2 Iranian cities as UNESCO Creative Cities

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi welcomed the recent designation of Sanandaj and Bandar Abbas as UNESCO Creative Cities, saying that this is a good opportunity to better introduce Iran to the world.
News ID: 79154    Publish Date : 2019/11/02

Zarif:

Iran Will Never Give In to US Pressure, Bullying

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif condemned the latest sanctions imposed by the US against Tehran, stressing that Iranians will never submit to Washington’s bullying.
News ID: 79153    Publish Date : 2019/11/02

Assad Says US Claims of Eliminating Al-Baghdadi Need Verification

TEHRAN ( defapress )- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Thursday that Damascus had no contacts with the United States on the elimination of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, ISIS or Daesh) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and will not believe that he was really killed until reliable evidence is presented.
News ID: 79151    Publish Date : 2019/11/01

Iran's Judiciary Chief Blasts US for Destructive Role in Region

TEHRAN ( defapress )- Iran's Judiciary Chief Seyed Ebrahim Rayeesi lashed out at Washington for pursuing a seditious policy in the Middle East, saying that the US is implicated in all miseries and crimes in the region.
News ID: 79149    Publish Date : 2019/11/01

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