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Demonstrators Arrested as Right-Wing Rally, Counter-Protesters Clash in Portland

Small scuffles broke out Saturday as police in Portland, Oregon, deployed "flash bang" devices and other means to disperse hundreds of right-wing and self-described anti-fascist protesters.
News ID: 71587    Publish Date : 2018/08/05

Bangladesh Shuts Down Mobile Internet to Tackle Teen Protests

Bangladesh authorities have shut down mobile internet across swathes of the country, officials and local media said Sunday, as the authorities try to quell massive student protests that have spiraled into violence.
News ID: 71586    Publish Date : 2018/08/05

Trump Says Any Talks with Iran 'Up to Them'

US President Donald Trump described Iran’s economy as “very bad” and said any meeting with the country’s officials is "up to them."
News ID: 71585    Publish Date : 2018/08/05

Venezuela’s Maduro Survives Assassination Attempt

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said he survived an assassination attempt involving explosive drones on Saturday thanks to God, the people and the country’s armed forces, and he blamed Colombia and the United States for what he called a right-wing plot to kill him.
News ID: 71584    Publish Date : 2018/08/05

Iran, Azerbaijan hold 1st joint consular meeting

The 1st joint consular meeting of Iran and Azerbaijan was held on Saturday night in Tehran.
News ID: 71583    Publish Date : 2018/08/05

Iranian Armed Forces finished runner-up at World Army Games 2018 which is underway in Russia.

Russian team ranked first in the competitions which will be underway until August 11.
News ID: 71582    Publish Date : 2018/08/05

Regional States Spend $137bln to Bring Chaos to Region, Iran: Minister

Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami warned against foreign plots to sow discord between the country’s people and government and said some regional governments have spent $137 billion to bring chaos into the Islamic Republic.
News ID: 71581    Publish Date : 2018/08/04

Syria in Last 24 Hours: Army Regains Control of More Regions in Quneitra

The Damascus Army captured more areas in Quneitra province under a peace agreement which includes surrender or retreat of the terrorists from occupied regions.
News ID: 71580    Publish Date : 2018/08/04

Terrorists in Idlib Concerned as Parts of Militant Front, Syrian Gov't Try to Reach Peace Agreement

Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at (the Levant Liberation Board or the Al-Nusra Front) terrorists are showing deep concern over handing over their regions in Idlib province to the Syrian Army that is in talks with a main part of the militant front to surrender before the government forces' imminent operation in Northwestern Syria, militant-affiliated sources said on Saturday.
News ID: 71579    Publish Date : 2018/08/04

Syrian Army Discovers Mass Grave in Dara'a

The Syrian Army continued cleansing operation in Northern Dara'a on Saturday, and found a mass grave of over fifty government soldiers killed by the terrorists around five years ago.
News ID: 71578    Publish Date : 2018/08/04

More American, Israeli Weapons Found in Terrorists' Positions in Southwestern Syria

The Syrian Army forces carried out mop-up operations in Quneitra province on Saturday, discovering a large volume of Israeli and American weapons, ammunition and military equipment of the pro-militants White Helmets in terrorists' positions.
News ID: 71577    Publish Date : 2018/08/04

Rouhani Calls for Expansion of Iran-Niger Ties

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in a message to his Nigerien counterpart Mahamadou Issoufou called for broadening of mutual cooperation and bilateral relations between the two countries.
News ID: 71576    Publish Date : 2018/08/04

China Threatens to Impose $60 Billion in Tariffs on US Goods

Beijing announced that it will impose additional tariffs on $60 billion worth of US imports, including liquefied natural gas (LNG) and aircraft, in response to US President Donald Trump’s plan to increase duties on Chinese goods worth $200 billion.
News ID: 71575    Publish Date : 2018/08/04

Senior MP: Iran, Not US, Should Set Preconditions for Any Talks

Rapporteur of the Iranian parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Ali Najafi Khoshroudi said given the Washington's long list of hostilities, this should be Iran and not the US that can set preconditions for any talks.
News ID: 71574    Publish Date : 2018/08/04

Syrian Army Sends More Troops to Sweida to End ISIL's Presence in Region

The Syrian Army forwarded a long convoy of fresh forces and equipment to Eastern Sweida on Saturday to purge the region of the remaining pockets of ISIL terrorists.
News ID: 71573    Publish Date : 2018/08/04

Iran: World Wants to Preserve JCPOA

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif underlined that the majority of the world countries are in consensus over safeguarding the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
News ID: 71572    Publish Date : 2018/08/04

Europe to resist Washington plot against Tehran: US media

Washington has accused Tehran of terror plots and, and at the same time, pressed Europeans to push them away from Iran, but EU is resisting, wrote Wall Street Journal (WSJ).
News ID: 71571    Publish Date : 2018/08/04

Lebanese Hezbollah slams Saudis' crimes in Yemen

Lebanese Hezbollah in a statement vehemently condemned Saudi coalition's attack on a hospital in al-Hudaydah.
News ID: 71570    Publish Date : 2018/08/04

China Restrained in Trade Tariffs, Won't Accept US 'Blackmail'

China's state media said on Saturday the government's retaliatory tariffs on $60 billion of US goods showed rational restraint and accused the United States of blackmail.
News ID: 71569    Publish Date : 2018/08/04

Kazakh Defense Minister Greets Iranian Military Team

Kazakhstan’s Defense Minister Saken Zhasuzakov visited a team from the Iranian Air Force’s Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Unit which is in the Central Asian country to attend the International Army Games 2018.
News ID: 71568    Publish Date : 2018/08/04

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