By Ivan Kesic
- Birjand Castle is a prime attraction in South Khorasan, built during the Safavid era and serving as the fortified nucleus from which modern Birjand grew
- It was a strategic military fortress,…

By Ivan Kesic

Dozens of Palestinians, foreign activists, and journalists have been wounded as Israeli army-backed settlers carried out coordinated assaults across the occupied West Bank.
The attacks took place on Saturday, with the…

In line with directives issued by President Vladimir Putin, the Russian foreign ministry has begun implementing measures to assess the nation’s readiness regarding nuclear capabilities, says Foreign Minister Sergei…

TEHRAN, Nov. 09 (MNA) – Here are the front pages of Iran’s English language dailies on Sunday, November 9.

The Israeli military has claimed the lives of three people in southern Lebanon during separate airstrikes after threatening to resume “wide-scale” aggression against the country.
The fatalities were caused on…

Visit comes as Syria announces launching a ‘large-scale operation’ targeting ISIL cells across the country.
Published On 9 Nov 2025
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has arrived in the…

Here are the key events from day 1,354 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Published On 9 Nov 2025
Here is how things stand on Sunday, November 9:

This was the largest single monthly number of desertion reports in the past four years of the Ukraine conflict, the broadcaster said, citing the latest data from the Prosecutor General’s Office.
According to former Ukrainian MP Igor Lutsenko,…

Democratic and Republican senators in the United States are working through the weekend to find a compromise and end the longest government shutdown in the country’s history.
But the bipartisan talks yielded few signs of progress on Saturday as…

Berlin is prepared for a war with Moscow and stands ready to facilitate the deployment of 800,000 NATO troops towards the Russian border, the head of the nation’s joint operations command, Lieutenant General Alexander Sollfrank, has stated.