Category: 1. Iran

Lee is the first South Korean leader to visit Beijing in six years and his four-day trip comes less than a week after China carried out massive military drills around Taiwan, the self-ruled island it claims as part of its territory.

The exercise,…

Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro was in a US jail after being transported to New York following his capture by American forces in a strike condemned by Iran, Russia, and other allies of the South American country but hailed by Venezuelans living in…

Seoul’s defence ministry said it had detected “several projectiles, presumed to be ballistic missiles” fired from near the North Korean capital Pyongyang around 7:50 am (2250 GMT Saturday).

“The military is maintaining a full readiness…

Iran’s foreign minister has sharply condemned the United States’ military aggression against Venezuela and the kidnapping of President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, describing the move as a “clear instance of state…

“For those willing to go where no one has gone before, there is a brief window of opportunity,” Abbas Araghchi wrote.

The op-ed appeared just a day after Trump met Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago in Florida, where the…

Why it matters:

Lieutenant General Qasem Soleimani is widely seen as a key figure in defending oppressed peoples across West Asia, having led the fight against terrorist groups—particularly ISIS—in Syria and…