The state-run National News Agency said its services office in Ain al-Hilweh, the director's office in the southern city of Sidon and the bus stop in the area have also been closed off by demonstrators, Daily Star reported. And UNRWA offices were shut down Thursday in the northern city of …

Speaking to Tasnim, Javadi said although European banks have begun to conduct the financial transactions that let Iran get its petrodollars, there still exist some problems with the other banking systems that need to be fixed with negotiations that are in progress. He said the payments are made in dollar …

Six others were handed 10 years in jail on Thursday each for their role in the unrest, General Prosecutor Ahmed al-Hammadi said. The nine were tried for attempted murder of police officers, possessing explosives and participating in clashes in March 2014, Hammadi said, AFP reported. Bahrain last month sentenced eight …

The Iranian football club, sacked Majid Jalali on Tuesday following the poor results in Iranian Professional League. Saeid Rajabi has already worked as Saipa assistant coach. He also coached Iran U-17 football team from 2012 to 2013. Rajabi became the top scorer of 1992 FIFA Futsal World Championship, where Iran …

Conducted by physicians from Mayo Clinic in Arizona, "Is Meat Killing Us?" was published in the Journal of the American Osteopathic Association. The authors analyzed six studies that evaluated the effects of meat and vegetarian diets on mortality with a goal of giving primary care physicians evidence-based guidance about whether …

On behalf of the NAM, Iran’s UN Ambassador Gholam Ali Khoshroo sent a letter to the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday, submitting the Communiqué of the Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement on the violation of the principle of sovereign immunity of States by the US. He also …

Saudi Arabia has explicitly announced that it sides with the Zionist regime’s schemes and opposes the restoration of Palestinian rights, Sheikh Qassem said in a meeting of the International Union of Resistance Clerics on Thursday. He further emphasized that the plots against Muslim nations are based on “three pillars”, namely …

In a meeting with Hezbollah Secretary General Seyed Hassan Nasrallah on the sidelines of the International Union of Resistance conference underway in Beirut, Lebanon, Velayati denounced a recent move by certain Arab states to label Hezbollah as a terrorist organization and said the movement will remain victorious despite all enmities …

The Israeli army asserted that a major target of the strikes was suspected infiltration tunnels under the border. The raid hit a garage, its owner Hassan Hasaneen told AFP, saying the vehicles that caught fire were not used by security forces but only for reconstruction works. The Israeli army further …

In the May edition released in Zurich on Thursday, Iran still remains Asia’s highest ranked team and 42nd in the world. With no A-international matches played in April, the May edition of the FIFA World Ranking provided a brief moment of security for teams eager to hold onto their top …