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Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says Iran is ready to resume talks on reviving the 2015 nuclear deal but the administration of US President Joe Biden is sending a “negative sign” by keeping illegal sanctions on Tehran. Amir-Abdollahian made the remark in an interview with NBC News on Thursday, saying Iran …

A 3,500-year-old tablet recounting the epic of Gilgamesh was returned to Iraq Thursday after being stolen three decades ago and illegally imported to the United States. Iraqi Cultural Minister Hassan Nazim accepted the tablet during a ceremony in Washington. “To me, it means restituting self-esteem and the confidence in Iraqi …

Under fire from human rights groups and some progressive Democrats, the administration of US President Joe Biden has temporarily suspended the use of horse patrols in Del Rio, Texas. “We have ceased the use of the horse patrol in Del Rio temporarily,” a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official told …

China wrapped up the country’s first multinational peacekeeping exercise on Wednesday, demonstrating the extent of its military might on a huge training ground ringed by mountains. China’s defense spending is the second-largest in the world after the US, and tensions have dramatically increased between rival powers as Beijing has poured …

Iran says the US needs to cease its violations of the 2015 nuclear deal signed between Tehran and world powers without preconditions and drop its addiction to sanctions, stressing the Islamic Republic is not indebted to the other parties as it was fully committed to the agreement although it did …

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin pushed for a slower drawdown to encourage negotiations between the Taliban and the Afghan government, according to “Peril.” President Joe Biden’s top cabinet members unsuccessfully tried to dissuade him from pulling all US troops from Afghanistan, hoping he would …

Two wildfires in the US state of California are threatening some of the world’s largest and oldest trees in the area, according to the US National Park Service (NPS). Sequoia National Park in California, home to giant sequoia trees – the world’s largest, was forced to shut down due to …

The Intelligence agency deputy director noted that intelligence agencies were already noticing activities by al-Qaeda to re-establish a presence in Afghanistan. US intelligence officials warned Tuesday that the terrorist group al-Qaeda could re-establish itself in Afghanistan within the next one to two years. President Joe Biden ordered the complete withdrawal …

ِA security source reported on Tuesday, that the Popular Mobilization Forces were targeted by an airstrike by the American aircraft at the Iraqi-Syrian border. The source said in a statement, “An American airstrike targeted two vehicles of the Popular Mobilization Forces on the borders of Iraq and Syria in the …

US House Democrats have staged a plan to fund trillions of dollars by raising taxes on the rich and on profitable corporations. US media reported on Monday that the House Ways and Means Committee was as always focused on raising income tax to pay for the party’s $3.5 trillion social …

The international conference to recover the stolen funds will be launched in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, on the 15th and 16th of September. The conference is held under the auspices of Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi. The Arab League President Ahmed Abul Gheit, Arab justice ministers, heads of judicial councils and …

US President Joe Biden’s administration decided it will hold back $130 million in military aid to Egypt over human rights concerns, Politico reported. Egypt receives $1.3 billion in military aid annually, out of that amount Congress put human-rights-related conditions on $300 million. The Secretary of State has the power to …

“A full accounting of the US response to this crisis is not complete without the Pentagon, especially when it comes to understanding the complete collapse of the US-trained and funded Afghan military,” Menendez said. The top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Tuesday blasted the Biden administration over its …

US President Joe Biden will host a first in-person summit of leaders of the “Quad” countries – Australia, India, Japan, and the United States – which have been seeking to enhance cooperation to push back against alleged China’s growing assertiveness. The summit will be held at the White House on …

The US Capitol Police arrested a California man with multiple knives in his truck marked with white supremacist symbols near the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, police said on Monday. Around midnight, a Capitol Police officer was on patrol when he noticed a pickup truck with a bayonet and …

An Alabama man has died of heart failure after he was turned away by 43 hospitals, whose intensive care units were overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients amid a surge of new cases. Emergency staff at a local hospital where Ray Martin DeMonia, 73, was admitted to reached out to 43 hospitals …

Oil rose on Monday, supported by concerns over shut output in the United States because of damage from Hurricane Ida, with analysts expecting prices to remain rangebound in a stable market over the coming months. Brent crude was up 62 cents, or 0.9%, to $73.54 a barrel at 1332 GMT …

The US government has been selling houses in federally-designated flood zones, mostly to unsuspecting first homeowners, without disclosing the potential costs and dangers of living in such properties, according to an investigation. The homes, being sold by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), are foreclosures, meaning the previous …

US President Joe Biden has approved a disaster declaration for California and will travel to Sacramento on Monday to survey the damage from recent wildfires, the White House said on Sunday. More than 6,800 wildfires large and small have blackened an estimated 1.7 million acres (689,000 hectares) within California alone …

Tropical Storm Nicholas headed toward the Texas coast Monday, threatening to bring heavy rain and floods to coastal areas of Texas, Mexico, and storm-battered Louisiana. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami said a hurricane watch was issued for the central portion of the Texas coast with much of …