(Xinhua) -- Iraq on Wednesday adopted several COVID-19 restrictive measures including a ban on travel to 20 countries where the new strain of coronavirus has spread. The 20 countries are Britain, ... ( read original story ...)
Iraq: Papal visit logo unveiled amid uncertainty over Pope Francis’ March trip
More information has been released about the papal visit to Iraq, as Pope Francis expressed doubt this week about whether the trip would take place as planned in March. In a television interview on ... ( read original story ...)
Report: South Korea testing new missile as Pyongyang commits to nuclear program
(UPI) -- South Korea is developing a new submarine-launched ballistic missile and has tested the weapon at the Agency for Defense Development's Anheung test site, according to a local press report. ( read original story ...)
Iran works on uranium metal for reactor fuel in new breach of nuclear deal
Iran has started work on uranium metal-based fuel for a research reactor, the U.N. nuclear watchdog and Tehran said on Wednesday, in the latest breach of its nuclear deal with six major powers as the ... ( read original story ...)
Iran resumes 20% uranium enrichment and seizes South Korean tanker
Iran has informed the International Atomic Energy Agency that it is resuming 20% uranium enrichment in violation of the Iran nuclear deal. President Trump took the U.S. out of the Obama-era agreement ... ( read original story ...)
Iran’s Bewildering Own Goal on Vaccine Procurement | Opinion
Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei bizarrely banned "English and American" vaccines in a televised speech last week, in a move all but certain to lead to more innocent deaths. ( read original story ...)
Biden undermined on Cuba, Iran by last-minute Pompeo terror designations
The secretary of state is throwing diplomatic banana peels in the path of his successor by spuriously designating foreign actors he doesn’t like as terrorists. ( read original story ...)
The ‘Iran-al-Qaeda Axis’: Here we go again
Qaeda, the US now says Iran is the armed group’s ‘new home’. ( read original story ...)
Iran launches missile drill amid rising tensions with U.S.
Iran's military launched a short-range naval missile drill on Wednesday, Iranian state TV reported, at a time of high tension between arch foes Tehran and Washington. ( read original story ...)
Turkey to begin mass COVID-19 vaccination on Thursday with Sinovac shot
Turkey will start countrywide COVID-19 vaccinations on Thursday beginning with health workers, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Wednesday shortly after Sinovac's vaccine was granted emergency ... ( read original story ...)