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How old is too old to be a world leader?

Tue Jan 9, 2018 10:55:13

When it comes to being a world leader, how old is too old? Voters in Malaysia will soon have to ponder that question, after the country's opposition alliance selected former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad to lead its challenge against Najib Razak, the scandal-ridden current prime minister.

These Are the Busiest Air Routes in the World

Tue Jan 9, 2018 10:19:39

The world’s busiest air route isn’t London to Paris or New York to Los Angeles, but the trip between Seoul and a tiny island off the coast of South Korea.

Houthi group release FLIR video showing shoot down of Saudi F-15S over Yemen

Tue Jan 9, 2018 09:45:37

Houthi group have released video shows the exact moment they shot down Royal Saudi Air Force F-15S over Yemen.They appear to have at least tracked the jet using a repurposed FLIR Systems Star SAFIRE sensor turret, which features an infrared camera.

Saudi Arabia: Cleric Held 4 Months Without Charge

Tue Jan 9, 2018 09:31:29

Saudi authorities have held a prominent cleric for four months without charging or questioning him, Human Rights Watch said today. Saudi authorities detained the cleric, Salman al-Awda, on September 7, 2017, and later imposed arbitrary travel bans on members of al-Awda’s immediate family.

EU, Zarif due to talk JCPOA in Brussels on Thursday

Tue Jan 9, 2018 09:07:14

The EU has invited Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to Brussels for talks over the landmark nuclear deal reached between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries in 2015 on Thursday.

Iranian oil tanker burns for third day after collision off China coast

Tue Jan 9, 2018 08:39:31

A tanker carrying Iranian oil that collided with a Chinese freight ship in the East China Sea was still on fire on Tuesday morning, the Chinese government said, as dozens of rescue boats struggled to control the blaze for a third day.

UN's 'No to Trump' adds to US defeats: Iran

Mon Jan 8, 2018 13:49:50

The negative response to Trump and his administration during the UN Security Council's emergency meeting on the recent protests in Iran was the continuation of the US defeats in the world, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman said here on Monday.

Riots killed 20 people, main organizers detained: Police

Sun Jan 7, 2018 14:00:05

The main plotters of recent scattered riots in some Iranian towns and cities have been identified and arrested, a police spokesman says.

nine in 10 attacks by Israelis against Palestinians condoned by authorities: Rights group

Sun Jan 7, 2018 12:38:24

An Israeli rights group says authorities only bring indictments in about one in 10 ideologically-motivated attacks by Israelis against Palestinians in the occupied territories.

UNSC meeting a ‘foreign policy blunder’ for Trump: Zarif

Sun Jan 7, 2018 12:13:17

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif described a recent UN Security Council's emergency meeting on protests against high prices in some Iranian cities as a “foreign policy blunder” for US President Donald Trump’s administration.