TEHRAN (Basirat): Spokesman for the Yemeni Houthi Ansarullah movement took a swipe at Saudi Arabia’s minister of Islamic affairs for praising the Zionist regime for allowing Muslims to attend the Hajj pilgrimage, describing the “dangerous” comments as part of efforts to recognize Israel.
TEHRAN (Basirat): Facebook Inc (FB.O) and Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) have removed hundreds of pages and accounts that could be linked to Iran, the social media giants said in separate statements.
TEHRAN (Basirat): US President Donald Trump said he “could not care less” if the Iranian government does not want to hold new talks over its nuclear program.
TEHRAN (Basirat): China will use oil tankers from Iran for its purchases of that country’s crude, a report said.
TEHRAN (Basirat): Millions of Muslims celebrated the Eid al-Adha in Mecca on Tuesday during the annual Hajj pilgrimage.
TEHRAN (Basirat): Turkey is reportedly urging Qatar to stop backing Hay'et Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), fearing that presence of the terrorist group in Syria’s Idlib may lead to an infighting and pave the way for Damascus to recapture the northwestern Syrian province.
TEHRAN (Basirat): A senior economist and member of Germany’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) highlighted the US administration’s continued enmity toward Iran and said any decision by Tehran to trust Washington again would be definitely wrong.
TEHRAN (Basirat): A Saudi activist and opposition figure said most of the young royal princes in Saudi Arabia have been banned from leaving the country.
TEHRAN (Basirat): British Prime Minister Theresa May has backed calls for Boris Johnson to apologize for saying Muslim women in burkas look like "bank robbers".
TEHRAN (Basirat): A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to restart a program that protects young undocumented immigrants from deportation, the second ruling blocking the administration from ending the DACA program.
TEHRAN (Basirat): The Israeli navy seized a Swedish-flagged sailboat carrying food and medical supplies for Palestinians in the blockaded Gaza Strip on Saturday, the military said.
TEHRAN (Basirat): Frigates of the Saudi-led military coalition in the Red Sea shelled a village near Yemen’s northwestern town of Abs, leaving eight civilian casualties.