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Yemen: Iran's Houthis Armament Will Not Achieve Peace

Yemen’s internationally recognized government on Friday welcomed the UN Secretariat’s report on Iran’s implementation of its nuclear commitments which the global body endorsed through Resolution 2231 in 2015. In a statement Yemen’s Foreign Ministry emphasized

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (Twitter)

Sergei Lavrov: Arabs Diplomatic Presence in Damascus Would Encourage an Intra-Syrian Dialogue

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stressed Friday the importance of the full implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 2254, saying the Syrian problem can be solved "exclusively by encouraging dialogue between Syrians themselves." He said

Why is Greece Still Supporting Haftar?

Greece has been left in a tight corner after betting on East Libya-based warlord Khalifa Haftar, a Turkey-based scholar has said. After Haftar's 2019 military campaign to recapture the capital Tripoli failed, many of his

Israelis Need to Understand Might is Not Right!

The conflict between Israel and Palestine is frequently a victim of competing narratives — and often the more successful narrative is not the correct one. Take, for example, Israel’s bid to unilaterally annex about 30

UN Suspends Two Staff Members For 'Car Sex' in Tel Aviv

The United Nations has suspended two male staff members of its peacekeeping operation in the Middle East without pay after an initial inquiry found they had engaged in sexual misconduct in the Israeli-occupied territories. The

Corona Virus

'Personality Clash' Finally Ends The Career of The New Zealand Health Minister

New Zealand's health minister resigned Thursday after a public backlash over his breach of lockdown and his criticism of the civil servant responsible for the country's world-leading coronavirus

A state health worker sitting inside an ambulance collects a swab sample from a person testing for the COVID-19 coronavirus in Kolkata on July 1, 2020. Dibyangshu SARKAR / AFP

Corona-Infected Persons Spike to Over 10.4 Million in The World

Brazil, Peru, Chile and Mexico are among the most affected countries in the world. (Shutterstock/ File Photo)

WHO Warns: The Worst of The Coronavirus is Yet to Come

China Approves Potential Coronavirus Vaccine

A man wearing a face mask and holding the Italian flag attends the Pope's weekly Angelus prayer at St. Peter's Square in The Vatican, on June 28, 2020 as the city-state eases its lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 infection, caused by the novel coronavirus. Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP

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A guest poses for photographs at the infinity pool of the newly-inaugurated Dolce Hanoi Golden Lake hotel, the world's first gold-plated hotel, in Hanoi on July 2, 2020. Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP

Guests pose for photographs at the infinity pool of the newly-inaugurated Dolce Hanoi Golden Lake hotel, the world's first gold-plated hotel, in Hanoi on July 2, 2020. Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP

A staff member stands near the lifts in the lobby of the newly-inaugurated Dolce Hanoi Golden Lake hotel, the world's first gold-plated hotel, in Hanoi on July 2, 2020. Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP

Hotel staff wait to welcome guests in the lobby of the newly-inaugurated Dolce Hanoi Golden Lake hotel, the world's first gold-plated hotel, in Hanoi on July 2, 2020. Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP

A staff member waits to welcome guests in the lobby of the newly-inaugurated Dolce Hanoi Golden Lake hotel, the world's first gold-plated hotel, in Hanoi on July 2, 2020. Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP

Staff wait to welcome guests in the lobby of the newly-inaugurated Dolce Hanoi Golden Lake hotel, the world's first gold-plated hotel, in Hanoi on July 2, 2020. Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP

A placard hangs on a room's doorknob at the newly-inaugurated Dolce Hanoi Golden Lake hotel, the world's first gold-plated hotel, in Hanoi on July 2, 2020. Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP

A staff member poses for a photograph inside the 1,000 USD per night executive two bedroom suite of the newly-inaugurated Dolce Hanoi Golden Lake hotel, the world's first gold-plated hotel, in Hanoi on July 2, 2020. Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP

A girl walks past women washing pots and pans by cisterns at the yard of a school building where Syrians -- displaced from the area of Ras al-Ain by the Turkish offensive on the northeast -- are staying in the city of Hasakah, on June 30, 2020. Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP

A girl looks on while standing by a doorway at the hallway of a school building where Syrians -- displaced from the area of Ras al-Ain by the Turkish offensive on the northeast -- are staying in the city of Hasakah, on June 30, 2020. Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP

A girl looks on in the stairwell of a school building where Syrians -- displaced from the area of Ras al-Ain by the Turkish offensive on the northeast -- are staying in the city of Hasakah, on June 30, 2020. Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP

A girl eats a watermelon slice while at a school building where Syrians -- displaced from the area of Ras al-Ain by the Turkish offensive on the northeast -- are staying in the city of Hasakah, on June 30, 2020. Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP

A girl poses for a picture while at a school building where Syrians -- displaced from the area of Ras al-Ain by the Turkish offensive on the northeast -- are staying in the city of Hasakah, on June 30, 2020. Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP

A girl holds her shawl while walking in a hallway at a school building where Syrians -- displaced from the area of Ras al-Ain by the Turkish offensive on the northeast -- are staying in the city of Hasakah, on June 30, 2020. Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP

A woman walks down a stairwell while carrying pots on her head at a school building where Syrians -- displaced from the area of Ras al-Ain by the Turkish offensive on the northeast -- are staying in the city of Hasakah, on June 30, 2020. Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP

People stand in a hallway at a school building where Syrians -- displaced from the area of Ras al-Ain by the Turkish offensive on the northeast -- are staying in the city of Hasakah, on June 30, 2020. Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP

A woman feeds a child while sitting on the floor at a former classroom in a school building where Syrians -- displaced from the area of Ras al-Ain by the Turkish offensive on the northeast -- are staying in the city of Hasakah, on June 30, 2020. Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP

A woman sits with children as they pose for a picture at a former classroom in a school building where Syrians -- displaced from the area of Ras al-Ain by the Turkish offensive on the northeast -- are staying in the city of Hasakah, on June 30, 2020. Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP

A boy plays in a rice paddy field during "National Paddy Day", which marks the start of the annual rice planting season, in Tokha village on the outskirts of Kathmandu on June 29, 2020. Splashing mud and drinking local rice beer, Nepali farmers this week celebrated National Paddy Day to mark the beginning of the rice-planting season, despite some coronavirus lockdown measures still in place. Traditional farming songs and laughter echoed in the air as farmers waded into waterlogged fields to sow green paddy. PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP

A woman drinks rice wine while planting rice during "National Paddy Day", which marks the start of the annual rice planting season, in Tokha village on the outskirts of Kathmandu on June 29, 2020. Splashing mud and drinking local rice beer, Nepali farmers this week celebrated National Paddy Day to mark the beginning of the rice-planting season, despite some coronavirus lockdown measures still in place. Traditional farming songs and laughter echoed in the air as farmers waded into waterlogged fields to sow green paddy. PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP

Mud-covered farmers play in a rice paddy field during "National Paddy Day", which marks the start of the annual rice planting season, in Tokha village on the outskirts of Kathmandu on June 29, 2020. PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP

Splashing mud and drinking local rice beer, Nepali farmers this week celebrated National Paddy Day to mark the beginning of the rice-planting season, despite some coronavirus lockdown measures still in place. Traditional farming songs and laughter echoed in the air as farmers waded into waterlogged fields to sow green paddy. PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP

Mud-covered farmers play in a rice paddy field during "National Paddy Day", which marks the start of the annual rice planting season, in Tokha village on the outskirts of Kathmandu on June 29, 2020. Splashing mud and drinking local rice beer, Nepali farmers this week celebrated National Paddy Day to mark the beginning of the rice-planting season, despite some coronavirus lockdown measures still in place. Traditional farming songs and laughter echoed in the air as farmers waded into waterlogged fields to sow green paddy. PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP

Splashing mud and drinking local rice beer, Nepali farmers this week celebrated National Paddy Day to mark the beginning of the rice-planting season, despite some coronavirus lockdown measures still in place. Traditional farming songs and laughter echoed in the air as farmers waded into waterlogged fields to sow green paddy. PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP

In this photograph taken on June 29, 2020 a mud-covered girls play in a rice paddy field during "National Paddy Day", which marks the start of the annual rice planting season, in Tokha village on the outskirts of Kathmandu. PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP

Splashing mud and drinking local rice beer, Nepali farmers this week celebrated National Paddy Day to mark the beginning of the rice-planting season, despite some coronavirus lockdown measures still in place. Traditional farming songs and laughter echoed in the air as farmers waded into waterlogged fields to sow green paddy. PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP

Iranian bakers Esmail Asghari, 66, Farzad Rabiei, 30, and Mojtaba Haydari, 23, pose with Barbari bread in Tehran on June 7, 2020. ATTA KENARE / AFP

Iranian baker Esmail Asghari, 66, poses with Barbari bread in Tehran on June 7, 2020. ATTA KENARE / AFP

Iranian bakers Farzad Rabiei (L), 30, Esmail Asghari, 66, and Mojtaba Haydari, 23, prepare dough for Barbari bread in Tehran on June 7, 2020. ATTA KENARE / AFP

Iranian baker Mohammad Mirzakhani, 41, makes Taftoon bread in Tehran on June 13, 2020. ATTA KENARE / AFP

Ali, 21, an Iranian baker poses with Sangak bread in the capital Tehran on June 13, 2020. ATTA KENARE / AFP

Iranian bakers Amir Jafari (L), 58, and Mohammad Mirzakhani, 41, make Taftoon bread in Tehran on June 13, 2020. ATTA KENARE / AFP

Fars Province Iran, bakers are baking Sangak bread in a traditional oven by traditional method, Sangak bread was traditionally the bread of the Persian army (Shutterstock)

Traditional bread. In Farsi, bread is Naan. The names Naan-e Sangak or Naan-e Barbari, mean Sangak Bread or Barbari Bread (Shutterstock)

Sangak, a leavened Iranian flatbread. In Persian 'sangak' means little stone, as the bread is baked on small stones in a traditional oven (Shutterstock)

A Rohingya woman from Myanmar goes through an identification procedure by Indonesian police at the immigration detention centre in Lhokseumawe in Indonesia's North Aceh Regency on June 26, 2020. Nearly 100 Rohingya asylum seekers stranded off the coast of Indonesia were pulled to shore on June 25 by locals angered at the refusal of authorities to give them shelter over coronavirus fears. CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN / AFP

Rohingya woman from Myanmar queue up as they go through identification procedures by Indonesian police at the immigration detention centre in Lhokseumawe in Indonesia's North Aceh Regency on June 26, 2020. Nearly 100 Rohingya asylum seekers stranded off the coast of Indonesia were pulled to shore on June 25 by locals angered at the refusal of authorities to give them shelter over coronavirus fears. CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN / AFP

A Rohingya man from Myanmar hugs an Indonesian officer after being evacuated from a boat onto the shorelines of Lancok village, in Indonesia's North Aceh Regency on June 25, 2020. Nearly 100 Rohingya from Myanmar, including 30 children, have been rescued from a rickety wooden boat off the coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island, a maritime official said. CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN / AFP

The rescued Rohingya were given temporary shelter in people's homes after they were brought ashore [Chaideer Amhyuddin/AFP]

Rohingya people from Myanmar wait for aid at the immigration detention centre in Lhokseumawe in Indonesia's North Aceh Regency on June 26, 2020. Nearly 100 Rohingya asylum seekers stranded off the coast of Indonesia were pulled to shore on June 25 by locals angered at the refusal of authorities to give them shelter over coronavirus fears. CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN / AFP

A Rohingya from Myanmar gets her identification photograph taken by Indonesian police at the immigration detention centre in Lhokseumawe, in Indonesia's North Aceh Regency. (AFP Photo)

Acehnesse fishermen help evacuate Rohingya children from Myanmar onto the shorelines of Lancok village, in Indonesia's North Aceh Regency on June 25, 2020. - Nearly 100 Rohingya from Myanmar, including 30 children, have been rescued from a rickety wooden boat off the coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island, a maritime official said. (Photo by CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN / AFP)

Fishermen helping Rohingya onto the beach at Lancok village in North Aceh Regency. AFP

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A guest poses for photographs at the infinity pool of the newly-inaugurated Dolce Hanoi Golden Lake hotel, the world's first gold-plated hotel, in Hanoi on July 2, 2020. Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP

Guests pose for photographs at the infinity pool of the newly-inaugurated Dolce Hanoi Golden Lake hotel, the world's first gold-plated hotel, in Hanoi on July 2, 2020. Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP

A staff member stands near the lifts in the lobby of the newly-inaugurated Dolce Hanoi Golden Lake hotel, the world's first gold-plated hotel, in Hanoi on July 2, 2020. Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP

Hotel staff wait to welcome guests in the lobby of the newly-inaugurated Dolce Hanoi Golden Lake hotel, the world's first gold-plated hotel, in Hanoi on July 2, 2020. Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP

A staff member waits to welcome guests in the lobby of the newly-inaugurated Dolce Hanoi Golden Lake hotel, the world's first gold-plated hotel, in Hanoi on July 2, 2020. Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP

Staff wait to welcome guests in the lobby of the newly-inaugurated Dolce Hanoi Golden Lake hotel, the world's first gold-plated hotel, in Hanoi on July 2, 2020. Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP

A placard hangs on a room's doorknob at the newly-inaugurated Dolce Hanoi Golden Lake hotel, the world's first gold-plated hotel, in Hanoi on July 2, 2020. Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP

A staff member poses for a photograph inside the 1,000 USD per night executive two bedroom suite of the newly-inaugurated Dolce Hanoi Golden Lake hotel, the world's first gold-plated hotel, in Hanoi on July 2, 2020. Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP

A girl walks past women washing pots and pans by cisterns at the yard of a school building where Syrians -- displaced from the area of Ras al-Ain by the Turkish offensive on the northeast -- are staying in the city of Hasakah, on June 30, 2020. Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP

A girl looks on while standing by a doorway at the hallway of a school building where Syrians -- displaced from the area of Ras al-Ain by the Turkish offensive on the northeast -- are staying in the city of Hasakah, on June 30, 2020. Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP

A girl looks on in the stairwell of a school building where Syrians -- displaced from the area of Ras al-Ain by the Turkish offensive on the northeast -- are staying in the city of Hasakah, on June 30, 2020. Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP

A girl eats a watermelon slice while at a school building where Syrians -- displaced from the area of Ras al-Ain by the Turkish offensive on the northeast -- are staying in the city of Hasakah, on June 30, 2020. Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP

A girl poses for a picture while at a school building where Syrians -- displaced from the area of Ras al-Ain by the Turkish offensive on the northeast -- are staying in the city of Hasakah, on June 30, 2020. Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP

A girl holds her shawl while walking in a hallway at a school building where Syrians -- displaced from the area of Ras al-Ain by the Turkish offensive on the northeast -- are staying in the city of Hasakah, on June 30, 2020. Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP

A woman walks down a stairwell while carrying pots on her head at a school building where Syrians -- displaced from the area of Ras al-Ain by the Turkish offensive on the northeast -- are staying in the city of Hasakah, on June 30, 2020. Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP

People stand in a hallway at a school building where Syrians -- displaced from the area of Ras al-Ain by the Turkish offensive on the northeast -- are staying in the city of Hasakah, on June 30, 2020. Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP

A woman feeds a child while sitting on the floor at a former classroom in a school building where Syrians -- displaced from the area of Ras al-Ain by the Turkish offensive on the northeast -- are staying in the city of Hasakah, on June 30, 2020. Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP

A woman sits with children as they pose for a picture at a former classroom in a school building where Syrians -- displaced from the area of Ras al-Ain by the Turkish offensive on the northeast -- are staying in the city of Hasakah, on June 30, 2020. Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP

Mud-covered farmers play in a rice paddy field during "National Paddy Day", which marks the start of the annual rice planting season, in Tokha village on the outskirts of Kathmandu on June 29, 2020. PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP

In this photograph taken on June 29, 2020 a mud-covered girls play in a rice paddy field during "National Paddy Day", which marks the start of the annual rice planting season, in Tokha village on the outskirts of Kathmandu. PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP

Iranian bakers Esmail Asghari, 66, Farzad Rabiei, 30, and Mojtaba Haydari, 23, pose with Barbari bread in Tehran on June 7, 2020. ATTA KENARE / AFP

Iranian baker Esmail Asghari, 66, poses with Barbari bread in Tehran on June 7, 2020. ATTA KENARE / AFP

Iranian bakers Farzad Rabiei (L), 30, Esmail Asghari, 66, and Mojtaba Haydari, 23, prepare dough for Barbari bread in Tehran on June 7, 2020. ATTA KENARE / AFP

Iranian baker Mohammad Mirzakhani, 41, makes Taftoon bread in Tehran on June 13, 2020. ATTA KENARE / AFP

Ali, 21, an Iranian baker poses with Sangak bread in the capital Tehran on June 13, 2020. ATTA KENARE / AFP

Iranian bakers Amir Jafari (L), 58, and Mohammad Mirzakhani, 41, make Taftoon bread in Tehran on June 13, 2020. ATTA KENARE / AFP

Fars Province Iran, bakers are baking Sangak bread in a traditional oven by traditional method, Sangak bread was traditionally the bread of the Persian army (Shutterstock)

Traditional bread. In Farsi, bread is Naan. The names Naan-e Sangak or Naan-e Barbari, mean Sangak Bread or Barbari Bread (Shutterstock)

Sangak, a leavened Iranian flatbread. In Persian 'sangak' means little stone, as the bread is baked on small stones in a traditional oven (Shutterstock)

The rescued Rohingya were given temporary shelter in people's homes after they were brought ashore [Chaideer Amhyuddin/AFP]

A Rohingya from Myanmar gets her identification photograph taken by Indonesian police at the immigration detention centre in Lhokseumawe, in Indonesia's North Aceh Regency. (AFP Photo)

Fishermen helping Rohingya onto the beach at Lancok village in North Aceh Regency. AFP

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