Tehran (FNA) Senior Iranian officials alongside tens of thousands of people attended the funeral and burial procession of the deceased Chairman of Iranian Expediency Council, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, today, Tuesday 10th of Jan. 2017, Official Iran News Agency FARS reports. Rafsanjani died at the age of 83 in Tehran on Sunday after he was rushed...

ISLAMABAD 09 Jan 2017 (APP): Pakistan on Monday successfully conducted first test fire of Submarine Launched Cruise Missile “Babur-3” having a range of 450 Km from an undisclosed location in the Indian Ocean. This was stated by Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) here in Press Release. “The missile fired from an under water mobile platform...

New Delhi 9th Jan 2017 T. B. Yadav, an Indian Border Security Constable from 29th Battalion has posted three videos of total four minutes on the social media complaining of bad quality of food served to the troops. The Battalion is deployed on Line of Control in Kashmir region between Pakistan and India. In his...

Five people are dead and a shooting suspect is in custody Friday after a lone gunman opened fire at a baggage claim area in Florida's Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, shooting some people in the head without saying a word, witnesses and investigators said. Various media reports claim a suspect Esteban Santiago, taken in custody by...

Moscow 06 January 2017 TASS General Valery Gerasimov, Russian Chief of the General Staff said on Friday that 'Admiral Kuznetsov' aircraft carrier naval group will be the first to leave the conflict area as per the decision by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Supreme Commander-in-Chief of Russian Defense Forces on the reduction of Russian forces...

MANILA 06 Jan. 2017 (PNA) Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte visited today, Friday the Russian large anti-submarine ship, which is anchored in the country this week for a goodwill visit. President of Philippines arrived at Pier 15, Port Area in Manila at 12:58 p.m.(local time) and was accorded foyer honors by the Russian Navy. President Duterte...

Doha 04 January 2017 (QNA) Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Prime Minister and Interior Minister of State of Qatar met Wednesday with Mohammad Ali Sobhani, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to State of Qatar. During the meeting, they reviewed aspects of mutual cooperation between the two countries and ways of promoting...

Doha 04 January 2017 (QNA) Emir of State of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani met at the Emiri Diwan on Wednesday with Ambassador of the Republic of the Philippines Wilfredo C. Santos and Ambassador of the Republic of El Salvador Guillermo Rubio Funes, who called on HH the Emir to greet him on the...

Doha 03 January 2017 (QNA) Reach Out To Asia (ROTA) recently partnered with College of the North Atlantic – Qatar (CNA-Q) to send 14 students to Nepal as part of its International Volunteer Trips Program, which aims to build the capacity of volunteers in Qatar as well as youth and communities in Nepal and around...

Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC January 3, 2017 Deputy Secretary Antony Blinken will host First Deputy Director of the Republic of Korea (ROK) National Security Office Cho Tae-yong in Washington on January 6, 2017, for the fifth round of U.S.-ROK strategic consultations on North Korea policy. The two will discuss the international community’s response...