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Iran Is Very Happy to See Donald Trump Leaving Office – Iran President

President Hassan Rouhani of Iran on Wednesday said the country was “very happy” over the growing departure from office of his US counterpart, Donald Trump, who championed a campaign of “maximum pressure” against the Islamic republic. The US President-elect, Joe Biden, who defeated Trump at the November presidential election, has signaled the willingness to return to diplomacy with Iran after four tense years under the outgoing president. At a cabinet meeting, the Iran President said...

Israel to Begin Coronavirus Vaccination on Sunday

Israel is to begin its coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination campaign on Sunday, with health workers first in line to receive the jab, the presidential office said on Wednesday. President Reuven Rivlin would take part in an official event at a hospital in Jerusalem, where he would also be vaccinated along with health personnel, the presidential office said. The vaccination campaign was initially scheduled to begin on Dec. 27, but there had been speculation that it would...

Mexican Experts Find 119 More Skulls Thought to be Part of Aztec Wall

Mexican Culture Ministry says archaeologists have found 119 more skulls that they believe are part of an Aztec ritual wall. The ministry said they were apparently part of a large wall where the Aztecs inserted heads of sacrificial victims. The structure was known as tzompantli in the indigenous Nahuatl language, a sort of showcase for the skulls of their decapitated enemies. With the latest find, more than 600 skulls have been found in five years...

Supreme Court Had No Wisdom, No Courage – Donald Trump

The United States Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a bid by Texas to overturn the results of the presidential election, which Republican Donald Trump lost to Democrat Joe Biden, in another setback for the President. Following the verdict, President Trump in a tweet, said the court had “Let us down” and alleged that it has “No Wisdom, No Courage!” The suit lodged late Thursday against four key states in the November 3 vote – Michigan,...

Israel Receives 1st Batch of Pfizer Vaccine

An initial shipment of COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer arrived in Israel on Wednesday, the first of about 8 million Pfizer vaccines that the country is expected to receive. The Israeli health ministry said this in a statement. A DHL cargo flight from Belgium’s Brussels landed at the Ben Gurion airport outside Tel Aviv, carrying a small number of vaccines for a pilot run of the logistics of transportation and refrigerated storage procedure, statement said. “I...

OIC Names Chadian Diplomat its Secretary-General

Chadian career diplomat, Hissein Brahim Taha, has been appointed by consensus as the Secretary General of the Organization for the Islamic Conference (OIC). His appointment was made at the 47th session of the Committee of OIC Foreign Ministers that opened Friday in Niamey, Niger. Taha, who succeeds Yousef bin Ahmed Bin Abdul Rahman al-Othaimeen of Saudi Arabia, was born in 1951 in Abéché, a town in eastern Chad. He held several positions, including that of...

World Physicians Appeal to Iran to Intervene Against Execution of Doctor

The World Medical Association (WMA) has appealed to leaders of Iran to intervene in preventing the imminent execution of an Iranian-born Swedish doctor. In a letter to the Supreme Leader and President of Iran, the WMA President Dr. David Barbe and Chair Dr. Frank Ulrich Montgomery disclosed that report indicated that the death sentence would shortly be carried out on Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali, who is a specialist in emergency medicine. They said the news appalled...

2021 Grammy Nominations to be Announced This Month

The Recording Academy will announce the nominations for the 2021 Grammy Awards this November 2020. The 2021 edition of the global music awards will be the 61st ceremony to celebrate music in all forms. Nigerian superstars, such as Burna Boy, Davido, Fireboy, Skales, Adekunle Gold are optimistic of being nominated. By association or direct work, 11 Nigerians were nominated in the last edition of the Grammy Awards. Burna Boy’s “African Giant” grabbed the biggest headline...

Iran Supreme Leader Taunts US Democracy

The Supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has taunted the rancorous aftermath of the election day in the United States, adding that the election has exposed the reality of the United States’ democracy. Just after 24 hours that the last polling stations was closed in Alaska, a US state, the battle for the White House has not been decided. The US President Donald Trump has caused the rancorous moment even among the leaders of...

ICC Begins Investigation into Shooting of #EndSARS Protesters in Nigeria

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has commenced conducting a preliminary investigation into the recent #EndSARS protests in Nigeria. The report was broadcasted by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) on Wednesday. The office of the ICC prosecutor in a statement, earlier said, it had received information on alleged crimes. It added that the examination will “assess whether the legal criteria for opening an investigation under the Rome Statute are met.” For weeks, crowd of Nigerians youths...

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