Fake News Awards

Tillerson 'confident' in North Korea talks plan

Washington - Muslimchronicle

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson expressed confidence Tuesday that Washington is doing all it can to force North Korea to negotiate its nuclear disarmament. But -- even as he vowed to pursue his diplomatic strategy "until the first bomb drops" -- he also warned that the US military stands ready to act if necessary. And he added that if diplomacy and sanctionsRead more

Rosatom would bid in KSA nuclear plant tender

Paris - Muslimchronicle

State-owned Russian nuclear group Rosatom has sent initial proposals to Saudi Arabia for nuclear power generation and would bid if a tender was announced, the company said on Thursday. Saudi Arabia has sent a “request for information” to vendors to build two nuclear reactors in a first step toward a formal tender, sources told Reuters this week. “Rosatom has expressedRead more

Putin arrives in Tehran for official visit

Tehran - Muslimchronicle

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Tehran on Wednesday for an official visit, with talks expected to focus on Syria, the Iranian nuclear agreement and bilateral ties. Putin will also take part in a summit with his Iranian and Azerbaijani counterparts, Hassan Rouhani and Ilham Aliyev. Putin is to hold separate talks with Rouhani and supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,Read more

Putin arrives in Tehran for official visit

Tehran - Muslimchronicle

South Korea will not develop nuclear weapons

Seoul - Muslimchronicle

South Korea will never tolerate North Korea as a nuclear state, nor will Seoul have nuclear weapons, President Moon Jae-in said on Wednesday, as China pledged to work on denuclearisation after setting aside a dispute with Seoul over an anti-missile system. The North Korea nuclear crisis will take center stage when U.S. President Donald Trump begins a trip to AsiaRead more

French foreign minister to visit Iran soon

New York - Muslimchronicle

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Tuesday he will soon travel to Iran to prepare a visit by President Emmanuel Macron and raise concerns about Tehran's missile programs and regional role. The visit comes as France is hoping to salvage the nuclear deal reached between Iran and world powers after President Donald Trump refused to certify the agreement, leavingRead more

US House passes ballistic missile curbs against Iran

Washington - Muslimchronicle

The US House of Representatives voted nearly unanimously on Thursday for new sanctions on Iran’s ballistic missile program, part of an effort to clamp down on Tehran without immediately moving to undermine an international nuclear agreement. The vote was 423 to two for the “Iran Ballistic Missiles and International Sanctions Enforcement Act.” Among other things, it calls on the USRead more

Iranian sentenced to death for spying for Israel

Tehran - Muslimchronicle

Iran said Wednesday it had sentenced a citizen to death for spying for Israel in return for Swedish residency, after rights activists reported an Iranian-born academic was handed the death penalty. Amnesty International on Monday announced that emergency medicine specialist Ahmadreza Djalali, detained in Iran since April 2016, was found guilty of working with the Israeli government. Tehran's prosecutor generalRead more

S.Korea, US, Japan kick off two-day missile tracking drill -S.Korea military

Seoul - Muslimchronicle

South Korea, the United States and Japan started a two-day missile tracking drill on Tuesday, South Korea’s military said, in preparation for any missile or nuclear threats from North Korea. The exercises will be held in waters off the coasts of South Korea and Japan, the South Korean military said in a statement. The drills have been taking place everyRead more