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Magnitude 5.2 quake hits southwest Iran

TEHRAN, Aug. 5 (YPA) - An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale hit an area in Iran’s southwestern province of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, the Seismological Center of the Geophysics Institute of Tehran University announced on…

Iran, Russia sign new military agreement

SANAA, Aug. 5 (YPA) - Iranian armed forces have signed a military agreement with the Russian Defense Ministry to increase military cooperation between the two countries, the commander of the Iranian army's naval force, Hossein Khanzadi…

46 dead, injured in mass shootings in Texas

SANAA, Aug. 4 (YPA) - The death toll from Saturday's mass shooting in Texas has risen to 20 dead and 26 injured in an incident that President Donald Trump described as a cowardly act that does not justify the killing of innocent people, US…

Israeli forces arrest 4 Palestinians in West Bank

SANAA, Aug.4 (YPA) – Israeli occupation forces on Sunday launched a massive campaign of raids and arrests against Palestinian citizens in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian media reported. According to media sources, the Israeli army…

Kuwait gives citizenship to 4,000 people in 2019

SANAA, Aug. 3 (YPA) - Kuwait issued Law No. 77 for the year 2019, approving a proposal to grant Kuwaiti citizenship to up to 4,000 people during the current year. According to the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Anbaa, the law states that "The number…

One person killed in Indonesia powerful quake

SANAA, Aug. 3 (YPA) - At least one person has died in a powerful undersea earthquake that struck off the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Java and briefly displaced more than 1,000 coastal-dwellers who feared a tsunami, Indonesia’s…