500104 Afran'Israel' must be punished for its bloody massacre on aid ships bound for Gaza, Turkey's Prime Minister said Tuesday, urging international sanctions against the regime's lawlessness.Recep Tayyip Erdogan's remarks came a day after Ankara reca...

500112 AfranTehran, June 5, IRNA -- The Israeli Navy has intercepted a new Gaza-bound aid ship Rachel Corrie following its earlier attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, pro-Palestinian activists say."They are being followed," Greta Berlin of the Free...

500127 AfranTehran, June 15, IRNA – An official with Iran’s Red Crescent Society said Tuesday that four tons of humanitarian aid would be sent to Gaza within coming days, it was reported Tuesday.Head of the IRCS’ relief organization Mahmoud Moz...

500139 AfranEnergized by the support of a continent, Ghana have matched the best World Cup run by any African side by reaching a quarter-final showdown against Uruguay on Friday.Now the dreams of the four-time African champions stretch far beyond the f...

500146 AfranBamako, July 7, IRNA – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that Iran and Mali are in the same side and both have heavy responsibilities for establishment of just relations in the world.In negotiations between high ranking delegations of ...

506067Somalia seems to be suffering on account of a confluence of three factors:A failed government under Siad Barre that could not defeat or keep under check the various rebel groups; incapable resistance groups to that government of Siad Barre; and, ...

506087A new video from al-Qaida-linked militants targeting Uganda and Burundi embassies worldwide has surfaced, raising security concerns in Kampala about the possibility of another terror strike.An American-based terror monitoring group on Friday put ...

500165 AfranPresident of the Guinea-Bissau Malam Bacai Sanha and his accompanying delegation paid tribute to the late Imam Khomeini on Saturday afternoon.The visiting president laid a wreath at the mausoleum of the late Imam Khomeini and signed the mem...

Shiraz was one of the most important cities in the medieval Islamic world and was the Iranian capital during the Zand dynasty (1747-79), when many of its most beautiful buildings were built or restored. Through its many artists and scholars, Shiraz ...

Cairo: In an unprecedented scene in the history of Egyptian football, violence was the main player between Egypt’s el-Zamalek team and the Tunisian team on Saturday. The match between the two teams was going well and there were many hopes that the E...

New Names to the African Name Web SiteAnika - Yoruba dailect NigeriaAmeyo is a girl name from Ghana and the Ewe dialect meaning a girl born on SaturdayAyana- Beautiful Flower- EthiopianAriel- Loiness of GodKai - Girl name, basically means "love", Yorub...

South Africa's power utility has moved cables in a wildlife sanctuary after several giraffes were electrocuted when they walked into the low-hanging wires, a conservation official said Friday. At least four giraffes have died since June 2011 i...

A Nigerian based Saudi cleric, Dr Ahmad Gummi has been arrested by the Saudi authorities at his house in Mecca.Dr Gummi who is widely seen as a controversial Islamic preacher was arrested Thursday last week by the Saudi Arabian secret police although b...

50009 AfranIn the meeting, Mottaki lauded the struggles of the Zimbabwean people with global arrogance and their efforts to attain independence.At the meeting, Mottaki congratulated the Zimbabwean envoy on anniversary of their revolution and said exist...

50013 AfranIRI's Interior Minister, Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar in a meeting with Algerian Ambassador to Tehran, Sofian Maimouni on Saturday highlighted the geographical situation of Iran and Algeria in the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea region and...

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50023 AfranKuala Lumpur, March 29, IRNA – First Vice- Speaker of Iran’s Majlis Mohammad-Hassan Abutorabi-Fard said Monday Tehran will continue its programs to gain access to peaceful nuclear technology.Abutorabi-Fard made the remark while addressin...

50801It should not surprise most Ugandans that for the last six years of Museveni’s rule, political controversies have often turned violent and am sure Ugandans are likely to witness the disintegration of our country and continued ethnic tensions if ...

50040 AfranTehran, April 9, IRNA – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has just unveiled the first model of the third generation of machines for uranium enrichment, the so-called third generation centrifuges.President Ahmadinejad unveiled the achievement o...

50049 AfranIRI Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Sunday the Islamic System of Iran bears a new message for the world.Speaking to university students in Sharif University of Technology, the Minister said in the past century, several governments c...