Pars Today
The Pentagon says the number of sexual assault reports it receives hit a record high last year, with an increase in the frequency of reported attacks from one in three.
Beijing has called for the immediate suspension of a controversial American anti-missile system deployed to South Korea hours after Washington announced the system, known as THAAD, is now operational.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says he believes the United States will extend the suspension of its nuclear-related sanctions against the Islamic Republic on the due date as part of its commitments under a multilateral deal that involves Iran.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi underlined that his country is still opposed to the US representatives' participation in the next round of Syria talks in Kazakhstan's capital city in May.
North Korea has threatened to sink a USS Michigan, a guided missile submarine, which is currently in the Korean Peninsula pairing with the USS Carl Vinson, an aircraft carrier.
China and Russia voiced serious concern about the controversial transportation of an advanced US missile system to South Korea, drawing attention to the destabilizing effect of the deployment on an already fraught situation on the Korean Peninsula.
Media sources reported that the Syrian Air Defense units fired a Russian-made missile at a US spying drone flying over Lattakia Province's airspace and shot it down.
US President Donald Trump has sparked outrage in South Korea with remarks that the Korean peninsula "used to be part of China."
A senior Iranian official says the Islamic Republic is not willing to negotiate Middle East issues with the United States, stressing that Washington cannot act as “judge, jury and executioner” in the troubled region.
US First Lady Melania Trump has reminded President Donald Trump to put his hand over his heart during the National Anthem.