This edition of The Farda Briefing delves into how Iran's top brass is signaling that Tehran is open to talks with the United States as Donald Trump returns to the White House.

A Romanian citizen who was part of the crew of the ship Galaxy Leader and was kidnapped in Yemen has been released and is now safe, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE). The release is the result of sustained efforts by the Foreign Intelligence Service (SIE) and other

Two men will face trial next year for allegedly attacking a journalist working for an Iranian television channel. Nandito Badea, 20, and George Stana, 24, both from Romania, are charged with wounding with intent over the stabbing of Iran International's Pouria Zeraati in Wimbledon last March.

Romania's Defense Ministry confirmed on Jan. 17 that it had found Russian drone fragments in two communities situated on the Romania-Ukraine border. The two attack drones, located in the communities of Chatalchioi and Kiliya Veche in Tulcea County,

Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis have released the crew of the Galaxy Leader more than a year after they seized the Bahamas-flagged vessel off the Yemeni Red Sea coast, Houthi-owned Al Masirah TV reported on Wednesday.

The Iran-backed Yemen-based Houthi militia has released the crew of the Galaxy Leader cargo ship, more than a year after it seized the vessel as part of a maritime blockade in the Middle East during Israel's war in Gaza.

Iran worked for decades to build its network of proxies and allied states to counter the U.S. and Israel. But the past year has seen so-called axis of resistance crumble, diminishing Iran’s regional influence and strength.

According to Deputy Commissioner of Police (special branch) Milind Mohite, of the 53 illegal immigrants deported, 19, all of them women, were from Uganda. Besides, 10 were from Nigeria, eight from Yemen, seven from Afghanistan, three from Bangladesh and one each from Congo, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Russia and Thailand.

Al-Masirah TV, affiliated with the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, reported that 25 crew members of the Galaxy Leader ship have been freed after 14 months.

An Iranian diplomat welcomed Yemen's release of the crew of an Israeli-linked ship that was seized after Israel waged its war against the Gaza Strip. An assistant to Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araqchi and the director general for the Persian Gulf Affairs in the Iranian Foreign Ministry said his office had been following up on the matter through communication with relevant parties in Yemen as well as the Palestinian Hamas

Canadian mining company B2Gold is moving forward with its plans to invest $10m in exploration at the Fekola gold complex in Mali.

DUBAI UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Yemens Houthi rebels have released the crew of the Galaxy Leader a vehicle carrier seized in November 2023 at the sta