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EU agrees to sanction violent Israeli settlers in West Bank
The European Union foreign ministers have agreed at a meeting in Brussels to impose sanctions on violent Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank.
Top comdr.: Iran to retaliate in kind if oil tankers stolen
A senior Iranian commander says Iran will retaliate in kind if its petroleum shipments are stolen.
World-famous Iranian body builder Hadi Choopan receives hero’s welcome in hometown
Iconic Iranian body builder and one-time Mr. Olympia winner Hadi Choopan has arrived back in his hometown Shiraz in southern Iran to a warm welcome by family, friends and other fellow countrymen.
Iran rejects U.S., UK’s baseless allegations over Yemen, Red Sea
Iran has lashed out at the United States and Britain for levelling groundless allegations against Tehran with regards to the status of the Red Sea and Yemen.
US daily Reveals Biden knew Israel was bombing Gaza indiscriminately
The White House knew since late October that Israel was regularly bombing civilian targets in Gaza, but President Joe Biden continued to publicly defend the Israeli military’s conduct, the Washington Post has reported.
Report on food insecurity in Gaza an appalling indictment: UN chief
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has labeled the latest report on food insecurity in Gaza as an "appalling indictment" of the conditions faced by civilians in the region.
US says Israel killed ‘Hamas number 3’ Marwan Issa
US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan has become the first government official outside Israel to confirm reports that Tel Aviv has killed Marwan Issa, the third-highest-ranking military commander of Hamas.
Biden warns Netanyahu military operation in Gaza’s Rafah a “mistake”
US President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday that a major ground offensive in Gaza's Rafah would be a "mistake", as the two leaders spoke on the phone for the first time in a month amid growing tensions.
Officials say China to boycott Ukraine peace talks without Russia
China will boycott the negotiations to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict unless Moscow has a seat at the table, the Politico magazine has reported, citing officials familiar with the matter.
UN warns famine imminent in north Gaza
Half of the population in the Gaza Strip are experiencing "catastrophic" hunger, with famine projected to hit the north of the territory by May unless there is urgent intervention, a United Nations-backed food security assessment warned.
Iran celebrates 73rd anniv. of oil industry nationalization
Iran is commemorating the 73rd anniversary of its historic nationalization of the oil industry, a landmark event that reshaped the nation's trajectory.
World labor body says over half a million Palestinian jobs lost due to war
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has reported the Palestinian unemployment rate is set to soar to a staggering 57 percent in the first quarter of 2024, citing 507,000 job losses due to the Gaza war.
Afghanistan’s Taliban government accuses Pakistan of bombing civilians
Afghanistan’s Taliban government has accused Pakistan of killing eight civilians in an air raid on Monday. The group responded by opening fire on Pakistani targets, allegedly wounding seven people.
“Afghanistan has turned into major producer of methamphetamine”
An Iranian official says neighboring Afghanistan is now a major producer of methamphetamine in the region, voicing Tehran's readiness to tackle the problem.
Iran condemns Israel attack on Gaza hospital, warns of crimes
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani strongly condemned as “barbaric” Israel’s new attack on and the occupation of Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip, and the “crimes of the Israeli forces” against the medical staff, patients and the wounded at the hospital.
Israeli soldiers storm Gaza’s al-Shifa Hospital, killing and injuring several
Israel’s military forces have stormed al-Shifa Hospital in the Gaza City with tanks and heavy gunfire, leaving several deaths and injuries, Palestinian officials have confirmed.
Gaza “graveyard” for most important principles of humanitarian law: EU top diplomat
The Gaza Strip has become a "graveyard" for the most important principles of humanitarian law, the EU foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, has stated.
Putin warns Russia-NATO conflict just one step from World War Three
Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned the West that a direct conflict between Russia and the NATO military alliance would mean the planet was just one step away from World War Three but stressed hardly anyone wanted such a scenario.
US officials say Ukraine almost run out of air defense missiles
Ukraine has told its western backers that munitions for some of its air defense systems could be almost used up by the end of March, the Washington Post has reported, citing American officials.
Biden angry after poll numbers drop over his handling of Gaza war: Report
US President Joe Biden began to shout and swear after learning that his poll numbers in the battleground states of Michigan and Georgia had dropped over his handling of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip, according to NBC News.
Hamas says war not confined to Gaza
The Palestinian movement Hamas says Israel has come to face an “extensive front” far greater than the Gaza Strip and that the field battle is not confined to the besieged enclave.
Iranian border guard soldier killed in southeast by unknown assailants
A soldier with the Border Guard Unit in Iran’s southeastern city of Zabol was killed by armed assailants on Sunday night, the Information Center of Sistan and Baluchistan’s Border Guard Headquarters announced.
Cheshmeh Kileh bridge in Iran’s Tonekabon, a tourist spot for Nowruz
The Cheshmeh Kileh historical bridge in Iran’s northern Tonekabon city is a valuable cultural heritage asset.
EU: Rafah military operation must be avoided at all costs
Speaking at a joint news conference with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in Cairo, the European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said that the EU does not want to see an Israeli invasion of Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah.
More than 13k children killed in Gaza since outbreak of war: UNICEF
Israel has killed more than 13,000 children in the Gaza Strip since October 7 while others are suffering from severe malnutrition and do not “even have the energy to cry”, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has reported.