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Several injured in Tel Aviv car-ramming and stabbing attack

Several people have been wounded in a car-ramming and stabbing attack in Tel Aviv, according to Israeli police. This happened on the second day of Israel’s largest military offensive in Jenin in the occupied West Bank in decades.

Turkey and Egypt restore diplomatic ties after a decade

Turkey and Egypt have appointed ambassadors to each other’s capitals for the first time in a decade to restore normal diplomatic relations, Ankara and Cairo announced on Tuesday.

Iranian official says Tehran gained access to hard drives seized from MKO camp

An Iranian government official says that Tehran has received a batch of electronic devices and storage equipment confiscated during a recent search operation conducted by Albanian police at a camp belonging to the Mujahedin-e-Khalq terrorist organization (MKO).

Data show Iran has exported around 19 bcm of natural gas in 2022

Figures by the Energy Institute (EI) shows that Iran exported nearly 19 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas in 2022.

Thousands of Palestinians flee Jenin refugee camp amid Israeli raid

About 3,000 Palestinians have fled the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank since Israeli forces began a significant military onslaught in the area on Monday, a Palestinian official announced on Tuesday.

Moscow mayor says city targeted by drones

Moscow mayor has confirmed that the Russian capital was targeted in an attempted drone strike on Tuesday morning.

Palestinian resistance groups pledge revenge against Israeli raid on Jenin

Palestinian resistance factions have vowed to retaliate against Israel in the wake of a deadly act of aggression against the northern West Bank city of Jenin.

Palestine halts security coordination with Israel after Jenin massacre

Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas has suspended contact and security coordination with Israel, his office announced in a statement.

Expert: Europeans cannot reverse resolution that ended anti-Iran missile sanctions

An Iranian political commentator has said the European countries will not be able to reverse a resolution that has already been approved and ends the missile sanctions on Iran.

UN to probe fate of thousands missing in Syria war

The United Nations General Assembly approved a resolution that will establish an independent body to determine what happened to more 130,000 people missing in the war in Syria. Damascus has called the move “politicised”, and stressed it clearly reflects flagrant interference in the country's internal affairs”.

Biden’s Iran envoy put on leave over ‘security clearance’ issue

US Special Envoy for Iran Robert Malley has been placed on leave as his security clearance is being reviewed allegedly over his handling of classified materials.

Ex-Iran envoy: Chances of world recognition of Taliban diminishing

Iran’s former ambassador to Afghanistan has said chances of the international community recognizing the Taliban are diminishing.

Iran’s police chief inks agreement with Russia’s National Guard on expansion of security cooperation

Iran's police chief Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Radan has signed a memorandum of understanding with Russia's National Guard on expansion of military and security collaboration between Tehran and Moscow. Radan inked the deal with Russia’s National Guard chief Viktor Zolotov on the second day of his visit to Moscow on Wednesday.

Two dead in shooting outside US consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

A shooting incident outside the US Consulate in the Saudi port city of Jeddah has left two people dead — a Nepalese security guard and the gunman who initially opened fire. US and Saudi officials have confirmed the incident as investigations continue into the attack.

Iran files complaint against Canada at UN court for breaching state immunity

Iran has launched legal proceedings at the United Nation’s top court against Canada for breaching Tehran’s state immunity by designating the country a sponsor of terrorism under “false and wrongful” allegations.

Iran says to increase output from oilfield shared with Saudi Arabia

Iranian Offshore Oil Company (IOOC) has announced that Tehran is preparing to hike its production from an oilfield that is shared with Riyadh in the Persian Gulf.

Sources: 4 Armenian soldiers killed by Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh

Four Armenian soldiers were killed on Wednesday by Azerbaijani fire in Nagorno-Karabakh, say Armenian sources in the breakaway region, which has been at the centre of a decades-long territorial dispute between the two countries.

UN says over 1,000 Afghan civilians killed since Taliban takeover in Afghanistan

More than 1,000 civilians were killed and nearly 2,700 others wounded in Afghanistan since the Taliban took control of the country in 2021, a UN report says.

Iran’s envoy urges international support for Tehran’s fight against drug trafficking

Iran’s permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna has called for global support for Tehran’s fight against drugs, particularly from countries benefiting the most from the reduction in production and smuggling of narcotics.

UN denounced for excluding Israel from list of shame for child killings

The international anti-Israeli Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign's Palestine chapter has slammed the United Nations for keeping the name of the Zionist regime out of its annual list of child killers.

Russia’s “Special Operation” in Ukraine; Day 490: At least 10 killed in Russia attack on crowded restaurant in Ukraine

Russia, wary of NATO’s eastward expansion, began a military campaign in Ukraine in February 2022 after the Western-leaning Kiev government turned a deaf ear to Moscow’s calls for its neighbor to maintain its neutrality. In the middle of the mayhem, Moscow and Kiev are trying to hammer out a peaceful solution to the conflict. Follow the latest about the Russia-Ukraine conflict here:

Turkish lira sinks to all-time low

The Turkish lira was trading flat on Tuesday, remaining at a record low against the US dollar. It comes after Turkey’s central bank stopped using forex reserves to maintain the exchange rate of the national currency.

Trump heard discussing sensitive Iran document in audio recording: Report

Media outlets have released an audio recording in which former US President Donald Trump purportedly boasts about having a classified document during a 2021 meeting. The ex-president was seemingly talking about holding a secret Pentagon document with plans to attack Iran, citing then chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley.

UN says US treatment of Guantanamo prisoners ‘inhuman and degrading’

The United Nations has announced that the US government's treatment of the Guantanamo Bay inmates was cruel, inhuman and degrading under international law, calling Washington to apologise and provide reparations to the detainees.

Israel OKs plans to build thousands of new homes in WB

Israel’s far-right government has approved plans to build thousands of new homes in illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. Palestinian officials have decried the move as part of an “open war against the Palestinian people”.

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