Yemen says late Iran envoy entered Sana’a at time world just watching

Foreign Minister of the Yemeni National Salvation Government says Iran’s late ambassador Hassan Irloo entered Sana’a when no one was with Yemeni people, and everyone in the world was watching.

WFP cuts food aid to Yemen due to ‘lack of funds‘

The World Food Programme (WFP) has announced it has been “forced” to cut aid to Yemen due to funding shortfall. The WFP has warned there will be a surge in hunger in the war-torn country in the coming months.

Report: UAE placed spyware on Khashoggi fiancee’s phone

An Emirati government agency had placed spyware from Israeli company NSO Group onto the phone of Jamal Khashoggi’s wife months before his murder in Turkey, according to a new report.

Palestinian youth burnt to death at Israeli checkpoint

A Palestinian man has burned to death in his car after he was shot at by Israeli soldiers near a military checkpoint in north of the West Bank.

Russia: US leaving JCPOA like shooting itself in foot

Referring to Washington’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal, Russia’s representative in Vienna talks says the decision to pull out from the landmark agreement was like shooting in one of the US legs.

Farhadi’s ‘A Hero’ makes Oscars international shortlist

Iran’s “A Hero”, Japan’s “Drive My Car”, Norway’s “The Worst Person in the World” and Italy’s “The Hand of God” are among the 15 films that will advance to the next round of voting in the Oscars Best International Feature Film race, the Academy has announced.

Biden Iran envoy: “Some weeks” left to revive JCPOA

There are only "some weeks" left to revive the nuclear deal with Iran if it continues its nuclear activities at the current pace, US negotiator Rob Malley says. Iran says an agreement to revive the nuclear deal is within reach, adding this depends on the goodwill of the United States to lift the anti-Tehran sanctions.

“Russia, Iran, Turkey see no alternative to Syrian Constitutional Committee”

The guarantors of the Astana process (Moscow, Tehran and Ankara) see no alternatives to the Syrian Constitutional Committee and are determined to furnish all-round support for its activities, a Russian diplomat said after consultations with Iranian and Turkish delegations.

Yemen aid flights suspended following airport bombing

The Saudi-led coalition has carried out air strikes on the international airport of the Yemeni capital Sanaa. An official has confirmed UN aid flights has been halted.

Afghan protesters call on US to release frozen assets

Hundreds of demonstrators marched towards the shuttered United States Embassy in Kabul on Tuesday, calling on Washington to release Afghanistan’s frozen assets.

Israeli spyware targets UN investigator into Yemen war crimes

The mobile phone of the UN-backed investigator who was examining possible war crimes in Yemen was targeted with spyware made by Israel’s NSO Group in 2019, according to a report. He was reportedly selected as a potential surveillance target by Saudi Arabia.

Russia warns of military response if NATO ignores concerns

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov has warned his country is ready for a military response if NATO keeps ignoring Moscow’s security concerns.

Turkey says likely to operate 5 Afghanistan airports

Turkey says it might operate five Afghan airports jointly with Qatar. Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu made the announcement adding the decision follows talks in Doha and Kabul.

UN: Afghanistan economy in “free fall”

The United Nations has warned that by the middle of 2022, universal poverty in Afghanistan – reaching 97 per cent of the population – could be “the next grim milestone” in the war-torn country.

UN welcomes Iran’s new agreement with IAEA

The United Nations has hailed voluntary action by Iran to allow the replacement of damaged cameras at a nuclear site near the capital Tehran.

No US troops to be punished for Afghan deadly strike

No US military personnel will be reprimanded for the August drone strike in Kabul that killed 10 Afghan civilians, including seven children, two defense officials said Monday.

US security chief to visit Israel to discuss Iran

White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan is expected to travel to Israel next week for discussions on Iran as negotiations continue in Vienna on a US possible return to the 2015 nuclear deal, three senior Israeli officials told Axios.

Three Hamas members killed in Lebanon camp shooting

Three members of the Palestinian Hamas movement were killed on Sunday when a shooting erupted at the funeral procession for a member of the movement killed in a blast at a south Lebanon Palestinian refugee camp, the group announced.

Palestinian youth killed by Israeli troops in WB

Israeli forces fatally shot a Palestinian youth in the head during clashes in the city of Nablus in the northwestern part of the occupied West Bank.

Iran’s top nuclear negotiator confers with Chinese, Russian counterparts

Head of Iran's nuclear negotiating team Ali Bagheri Kani met and conferred with his Chinese and Russian counterparts in Vienna on Sunday.

‘Saudi Arabia executed 886 inmates since 2015, including minors, women’

Saudi Arabia has executed 886 people, including minors, in an accelerating rate during the past six years, a Europe-based rights group reports.

Britain: Still time for a ‘last chance’ nuclear deal

Britain told Iran on Sunday that there was still time for Tehran to save the nuclear deal but that this was the last chance for Iranian negotiators to come to the table with serious proposals. Irans says its is serious in Vienna talks, urging the other sides to return to their commtiments under the JCPOA.

Resigned Lebanon minister not to back down from absuardity of Yemen war

Former Lebanese information minister George Kordahi, who resigned under pressure from Saudi Arabia, stresses that he will not retract his statement denouncing the years-long Saudi-led aggression against impoverished Yemen.

Palestinians vote in local elections amid rising anger with Abbas

Palestinians held municipal elections in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Saturday In a in a rare democratic exercise. It was held amid rising anger with President Mahmoud Abbas after he cancelled planned legislative and presidential votes earlier this year.

52% of Brits want to rejoin EU in reversal of 2016 referendum

A majority of people in Britain would vote to rejoin the European Union, new polling by Savanta ComRes has found.

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