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Thousands of Israeli protesters have taken to the streets, blocking main roads across the occupied territories as Israeli lawmakers approved another controversial piece of a legislation on Thursday that would shield Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from being declared unfit for office by the attorney general.

Tehran has achieved its highest level of oil exports for at least two years, surpassing the previous high of 1.3 million barrels a day despite Washington's sanctions, Iranian Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance Ehsan Khandouzi has confirmed.

Saudi Arabia and Syria have agreed to reopen their embassies after an 11-year freeze in diplomatic relations. The move comes following the Iran-Saudi agreement to restore relations.

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:

A Palestinian man has been killed during an Israeli military raid and the siege of his house in the village of Izbat Shoufa near the West Bank city of Tulkarm.

A coalition of the US Republican senators is pressuring the European Union to blacklist Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization.

The Persian Gulf Cooperation Council has lauded a recent agreement between Tehran and Riyadh to restore diplomatic ties. It stressed that the accord will mark a positive step in resolving differences and ending regional conflicts through dialogue and diplomacy.

The Israeli government has reportedly told the United States and a number of European countries Iran's move to enrich uranium above 60% level, could trigger a military strike on Iran. Tehran has repeatedly warned that any mistake by Israel will be met with a crushing response.

A federal judge in New York has ordered Iran's central bank and a European intermediary to pay out $1.68 billion to family members of US troops killed in the 1983 car bombing of the US Marine Corps barracks in Lebanon.

Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has dismissed Israeli officials' recent threats of possible military attack on Lebanon, saying any strike will be met with an immediate response.

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:

Jordan’s parliament has voted to recommend the expulsion of Israel’s ambassador to Amman in protest against the behavior of an Israeli minister, who has earlier denied the existence of the Palestinian people.

The US has summoned the Israeli Ambassador to Washington Michael Herzog after Tel Aviv repealed a 2005 law barring settlements in the occupied northern West Bank.

An Israeli air raid has hit Syria’s Aleppo airport causing some “material damage” in the second strike on the facility this month, the Syrian defence ministry has confirmed.

The United States has announced another round of sanctions on Iran, targeting an alleged “procurement network” for drones and ballistic missiles.

At least 13 people have been killed and hundreds injured after a magnitude 6.5 earthquake hit areas across Afghanistan and Pakistan, with the tremor felt as far as the Indian capital New Delhi.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has categorically dismissed claims of Iran's involvement in the Ukraine war as a sheer lie. He pointed out that the United States has waged the war to expand the NATO.

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:

The banking payment systems of Iran and Russia are already connected with each other, and that the banks will soon be able to open accounts for companies in both countries to make payments without using SWIFT, Iranian Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance Ehsan Khandouzi said in an interview with Sputnik.

Yemen’s National Salvation Government and the administration of the ousted President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi have agreed at UN-brokered talks in Switzerland to swap nearly 900 prisoners.

In his address on the arrival of the Iranian New Year, Nowruz, Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi said his administration’s main plan is to control inflation along with sustainable economic growth.

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:

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, in a message issued at the beginning of the new Iranian year, Nowruz, urged the administration of President Ebrahim Raisi to work hard to control inflation.

Iran's Health Ministry announced on Monday more than 900 people had been diagnosed with COVID-19 over the past 24 hours. 19 people died of the disease during the time span. Health Minister Bahram Einollahi has said that the 8th wave of coronavirus has started in the country.

China and Russia "share similar goals," Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday during a visit to Moscow.