Monday, December 29, 2025

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Russia says no grounds for ending Ukraine war

Russian authorities do not believe that the conflict between Moscow and Kiev can be stopped at the moment, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has stated.

Ministry: Italian Journalist Cecilia Sala remains in custody in Iran amid ongoing investigations

The Iranian Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance has issued a statement on the arrest of Cecilia Sala, an Italian journalist, saying she was detained on December 29, 2024, for violating Iranian laws.

President Pezeshkian: Iran favors boosting ties with regional, Muslim nations to promote peace, security

The Iranian president has emphasized the Islamic Republic’s commitment to expanding peace and security in the region and among all Islamic countries.

Officials: 6th infant dies of hypothermia in Gaza

Gaza health officials say that a one-month-old baby died on Monday from "severe cold" as the war-ravaged Palestinian enclave grapples with winter weather.

Russia says won’t make concessions on Ukraine in NATO

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has stated Moscow will not agree to a mere postponement of Kiev’s NATO membership, or to the deployment of European peacekeepers to Ukraine – two ideas reportedly proposed by advisers of US President-elect Donald Trump, as part of a potential peace deal.

Hamas says Israel blocking Gaza ceasefire talks

Hamas official Osama Hamdan says that Israel is obstructing negotiations aimed at securing a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the exchange of captives.

FM Araghchi: Iran, Oman welcome peace, stability, inclusive government in Syria

Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi, in a joint press conference with his Omani counterpart, emphasized the need for peace, stability, and the formation of an inclusive government in Syria.

Former Iranian minister: Occupation of US embassy, turned the world against us

Isa Kalantari, a former Iranian minister of agriculture, has made a scathing statement criticizing Iran's foreign policy since the victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979.

Iranian MP warns Israel against attacking nuclear facilities: “We’ll make atomic bomb”

A member of the Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Committee has issued a stern warning to Israel regarding potential military strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities.

Russia should admit guilt over downing airliner, pay compensation: Azerbaijan’s president

Moscow must admit responsibility for the crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane after it was hit by fire from the ground over Russian territory, President Ilham Aliyev has stated in a television interview.

Gaza Government Media Office releases key statistics on carnage of Israel’s war

The Government Media Office has shared dozens of data points that highlight the devastating toll Israel has exacted on the Gaza Strip and its Palestinian inhabitants.

Assad’s wife barred from Britain for cancer treatment

Asma Assad, the British-born wife of ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad, has been effectively barred from returning to the United Kingdom after her British passport expired, according to local media.

39th US president, Jimmy Carter, dies at 100

Former US President  Jimmy Carter passed away at the age of 100 in his home in Georgia on Sunday. He served a chaotic four years in the White House marred by the Iran hostage crisis, oil shortages and high inflation.

Holding elections in Syria could take up to four years: De facto leader

Syria’s de facto leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, has stated holding elections in the country could take as long as four years.

Ministry: Gaza death toll tops 45,500

At least 30 more Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, bringing the overall death toll since October 2023 to 45,514, the Health Ministry in the besieged enclave announced in a statement on Sunday.

Fifth baby dies from cold in Gaza amid Israeli blockade

A newborn Palestinian baby who was 30 days old, died in the Gaza Strip from hypothermia on Sunday.

Israeli army seeking to expand military offensive in Gaza: Report

The Israeli military has announced that it intends to escalate its offensive in the Gaza Strip, further intensifying the genocide it has been committing for more than 14 months.

Iran becomes third country to develop rapid gas detection kits for oil, mining industries

Iranian scientists have developed the technical know-how to produce rapid gas detection kits, making Iran the third country to achieve this feat.

Iran says a suspect in terrorist attack in Hormozgan province captured

The Chief Justice of Hormozgan Province in Iran has stated that a suspect in the terrorist attack on Saturday night in Bandar Lengeh, southern Iran, during which a police commander was killed, has been captured.

Israel burns houses in southern Lebanon: Army

The Lebanese army has announced that Israeli soldiers advanced into the towns of Qantara and Taybeh in the Marjayoun district, in the southern part of the country, where they set fire to homes.

Iran sympathizes with Thailand, South Korea over plane crash

The spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry, Esmael Baqaei, has extended condolences to the governments and people of South Korea and Thailand after a passenger plane crashed at the airport in Muan County, southwestern Korea, on Sunday.

Iran’s Farzan Ahmadi crowned best junior boxer in Asia

Farzan Ahmadi, a promising and talented boxer from Iran and an Asian gold medalist, has been named the best junior boxer in Asia.

WFP: 2mn in Gaza remain without food, shelter, water

The World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that the lives of more than two million Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip have come to a halt, with no access to food, water, or shelter, as the Israeli assaults continue.

Iran’s envoy says Oman’s FM to visit Tehran soon

Foreign Minister of Oman Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi is slated to visit Tehran soon, the Iranian ambassador to Muscat has confirmed.

Turkey says ‘neutralized’ over 3,000 terrorists in 2024

Ankara has dealt a "major blow" to the terrorist groups PKK, its Syrian branches the PKK/PYD/YPG, as well as Daesh particularly in northern Iraq and Syria, neutralizing 3,038 terrorists since the beginning of 2024, the National Defense Ministry has announced.