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90 percent of children in Gaza experiencing ‘severe food poverty’: UNICEF

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned Wednesday of severe child food poverty amid world crises, including in Gaza.

Iran says constructing Middle East’s largest space center

Minister of Communications and Information Technology (ICT) Issa Zarepoor has stated Iran is constructing the biggest space center of the Middle East in its southeastern port city of Chabahar.

Iran defends human rights record, says hosts 8 million Afghan refugees

The secretary of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights and deputy head of the Iranian Judiciary says Iran has received over eight million refugees from neighboring Afghanistan, contrasting the number with the seven to eight million people the US has killed since its establishment.

Over 500 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces, settlers in West Bank since start of Gaza war: UN

The United Nations has reported that in addition to the carnage in the Gaza Strip, more than 500 Palestinians, most of them children, have been killed since Oct. 7 last year in the occupied West Bank.

Israel bombs UN-run school in Gaza, kills dozens of displaced Palestinians

The Israeli army has targeted a United Nations-linked school in central Gaza, killing at least 40 displaced Palestinians and injuring dozens more, according to officials and local media.

Putin calls on JCPOA parties to fulfill obligations

Russian President Vladimir Putin suggests that all parties to a 2015 nuclear deal with Iran abide by the requirements of the agreement known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) without adding any extra burden to the deal.

Putin claims Ukrainian losses five times higher than Russia

The Armed Forces of Ukraine are losing at least 50,000 service personnel a month, five times more than the Russian military, President Vladimir Putin has claimed.

Israel used white phosphorus in Lebanon: HRW

Israeli soldiers have unlawfully dropped white phosphorus munitions on densely populated areas in southern Lebanon, Human Rights Watch has reported.

Ukraine claims struck Russian territory with US weapons for first time

Ukraine has struck inside of Russia with US weapons for the first time since permission was granted by the administration of US President Joe Biden last week, according to a Ukrainian official.

MbZ meets Taliban leader wanted by US

The acting interior minister of Afghanistan’s Taliban-led government, who has a $10m FBI bounty on his head, held a meeting with United Arab Emirates leader Mohammed bin Zayed in Abu Dhabi.

Israel seeking to influence US lawmakers to back Gaza war: Report

In a long-running social media campaign, Israel has been trying to influence legislators of the United States to support Tel Aviv's war on Gaza, according to a report by the New York Times.

Iran says resolved to continue nuclear work despite IAEA resolution

The Iranian Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned a move by a few countries to get a resolution approved at the meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)’s board of governors, saying it will have no effect on Tehran's resolve to push ahead with its nuclear activities.

Iran UN mission: IAEA resolution will have destructive impact on future cooperation

Iran’s diplomatic mission at the UN has warned that the IAEA board of governors’ move to issue a resolution against Tehran over its nuclear program will have a destructive impact on constructive cooperation and interactions in the future.

Iran says arrested Israeli regime’s spy in Ardabil 

Iranian judiciary sources say security forces have arrested a person spying for the Zionist regime.

Hundreds of Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa

Hundreds of Israelis, under heavy protection from Israeli police, stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque ahead of the far-right annual "flag march" through occupied East Jerusalem.

Almost half of Gaza population ‘expected to face death, starvation’ by mid-July: UN

More than one million people in Gaza, almost half of its population, are “expected to face death and starvation by mid-July”, the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) warned on Wednesday.

Iran’s ambassador to Riyadh: Tehran wants cooperation with all Persian Gulf states 

Iran’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia Alireza Enayati says some measures have been taken to pave the way for all eight littoral states of the Persian Gulf to engage in collective cooperation. 

Former Iranian football referee chief arrested in corruption case 

Authorities in Iran arrest the former chief of the country’s Football Referees Committee.

Israel confirms around 80 hostages still alive in Gaza

Some 80 Israeli hostages are thought to still remain in captivity in the Gaza Strip after 43 were declared dead in absentia on Tuesday, according to an updated official tally released by Israel.

US House passes bill to sanction ICC over Israeli leader arrest warrants

The US House of Representatives has passed a legislation to authorize sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) in response to an ICC prosecutor’s request for arrest warrants for Israeli leaders, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Slovenia approves recognition of  Palestinian state

Slovenia has voted in favour of the recognition of a Palestinian state, making it the fourth country in Europe to do so in the last month.

Lebanon detains gunman following attack on US embassy in Beirut

A gunman who fired on the embassy of the United States in the Lebanese capital Beirut has been arrested after he was injured in return fire.

Russia calls US ‘an enemy’ for first time

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov referred to the United States as an “enemy” while speaking to reporters, an apparent hardening of rhetoric between Moscow and Washington.

Hamas says crimes against Palestinian prisoners among issues behind military operation against Israel

Hamas has roundly denounced the ongoing atrocities against Palestinian inmates at Israeli jails, stressing that an end to their sufferings was among the core issues behind the large-scale surprise military operation by the Gaza-based resistance groups last October.

Turkey FM says Ankara likes to join BRICS

Turkey likes to become a member of BRICS and will monitor the developments in the organization, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has stated.