Despite international calls on Israel's prime minister to not to go ahead with the raid on the densely-populated city of Rafah in southern Gaza, Benjamin Netanyahu has reiterated his intention to order Israel's military to go into Rafah, according to his new statement posted on X Wednesday.
The families of Israeli hostages held in Gaza have slammed a decision by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stay away, for now, from indirect talks with Hamas in Cairo, Egypt, calling it “a death sentence".
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi says the ongoing situation in the Gaza Strip, which is enduring a genocidal Israeli war, is a symbolic of the unjustness of the governing world structure.
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi have urged Israel to halt the looming offensive on Rafah in southern Gaza as the two leaders held bilateral talks in Cairo.
The prime ministers of Ireland and Spain have implored EU leaders to take action over the “deteriorating” situation in the Gaza Strip, demanding an immediate assessment of whether Israel is complying with human rights obligations that are stipulated in a trade deal with the bloc.
Tehran and Baghdad should work on a more consolidated approach toward the implementation of a high-profile security pact signed in March 2023, Iran’s Judiciary chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei has stated.
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov has revealed that only about 20% of the large companies from Europe and 16% from the US have left Russia in light of Western sanctions pressure related to Ukraine war.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made his first visit to Egypt since 2012 on Wednesday to meet President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, taking a big step toward rebuilding relations between Ankara and Cairo.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday called on Hamas to strike a hostage swap agreement with Israel to avoid the displacement of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Ashtiani has expressed Tehran’s readiness for negotiations with Saudi Arabia about defense cooperation.
Beijing slams “illegal sanctions” and will defend the interests of its firms, the Chinese Foreign Ministry has announced following a report that the EU could blacklist some of the country’s firms for allegedly helping Russia evade the bloc’s restrictions.
Iranian football referee Alireza Faghani is among 16 Asian refereeing candidates chosen to for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
Iran’s Judiciary Spokesman Masoud Setayeshi says authorities have so far arrested 35 people in connected with the January twin bombings that killed dozens in the southern Iranian city of Kerman.
Tehran’s international trade with the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has increased to over $37 billion in the first 10 months of the current Iranian calendar year starting on March 21, 2023, an Iranian official has stated.
US President Joe Biden has called on the House of Representatives to pass a $95bn national security funding bill that includes billions in military aid to Israel. More than 28,000 Palestinians have been so far killed in Israel's onslaught against Gaza.
The number of Palestinians arrested by the Israeli army in the West Bank since October 7, 2023, has passed 7,000, Al Jazeera has reported, citing a report by the Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoners Society.
France has announced sanctions against 28 Israeli settlers accused of committing human rights abuses against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. Paris decision comes on the back of similar actions by the US and the UK.
The leader of Yemen's Houthis has stated that the armed group had been able to prevent Israeli-linked ships from passing through the Gulf of Aden over the last week.
Hezbollah chief Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah has stated that his armed group’s cross-border shelling into Israel would only end when Tel Avivl’s aggression on the Gaza Strip stops, adding diplomatic efforts so far to bring a halt to hostilities along Lebanon’s border seemed to only benefit the Zionist regime.
