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Iran Leader advisor advocates for common ground between Tehran, Beijing

Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi, the assistant and a senior advisor to Iran’s Supreme Leader, said during his visit to China that Tehran and Beijing should establish a shared understanding concerning common threats and interests.

Transport corridor protocol linking China to Europe via Iran sealed in historic deal

The 12th Minister of Transport meeting of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) convened in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, culminating in the historic signing of the transport corridor protocol connecting China to Europe via Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran, and Turkey.

Cop killed in terror attack in southeast Iran

A policeman has been killed and four were wounded in a terrorist attack on police patrol vehicles in southeastern Iran.

Over 400 children are killed or injured each day in Gaza during Israeli bombardment: UNICEF

Children are being killed or injured at a rate of more than 400 a day in Israel's ongoing bombardment and siege of the Gaza Strip, the United Nations children's agency has confirmed, calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire.

Biden doubts Netanyahu will last long as Israeli PM amid Gaza war: Report

US President Joe Biden and his top aides have discussed the likelihood that Benjamin Netanyahu’s political days are numbered — and the US president has conveyed that sentiment to the Israeli prime minister in a recent conversation, according to Politico.

Nearly half of Gaza’s hospitals out of service: Health ministry

Sixteen out of 35 hospitals in Gaza are out of service due to the Israeli bombardment and a fuel shortage, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Ramallah.

Iranian movie wins Best Male Actor Award at Intl. Tokyo Film Festival

Iranian actor Yasna Mirtahmasb has won the Best Male Actor Award at the 36th Tokyo International Film Festival.

Hamas: Israel committed ‘barbaric massacres’ after Gaza refugee camp bombings

Hamas’s political leader Ismail Haniyeh says Israel  has carried out “massacres” in the besieged Gaza Strip to conceal its own “defeats”. He warned that the hundreds of Israeli and foreign hostages being held captive in Gaza faced the same risk of “death and destruction” from the Israeli attacks on the territory as Palestinian residents.

UN says Israeli bombing of Gaza refugee camp ‘an atrocity’

Israel’s attack on the Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza is just “the latest atrocity” to befall the Palestinian people living in the besieged enclave, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths has stated.

US rules out sending troops to Gaza Strip during or after war

American soldiers will not be deployed to the Gaza Strip during or after the current conflict with Israel, the White House has announced, dismissing reports suggesting US forces could be sent on a peacekeeping mission.

Russia slams France’s initiative to create coalition to fight Hamas

Paris’ idea to create a coalition against Palestinian movement Hamas is fraught with further escalation in the Middle East, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has stated.

Iran urges Muslim nations to take ‘immediate, effective’ action against Israel

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian called on Muslim countries to take “immediate and effective” action to put an end to Israel's war crimes in the Gaza Strip and its blockade on the coastal territory.

Israel-Palestine conflict LIVE: Health ministry says Gaza death toll topped 9,000 with 32k injuries

Palestinian group, Hamas, which runs the Gaza Strip, has announced the start of military the operation Al-Aqsa Flood against Israel. Thousands of rockets have been fired from the blockaded enclave towards the occupied territories as far away as Tel Aviv, killing over 1,400 Israelis, including both military and settlers. More than 8,800 Palestinians have been so far killed in an exchange of fire between the two sides.

Iran’s Leader calls for halting exports of oil, goods to Israel

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has urged Muslim counties to press for an end to the ongoing Israeli atrocities against the Gaza Strip, impose sanctions on the Tel Aviv regime and stop oil and goods exports to the occupied territories.

Russia says Ukraine is ‘losing’ the war

Kiev’s attempts to advance on the front line remain fruitless and are resulting in high battlefield losses and decreasing morale among Ukrainian troops, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu stated on Wednesday.

Hezbollah says 120 Israeli soldiers killed or injured in fighting

The Lebanese group Hezbollah says it has killed or injured 120 Israeli soldiers during the current round of fighting near Lebanon's border.

Iranian FM: Resistance axis has another element of surprise in store for the Zionists

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahain has demanded the Israeli regime immediately stop the war on Gaza. Otherwise, Amirabdollahian warned, Zionist regime and the US will be responsible if the war expands and the situation spirals out of control.

Rafah crossing opens for first time since start of Gaza war

The Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt has opened for the first time since the Israel-Hamas war erupted on October 7.

Iranian commander: Millions ready across world to rush to Palestinians’ rescue

Millions of people from all over the world are ready to help Palestinians against the Israeli regime’s unabated weeks-long bombardment if Palestine’s neighboring countries allow them to get into the occupied territories, the chairman of Iran’s Joint Chiefs of Staff says.

Pentagon says Ukraine will lose the war without US billions

If the US stops funding Ukraine, Russia will win the ongoing conflict between the two countries, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told the US Senate Appropriations Committee, making the case for $44 billion more in military and other aid to the government in Kiev.

US, Israel weighing peacekeepers for Gaza Strip: Report

US and Israeli officials are seeking an international peacekeeping force for Gaza should Israel successfully remove Hamas from power, Bloomberg has reported, suggesting that American forces could take part in the deployment.

Iran asks UN to stop Israeli ‘killing machine’ in Gaza following refugee camp carnage

Tehran has condemned in the strongest terms Israel's deadly raid on the Jabaliya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip which has killed and injured hundreds of Palestinians.

Israeli army says making ‘significant’ achievements in Gaza, but ‘paying a heavy price’

Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has stated the Israel Defense Force is making “significant” achievements during the ground operation in the Gaza Strip, but that it is also “paying a heavy price".

Israel claims killed top Hamas commander in strike on Gaza refugee camp; Palestinians deny

The Israeli military has claimed that it had taken out a top Hamas commander — who was one of the leaders of the October 7 attack on Israel — in a raid on the Jabalya refugee camp. But the group stressed that Israel’s claims that Hamas’ leaders were present in the refugee camp is “baseless and a lie”.

Pentagon: US personnel attacked 27 times in Iraq and Syria in recent days

Pentagon spokesman Brigadier General Patrick Ryder says there have been 27 attacks against US troops in Iraq and Syria in October, blaming the strikes on bases housing US forces in the Middle East on Iran-backed proxies. Tehran Denies directing armed groups in such attacks but has warned Israel's crimes against the people of Gaza and US support for Tel Aviv could “ricochet far-reaching consequences".