Moscow is grateful to Beijing for its proposals on ways to end the Ukrainian crisis, but the government in Kiev keeps rejecting any constructive talks while stubbornly seeking Russia’s defeat on the battleground and suffering “enormous” losses in its failed counteroffensive, Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated.
Addressing the dire situation in the Gaza Strip, Philippe Lazzarini, commissioner general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, emphasized Gaza is rapidly running out of water and electricity, and the population faces severe shortages of food and medicine.
In his first clear and stark denouncement of Hamas' military operation against Israel, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said the armed group's actions and policies “do not represent the Palestinian people", reports say.
Iran’s former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who used to make headlines for his anti-Israel remarks has once again grabbed media attention, but this time for his silence over the ongoing Israeli aggression against Gaza.
On a rare occasion, a whale has been spotted and filmed getting close to the shores of the southern Iranian island of Kish, in the Persian Gulf, perhaps foraging for food.
Italian Serie A giants Inter are closer than other rivals to transfer Iranian striker Mehdi Taremi, whose contract with Portugal’s Porto expires this coming summer, La Gazzetta dello Sport reported.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has warned that if diplomatic efforts to stop Israeli air raids and prevent a ground offensive on the Gaza Strip are unsuccessful, there is a risk of the conflict escalating uncontrollably, with multiple regional players joining the fight.
Israel’s military air raids have killed at least 2,670 people and wounded 9,600 others since October 7, the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza has confirmed, calling for uregent international aid.
Israel’s Defence Minister Yoav Gallant has said that Tel Aviv was not interested in waging war on its northern front and that Israel will keep the situation along the border as it is.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has promised that the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt "will be open" after meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
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 2,600 Palestinians have been so far killed in an exchange of fire between the two sides.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that the West Asia region is “on the verge of an abyss” as the bombardment of the besieged Gaza Strip continues by the Israeli military.
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has confirmed more than one million people have been displaced in the Gaza Strip since the Israeli bombardment of the besieged enclave last week.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, in a phone conversation with his French counterpart, has warned against the consequences of the continuation of Israel's onslaught against Gaza.
Hezbollah launched missiles at the occupied-territories on Sunday in response to the recent Israeli attacks on Lebanon that killed a Reuters journalist and two elderly civilians, the Lebanese movement announced in a statement.
Iran’s charge d'affaires in Britain has called for the expulsion of the Israeli regime from the United Nations following Tel Aviv’s brutal attacks on Gaza.
Casualties in the Gaza Strip over the past eight days have topped the number of those killed during the 2014 Gaza-Israel conflict, according to the spokesperson for the Palestinian Ministry of Health in the besieged enclave.
The Iranian foreign minister has warned against the continuation of the Israeli attacks on Gaza, saying If “the Israeli regime’s crimes in Gaza continue, any possibility in the region is likely”.
The Pentagon has ordered a second carrier strike group to the eastern Mediterranean Sea and is sending Air Force fighter jets to the region as Israel prepares to expand its Gaza operations, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has stated.
