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Iranian MPs support Palestinians’ operation against Israel

Iranian lawmakers have thrown their full support behind Saturday's surprise attack on Israel's military posts near the Gaza border by the Gaza-based Palestinian groups.

Quake in Afghanistan rocks areas in neighboring Iran, no damage or casualties yet

Back-to-back earthquakes have jolted Afghanistan as well as Khorasan Razavi Province in northeastern Iran, but there are no reports of any possible damage in the Iranian province, which borders Afghanistan.

Iran says wants full disarmament of Iraq-based secessionist groups

Iran’s top military commander has expressed dismay over Iraq’s failure to take adequate action with regards to secessionist in the Kurdistan region, saying the Iraqi side's measures have not been enough.

Israel-Palestine conflict: Gaza under heavy bombardment, more than 200 killed

Hundreds of rockets have been fired from the blockaded Gaza Strip towards the occupied territories, and sirens have been heard as far away as the greater Tel Aviv area. Palestinian resistance group, Hamas, which runs the besieged enclave, has announced the start of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood against Israel. The Israeli Army says it has declared a “state of readiness for war”.

Ex-Iran OIC envoy: Riyadh concerned about Tehran’s reaction to normalization with Israel

A former Iranian envoy to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) says Saudi Arabia is concerned over Iran’s reaction to Riyadh’s normalization of ties with the Israeli regime.

No final report yet on cause of Wagner boss’s plane crash: Kremlin

There is not yet a final report from investigators on the cause of the plane crash that killed Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin in August, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has stated.

US expels 2 Russian diplomats in response to Moscow’s diplomatic expulsions

The United States has expelled two Russian diplomats from the embassy in Washington, according to the State Department.

Live Update: Russia’s “Special Operation” in Ukraine; Day 590

Russia, wary of NATO’s eastward expansion, began a military campaign in Ukraine in February 2022 after the Western-leaning Kiev government turned a deaf ear to Moscow’s calls for its neighbor to maintain its neutrality. In the middle of the mayhem, Moscow and Kiev are trying to hammer out a peaceful solution to the conflict. Follow the latest about the Russia-Ukraine conflict here:

Iran condemns awarding Nobel Peace Prize to an Iranian as “spiteful, political”

Iran has condemned as biased and political, the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to an Iranian, Tehran says “has been found guilty of frequently violating the law and engaging in criminal acts.”

Israeli settler kills Palestinian youth in WB

A Palestinian teenage has been killed when a group of Israeli settlers attacked the town of Huwara amid a surge in settler violence across the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

Pentagon planning major cuts to US special forces in pivot away from Middle East: Report

The US Department of Defense is planning to make large cuts to the country's special operation forces, as it shifts its “focus from counterterrorism in the Middle East to threats from China”, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.

Israeli police seeking to ‘legitimize’ killing of Palestinian citizens in new open-fire rules

Israeli authorities are seeking to allow the use of live fire by police to disperse mass protests held by Palestinian citizens, the regime's national security minister has announced.

Iran’s top general stresses joint fight with Syria against terrorism

The chairman of Iran's Joint Chiefs of Staff has strongly condemned the recent terrorist drone attack in Syria, voicing Tehran's readiness to engage in joint fight agaist terrorism with Damascus.

Iran parliamenr chief says his trip to UAE will have positive results     

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf says during his visit to the United Arab Emirates, the the two countries reached very good agreements over transit and investment.

Prominent Iranian actor Attila Pesyani passes away

Top Iranian actor Attila Pesyani, who has a decades-long shining record in theater and television, died earlier on Friday after a bout with cancer at the age of 66, Iran’s House of Cinema confirmed in a statement.

UAE ruler receives Iran’s parl’t speaker

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf met with the President of the United Arab Emirates Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi on Thursday.

Iran FM raps deadly terrorist attack in Syria, offers condolences

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, in a Thursday phone call with his Syrian counterpart, Faisal Mekdad, strongly condemned the recent terrorist attack in Syria, which resulted in the killing and injury of dozens of Syrian military and civilian people.

Iranian FM invited to Saudi Arabia to jointly watch football match with Saudi peer

Iranian Foreign Minister has been invited to Saudi Arabia to jointly watch a football match between Iranian and Saudi clubs set to be held in the Arab country.

Ex-president Ahmadinejad makes it to Guatemala after briefly barred from leaving Iran

Former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad boarded a flight on Thursday to Guatemala after he was briefly banned from leaving the country reportedly over ‘security concerns’.

Drone attack on Syria military academy causes large number of casualties

An "armed terrorist organisation" targeted "the graduation ceremony for officers of the military academy in Homs" in central Syria, according to a military statement carried by official news agency SANA.

Azerbaijan says ready for EU-mediated talks with Armenia

Azerbaijan has announced it is ready for EU-led talks with Armenia but slammed France’s “militarisation policy” in the South Caucasus.

Israeli soldiers kill two Palestinians in WB

Israeli soldiers have opened fire on a vehicle near the occupied West Bank city of Tulkarm, killing two Palestinian youths.

European Parliament adopts non–binding resolution calling for Azerbaijan sanctions over “ethnic cleansing”

EU lawmakers have accused Azerbaijan of carrying out “ethnic cleansing” against the Armenian residents of Nagorno-Karabakh, and urged the bloc to impose sanctions on Baku.

Report: Ex-Iranian Pres. Ahmadinejad prevented from traveling to Guatemala

Security agents at the Imam Khomeini International Airport have reportedly prevented former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from leaving the country.

Baghdad won’t allow ‘robust’ relations with Tehran to be damaged: Iraq president

Iraq’s President Abdul-Latif Rashid has stated his country regards its relationship with Iran as “very important”, stressing that Baghdad will not allow any harm to its “robust relations” with Tehran.