Former Israeli army commander Herzi Halevi has stated that more than 200,000 Palestinians have been killed or wounded in Tel Aviv's war on the Gaza Strip, and that "not once" during the genocide has the military been constrained by legal advice.

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian is scheduled to travel to Qatar to participate in an emergency summit of Islamic countries’ leaders and, afterward, will go to New York to attend the UN General Assembly meeting.

Seven more Palestinians, including two children, died in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours due to Israeli-imposed famine, the Palestinian Health Ministry announced Saturday.

The question of Palestine is one of the oldest and most complex political conflicts of the modern era—shaping not only the Middle East but also the broader international order for more than seventy years. This conflict emerged from the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, British colonial rule, the Balfour Declaration of 1917, and ultimately the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948 through occupation and the forced displacement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians. Since then, despite broad resistance, the Palestinian people remain deprived of their most fundamental right: the right to self-determination.

A large majority of Israelis, 75 percent, approve of Tel Aviv’s attack on the Qatari capital Doha, despite widespread international condemnation.

The cemetery of Baghlegh village in Raz and Jargalan County, North Khorasan Province, northeastern Iran, is one of the most distinctive graveyards in the country.

Iranian pop singer Omid Jahan passed away at the age of 44 after suffering a heart attack during a live performance in Bam, southeastern Iran.

The United Nations General Assembly has overwhelmingly backed a resolution reviving a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine. It came less than 24 hours after Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that there would never be a Palestinian state.

Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council called on Islamic countries to establish a “Joint Operations Headquarters” to counter the “madness” of Israel, saying routine conferences and speeches without action only enable further aggression.

A senior advisor to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has stated that the world must cease turning a blind eye to Israel’s atrocities following its deadly onslaught on Qatar as the Zionist regime “knows no bounds” in its crimes.

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa has stated that his country is engaged in talks with Israel over a security agreement aimed at reviving the 1974 accord or adopting a similar framework.

The United States will press its G7 allies to establish a legal framework for seizing frozen Russian state assets and channeling them to Ukraine, Bloomberg has reported, citing sources.

The Israeli military on Saturday called on hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to leave Gaza City immediately, urging them to move south toward Al-Mawasi and central refugee camps as attacks intensify.

NATO will launch a new deterrence initiative called "Eastern Sentry" in response to Russia's drone attack on Poland, the military alliance's secretary general Mark Rutte has announced.

Direct negotiations between Russia and Ukraine remain possible but are currently suspended, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has stated.

US President Donald Trump on Friday stated that his patience with Russian President Vladimir Putin was running out, but stopped short of threatening new sanctions over the Ukraine war.

The United States has told the United Nations Security Council that it would defend "every inch of NATO territory" following a Russian drone incursion into Poland—marking the first known instance of a NATO country shooting down Moscow's drones during the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Representative of Iran’s Anti-Narcotics Secretary-General Hossein Zolfaghari and Iraq’s health minister, who also chairs the National Commission on Drug Control, signed a memorandum of understanding in Baghdad to strengthen cooperation in combating drug trafficking and abuse. 

Alaeddin Yassini, a veteran Iranian Kurdish musician and master of the daf, passed away on Thursday night at the age of 58, Iran’s Music Association announced.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian will take part in an emergency summit of Islamic and Arab leaders in Doha, to be convened in response to Israel’s recent attack on Qatar.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed his support for the new framework of engagement between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi warned that any move to activate the so-called “snapback” mechanism by European powers would nullify the country’s latest cooperation framework with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

The United Nations Security Council has condemned the Israeli attack on the Qatari capital Doha and called for de-escalation in a statement agreed by all 15 members, including the United States.

The Farabi Cinema Foundation has announced the first shortlist of ten films under consideration to represent Iran at the 2026 Academy Awards in the Best International Feature Film category.

Iran’s ambassador to international organizations in Vienna warned that Tehran will halt the implementation of its practical steps under the Cairo agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) if any further “illegal actions” are taken against the country, including renewed military attacks or the reinstatement of previously rescinded resolutions.