Iran’s Khamenei formally grants Pezeshkian presidential powers
In a message read by the director of Khamenei's office, he said: "I endorse the vote (for) the wise, honest,...Geostrategy
Netanyahu, Biden to meet on elusive Gaza deal
Joe Biden will press Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday to seal a Gaza ceasefire deal, despite the US president's shock election...Geostrategy
WHO chief deplores ‘unconscionable’ strikes on Red Crescent in Gaza
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus reiterated his call for an immediate ceasefire, alongside urgent action to get food, medical supplies...WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said health must never be a target during conflicts, adding that Gazans were facing a "dire humanitarian catastrophe"
PRCS said that Israel twice struck its headquarters in Khan Yunis, resulting in "five casualties and three injuries" among displaced people who had sought refuge there
Houthis fire on commercial ships in Red Sea: US military
According to United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations, it had received reports of up to three explosions 1-5 nautical miles from...Houthis have carried out a flurry of drone and missile strikes targeting commercial vessels
The attacks endanger a transit route that carries up to 12 percent of global trade
Former British PM Blair says no role in Gazans resettlement
London, UK - Britain's former prime minister Tony Blair has strongly denied an Israeli media report linking him to talks last...Channel 12 claimed on Sunday that Blair, who left office in 2007 and served as a Middle East envoy charged with building up Palestinian institutions, was in Israel last week
The news channel said he held meetings with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and war cabinet member Benny Gantz about a mediation role after the war with Hamas
Illegal Israeli settlers block Palestinian farmers from farming lands
Tubas, Palestine - Colonial Israeli settlers backed by the Israeli military prevented Palestinian farmers from plowing their lands today in...Eyewitnesses and local activist Ayman Ghrayeb revealed that a group of settlers hindered several farmers from cultivating their fields in the vicinity of the village.
He added that the soldiers accompanying the settlers confiscated personal identification cards from the farmers and detained them for several hours.
Turkey arrests 33 suspected of spying for Israel, planning abductions
Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said, "We will never allow espionage activities to be conducted against the national unity and solidarity...Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said the suspects were rounded up in raids across eight provinces in and around Istanbul
Yerlikaya's office released video footage showing armed security service agents breaking down doors and handcuffing suspects in their homes
Exiled Hamas deputy head killed in Israeli drone strike
A high-level security official told AFP that Saleh al-Aruri was killed along with his bodyguards in the strike by Israel....Hamas vowed Tuesday that the killing of the group's deputy in Lebanon will not "undermine the continued brave resistance" in Gaza.
The strike will add to persistent fears that the nearly three-month-old Israeli-Hamas war could become a wider conflagration.
Jordan takes steps to raise position in Global Food Security Index, says minister
AMMAN, JORDAN - Agriculture Minister Khaled Al-Hneifat said the ministry has been working hard over the past year to create...One of the points to achieve this goal are the creation of a national database for food security.
The other is the issuance of a unique system for the Food Security Council, the minister said.
Race against time after deadly Japan quake
The 7.5-magnitude quake, which hit Ishikawa prefecture on the main island of Honshu, triggered tsunami waves more than a meter...USGS said the quake had a magnitude of 7.5. Japan's meteorological agency measured it at 7.6 and said it was one of more than 150 to shake Noto peninsula
Almost 33,000 households were without power in the region, which saw temperatures touch freezing overnight, the local energy provider said
More strikes on Gaza after Israel warns war will last through 2024
Nearly three months of conflict have claimed almost 22,000 lives in Gaza, according to the Hamas-run health ministry, and devastated...On Monday night into Tuesday morning, eyewitnesses reported missiles fired towards the city of Rafah in the south and shelling around the Jabalia refugee camp
Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, meanwhile, said residents of some towns and villages near the Gaza border, "will soon be able to return home"
Child among 8 killed in Syria clashes: monitor
The fighting pitted the army of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad against Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a group led by Al-Qaeda's...War monitor said an elderly man, a woman and her young daughter were killed
Syrian army retaliated by bombing residential areas of Darat Izza town in Aleppo