US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday urged the disarmament of Hamas but voiced hope for headway on reaching...
Under the second stage, Israel is supposed to withdraw from its positions in Gaza, an interim authority is to govern...
Western governments including the United States have repeatedly warned Iran against such launches, saying the same technology can be used...The Mahda satellite, which weighs around 32 kilograms and was developed by Iran's Space Agency, is designed to test advanced satellite subsystems
The other two, Kayhan 2 and Hatef, weigh under 10 kilograms each and are aimed to test space-based positioning technology and narrowband communication
The row between Israel and UNRWA follows the UN's ICJ ruling that Israel must prevent possible acts of genocide in...UN agency has fired several staff over Israel's accusations
Several key donor countries have said they will temporarily suspend their funding
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz called on UNRWA Commissioner-General to quit his post. Katz said in a statement that the...UNRWA said Friday it had fired several employees over Israel's accusations
Donors including Germany, Britain and others suspended additional funding to the agency
- Waving Palestinian flags and shouting slogans denouncing Israel, protestors expressed gratitude to South Africa for having brought the case against...
The ICJ in its ruling said Israel must prevent genocide in its war with Hamas
Many protestors carried banners calling for sanctions to be levied against Israel
- US forces struck an anti-ship missile in Houthi-held Yemen that they said was ready to fire, hours after the Iran-backed...
The US has also carried out a series of unilateral air raids, but the Houthis have vowed to continue their attacks.
The Houthis' Al-Masirah television said the US and the UK launched two air strikes on the port of Ras Issa in Yemen's Hodeida province.
The British government said it had "considerable concerns" about a ruling by the United Nation's top court that Israel should..."Israel has the right to defend itself against Hamas in line with IHL (international humanitarian law)," the British spokesperson said.
The Foreign Office, however, added that it welcomed the ICJ's call for the immediate release of hostages and to get more aid into Gaza.
- Baghdad, Iraq - Iraq and the United States on Saturday held a "first round" of talks on the future of American...
Washington had said that it had agreed with Baghdad on the launch of "expert working groups of military and defense professionals".
The talks, planned for months, come at a time of heightened tensions in Iraq and the region linked to the war between Israel and Hamas.
Tehran, Iran - Gunmen in southeastern Iran near the Pakistan border killed nine foreign nationals on Saturday, Iranian media reported, more...Mehr news agency said unknown armed men killed nine non-Iranians in a house in the Sirkan neighborhood of Saravan city in Sistan-Baluchistan province.
The Sistan-Baluchistan province has seen persistent unrest involving cross-border drug-smuggling gangs and rebels from the Baluchi ethnic minority.
- The exchange came as the head of the CIA is to meet in Europe with his counterparts from Israel and...
Qatar, Egypt and the United States are attempting to negotiate a new truce, and Biden's Middle East envoy Brett McGurk is already in the region for talks.
The news outlet Axios has reported that Israel offered Hamas a two-month pause in fighting in Gaza in exchange for the release of all hostages.
- UNRWA said Friday it had sacked several employees accused by Israel of involvement in Hamas's unprecedented October 7 attack, prompting...
Israel was aiming to ensure "UNRWA will not be a part of the day after", Foreign Minister Israel Katz said adding that he would try to gather support from the donors to the agency
Hamas on Saturday slammed Israeli "threats" against UNRWA, urging the UN and other international organizations not to "cave in to the threats and blackmail."
