Israel’s military said Monday it had killed four armed militants who attacked its troops as they emerged from a tunnel in southern Gaza, accusing the suspects of a “blatant violation” of the ceasefire.
Despite a US-brokered truce entering its…
Category: 3. Middle East
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UK’s Prince William and Kate ‘deeply concerned’ about Epstein revelations
LONDON, Feb 9 (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate said on Monday they were deeply concerned by the revelations in the Jeffrey Epstein files amid further damning disclosures about the heir-to-the-throne’s uncle Andrew…
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Revealing names and faces of the victims of Iran's protest crackdown
BBC News Persian uncovers the identities of the thousands of people killed during the recent crackdown on protests in Iran.
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Adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader to visit Oman on Tuesday after US-Iranian talks
DUBAI, Feb 9 (Reuters) – Ali Larijani, an adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and secretary of its national security council, will visit Oman on Tuesday following indirect U.S.-Iranian talks there, the semi-official Tasnim…
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US Vice President Vance heads to Armenia, Azerbaijan to push peace, trade
By Lucy Papachristou
TBILISI, Feb 9 (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President JD Vance will visit Armenia and Azerbaijan this week to push a Washington-brokered peace agreement that could transform energy and trade routes in the strategic South Caucasus…
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Larijani to discuss regional issues in Oman
Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Secretary and adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Ali Larijani, will travel to Muscat, Oman, on Tuesday, leading a delegation, the Iranian Foreign Policy Group told Tasnim News…
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Fourteen killed in latest Lebanon building collapse, as warnings of neglect grow
Two blocks fall down in what is the fifth such disaster this winter, as warnings of neglect grow.
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Why Iran will never give up its ballistic missile program
Iran is unlikely to relinquish its ballistic missile arsenal because the Islamic Republic views it as the last credible pillar of deterrence and a hedge against what it sees as unreliable US guarantees, Dr. Raz Zimmt, head of the Iran Program at…
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At least 14 killed in building collapse in Lebanon’s Tripoli
The death toll from the collapse of residential buildings in the Lebanese city of Tripoli rose to 14 after search and rescue operations ended, Lebanon’s National News Agency said on Monday, citing the civil defense chief.
Civil defense…
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Iran upgrades ballistic missiles with Russian assistance
Iranian-Russian cooperation aimed at upgrading Iran’s existing ballistic missile arsenal has recently increased amid the threat of a potential US or Israeli strike, foreign reports have said.Among other systems, Tehran possesses a missile…
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