TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi warned Thursday of a “harsh and regrettable” response, hours after US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid issued a joint declaration against Iran. Speaking at a public meeting in the western city of Kermanshah, Raisi said any “mistake” on th...
JERUSALEM (AA) – US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid have signed a joint declaration to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. “We will not allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon,” Biden told a joint press conference following the signing of the “Jerusalem Declaration” with Lapid. The declaration includes ...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The head of Palestinian resistance group Hamas has said that efforts by US President Joe Biden to integrate Israel into the Middle East region are doomed to fail. “Attempts by the US administration to re-design the region in order to integrate the occupying entity [Israel] in the region […] are [&h...
NABLUS, Palestine (AA) – Scores of Palestinians have staged a protest against the upcoming visit by US President Joe Biden to the Israel-occupied West Bank. Biden arrived in Israel on Wednesday on his first visit since he become president, expressing deep solidarity with the Zionist state. He is scheduled to meet Palestinian President Ma...
Beirut, Lebanon – (AFP): Fires burning for days at Beirut’s port, severely damaged in 2020 by an enormous explosion, have reignited trauma among Lebanese gearing up to mark the deadly blast’s anniversary. On August 4, Lebanon will mark two years since the explosion that killed more than 200 people. It was caused by a stockpil...
Tehran, Iran – (AFP): Iran warned the United States and its allies against undermining regional security after US President Joe Biden signed Thursday a security pact with Israel during a visit to the Jewish state. “I tell the Americans and their regional allies that the Iranian nation will not accept any crisis or insecurity in [&h...
Tel Aviv, Israel – (AFP): The US and Israel will hold talks on renewing a “global coalition” against Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid said Wednesday as he welcomed President Joe Biden to the country. “We will discuss the need to renew a strong global coalition that will stop the Iranian nuclear programme,” ...
JERUSALEM (AA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, responding to an earlier request, has finally invited the family of slain Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh to a meeting in Washington. US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan on Wednesday told reporters aboard US President Joe Biden’s plane flying to Israel that Blinken had spok...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz held talks over the phone on Wednesday to discuss regional and international developments. The Egyptian Presidency said in a statement that discussions between the two leaders also dwelt on issues of common interest. Last month, Saudi Crown Prince Moham...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Palestinian Authority does not pin high hopes on US President Joe Biden’s current visit to the region, a senior official has said. Biden’s visit “aims to enhance US support to Israel at all levels and to provide it with protection against accountability for its crimes,” Wasel Abu Yousef, an Executive [&hell...
