TEHRAN, IRAN – FEBRUARY 23: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said they are optimistic about nuclear talks. “So far we are optimistic about the Vienna talks. We hope that some sensitive and important issues remaining in the negotiations will be resolved in the coming days with realism from the Western side,” h...
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said his country will not accept compromising the security of the Gulf states. Tebboune met with members of the Algerian community in Kuwait during the first day of his visit to the Gulf country. “With regard to the Gulf, despite the geographical distance, we in the Maghreb [region] are trying to [...
A 14-year-old Palestinian boy died Tuesday of wounds he sustained from Israeli army fire in the occupied West Bank, according to the Health Ministry. Mohammad Shehda was injured when he was shot by Israeli soldiers in Al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem city. According to local activists, the injured boy was arrested by Israeli forces, which [&...
Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi on Tuesday declared his country’s readiness to supply natural gas to the world, including Europe. Raisi said his country has been able to boost its natural gas production and carry out significant projects in the oil and gas sectors by banking on domestic expertise and resources. He said sanctions imp...
An Israeli minister has announced his resignation from the government of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, according to local media. Eli Avidar, who was not assigned any ministerial position, becomes the first minister to resign from the Bennett-led cabinet. Avidar strongly criticized the government and its performance, saying that he should hav...
JERUSALEM, PALESTINE: An Israeli court on Tuesday suspended the eviction order against a Palestinian family, who lived in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of the occupied East Jerusalem. The decision was welcomed by the family that would otherwise be evicted in March. Recent provocative acts of certain Jewish groups in the region are believed to...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said an expected nuclear deal between Iran and world powers in Vienna will be “worse” than the 2015 accord. “The old deal already paved Iran’s path to the bomb. The new deal is even worse,” Netanyahu told the Israeli i24NEWS website. Netanyahu, who now leads the […]...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – An ultra-orthodox Israeli rabbi’s surprise visit to Iran has stirred up a hornet’s nest, amid questions about his smooth entry and hassle-free movement in the country. Jacob Yisrael Herzog, an Israeli citizen who lives in Jerusalem, recently traveled to Iran and toured prominent religious sites across the countr...
AZAZ, Syria (AA) – A car bomb attack killed at least one person in northern Syria on Tuesday, local sources said. The bomb, which was planted in a vehicle, exploded in the Syrian opposition-held city of Azaz. Security forces launched an investigation into the attack, focusing on the possibility that it was planned by the […]
Leaders of Jerusalem churches on Monday warned of an Israeli plan to confiscate church-owned lands in the occupied city. In a Feb. 18 letter to Israeli Environmental Protection Minister Tamar Zandberg, they called for halting a plan to expand an Israeli park to the Olive Mount in East Jerusalem. The letter was signed by leaders […]
