JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli authorities have said that some 100 homes in the northern city of Hod Hasharon took damage from Tuesday’s missile attack from Iran. Some of the buildings were heavily damaged and will take some time to fix, while dozens of others have sustained only minor damage, Israeli public broadcaster KAN quoted city [&helli...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Former US President and current Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has once again downplayed concussions and traumatic brain injuries sustained by US troops during a 2020 Iranian missile strike, dismissing them as minor. “So first of all, injured. What does injured mean? Injured means – You mean because ...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran’s foreign minister threatened a “more severe response” if Israel retaliates against an Iranian missile attack on the country. “The operation has ended,” Abbas Araghchi said during phone calls with his counterparts from the UK, Germany and France, the state news agency IRNA reported. “If Israel decides to take retaliato...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin reaffirmed Washington’s commitment to defend US personnel, allies and partners during a call Tuesday with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant following a missile attack by Iran on Israel. Austin and Gallant “expressed mutual appreciation for the coordinated defense of Israel” ag...
TEHRAN (AA) – Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has said that the promises of cease-fire made by Americans and Europeans if Iran did not respond to the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh were “false.” He said this during a cabinet meeting in Tehran, condemning the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. Iran had vo...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov urged Israel on Saturday to abandon “essentially terrorist methods of settling political scores” as he commented on the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. Lavrov said at a news conference in New York that he had the impression that Israel is trying to provoke Ira...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran has reclaimed 1,100 clay tablets dating back to the Achaemenid Empire (550-330 BC) that were sent to the US for research purposes in 1936. According to Iranian state television, the artefacts were flown back to Iran on a plane carrying President Masoud Pezeshkian, who was returning from New York after […]
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says that if he is elected, he will retaliate against threats from Iran with overwhelming force. This is in the wake of recent alleged threats to his life from Tehran. During a rally in North Carolina on Wednesday, he said, “If you do anything to harm this person, we are […]
ANKARA (AA) – At least 51 workers were killed in a coal mine explosion in northeastern Iran, local media reported on Sunday. The explosion was caused by a rapid release of methane and carbon monoxide Saturday night in two blocks in the mine in Tabas in Khorasan province, the state news agency IRNA reported. Local […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran has condemned Israel’s Friday airstrike on Beirut’s southern suburbs that left 31 people dead and has called on the international community to take a “decisive action” to stop Israeli attacks. In a statement, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani said that such attacks represent a...
