WASHINGTON (AA) – The US did not have “advanced warning” of the recent Israeli strike in Beirut which is claimed to have killed Hezbollah chief Hasan Nasrallah, the Pentagon said. “The United States was not involved in this operation, and we had no advanced warning,” Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh t...
ISTANBUL (AA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during the 79th UN General Assembly in New York to discuss bilateral relations and global issues. According to the US State Department, both diplomats stressed the importance of keeping communication channels open between the two nations amid o...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US Justice Department announced Friday it had charged three Iranian hackers for targeting former President Donald Trump’s campaign and American officials. Attorney General Merrick Garland said at a news conference that the US is seeing increasingly aggressive Iranian cyberactivity ahead of the presidential race in N...
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 […]
NEW YORK (AA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has met with Muhammad Yunus, chief advisor and head of Bangladesh’s interim government, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly meetings in New York. Blinken underscored US support for the interim government as it works toward stabilizing the economy and emphasize...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The US has announced a $20 million reward for information leading to the arrest of a member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) over an alleged plot to assassinate John Bolton, who served as US national security advisor under then-President Donald Trump. Shahram Poursafi, also known as Mehdi Rezayi and Shah...
ISTANBUL (AA) — Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Thursday welcomed a joint call for a temporary cease-fire between Israel and the Hezbollah group amid escalating cross-border attacks. Late on Wednesday, the US, the EU, and nine other nations urged the two sides to agree to a 21-day cease-fire. In his speech at a Security […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US, the European Union and nine other nations urged Israel and Lebanon on Wednesday to agree to a temporary cease-fire. In a joint statement, the US, Australia, Canada, the EU, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar described the situation between the two nations as “in...
BEIRUT (AA) — Despite international calls for a temporary cease-fire, Israeli warplanes continued to hit Lebanon Thursday, with an entire family among the victims. The official Lebanese National News Agency (NNA) reported that an entire family perished in a strike on their home in the town of Chaat. The agency did not specify the number [&hell...
MOSCOW (AA) – The Kremlin has urged Russians in Lebanon to leave the country for security reasons. The Russian embassy and other diplomatic missions in Lebanon are working to inform some 3,000 Russian citizens staying in Lebanon about the existing warnings and recommendations, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said at a press briefing in M...
