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Record navy deployment to Iran not nearly long enough: Trump
Washington: US President Donald Trump on Friday, August 14, downplayed the toll on American sailors enduring a record-setting deployment of nearly nine months on the USS Abraham Lincoln as concerns escalated about…
- Middle East
Israeli forces halt activists bringing food to besieged families
West Bank: Israeli forces blocked foreign, Israeli, and Palestinian activists from delivering food and water to three homes in the Ras al-Ain area of the occupied West Bank on Friday, August 14,…
- Middle East
2 UAE tankers attacked while transiting Strait of Hormuz
The United Arab Emirates has blamed Iran for firing drones at two tankers operated by a state-owned oil company as they sailed through the Strait of Hormuz, saying Friday, August 14, that…
- India
Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian to attend BRICS summit in Delhi
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian will be traveling to New Delhi to attend the BRICS summit, according to news agency ANI, citing Iranian sources. Pezeshkian’s participation assumes significance as India is chairing the…
- World
Jared Kushner to visit Israel, Egypt for discussion on Gaza
Washington: President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and negotiator Jared Kushner will travel to the Middle East next week to try to advance plans for an end to the conflict in Gaza after a…
- Middle East
Pro-Israel Huckabee calls settler violence ‘act of terror’
Jerusalem: The US Ambassador to Israel condemned the actions of Jewish settlers who are besieging the home of an American Palestinian family in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. US Ambassador Mike Huckabee called…
- Middle East
UAE frees frozen Iranian funds, USD 283M gold to halt attacks
Abu Dhabi: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has released several billion dollars of Iran’s frozen assets held in Emirati banks, including up to 2 tonnes of gold worth USD 283 million, in…
- Middle East
Israel strikes Hamas commander in Gaza despite peace pressure
Gaza Strip: The Israeli military said it carried out a targeted drone strike on a Hamas commander in northern Gaza on Wednesday, August 12, despite calls from officials involved in peace efforts…
- Middle East
A day after ending death penalty, Lebanon passes Amnesty Law
Beirut: Lebanon’s parliament on Wednesday, August 12, passed a controversial general amnesty law, a day after a majority of legislators voted to formally abolish the death penalty. Lawmakers who backed the bill…
- India
‘Free Palestine’ slogans interrupt Ornit Shani’s lecture at UoH
Hyderabad: Ornit Shani, Israeli academic, author, and professor at the University of Haifa, was jeered during a session at the University of Hyderabad (UoH). Shani was talking about her book: Assembling India’s Constitution,…
- Middle East
No US-Iran talks on ceasefire extension, source says
Washington: Iran has disputed an earlier report that it had agreed with the United States to extend their 60-day ceasefire, with a senior Iranian source telling Reuters on Wednesday that no discussions…
- Middle East
Pakistan’s Naqvi heads to Iran for talks on ending conflict
Pakistan Interior Minister Mohsin Raza Naqvi on Tuesday, August 11, headed to Tehran for talks with Iranian officials amid mediation efforts to end the ongoing Iran-US conflict, according to the Iranian media.…
- Middle East
Former Syrian President Bashar Assad sentenced to death
Damascus: A Syrian court sentenced ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad along with his younger brother to death in absentia on Tuesday for crimes against humanity and war crimes during Syria’s 14-year conflict…
- Middle East
Dubai ruler confronted in London over UAE role in Sudan genocide
Hyderabad: Dubai ruler and United Arab Emirates (UAE) Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum was confronted by a man protesting against the West Asian country’s alleged role in the Sudan conflict…
- Middle East
Trump demands Iran pay for deaths, injuries over past conflicts
Washington: US President Donald Trump kept open the possibility of a major military escalation against Iran, rejected Tehran’s demand for compensation and asserted that the US Navy had complete control of the…
