Palm Sunday in Jerusalem gets off to a slow start due to global unrest
Palm Sunday began slowly, but the annual walk from Mount of Olives down to the Old City of Jerusalem still attracted thousands of believers. On...
At least one person killed, 7 injured in explosion near Lebanon’s Sidon
At least one person was killed and seven were injured in a fire and explosion near a scout center affiliated with the Shi'ite, Hezbollah-allied Amal...
Biden will not remove IRGC from terrorist list
President Joe Biden is rejecting Iran’s demand that the United States remove the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps from the US list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations,...
Ukraine war could worsen crises in Yemen and Afghanistan
"Don't make us take food from children that are hungry to give to children that are starving," pleads the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)....
New Iran ambassador to Iraq served sanctioned IRGC envoy
The Islamic Republic of Iran announced on Monday that its new top envoy to Iraq is Mohammad Kazem Al-e Sadeq who previously advised the sanctioned...
Iran FM says some of its frozen foreign assets to be released
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh confirmed on Monday reports that about $7 billion of Iran's assets frozen abroad would be released "soon" according to...
Iran MPs set conditions for reviving 2015 nuclear deal amid stalled talks
Iranian lawmakers have set conditions for the revival of a 2015 nuclear pact, including legal guarantees approved by the US Congress that Washington would not...
Questions over Egyptian economist’s mysterious death
Egyptians are asking questions over the mysterious death of a prominent economist, Ayman Hadhoud, in the custody of security forces. Mr Hadhoud's relatives were asked...
Three deaths in separate incidents highlight sky-high tensions in Israel, West Bank
Israeli forces shot and killed two Palestinian women in separate incidents in the West Bank on Sunday, further heightening tensions between Israelis and Palestinians after...
Iran sentences water scarcity protestors to 75 lashes and prison
The Islamic Republic of Iran slapped over 20 peaceful protestors with up to seven years in prison and 74 lashes for their demonstration against the...