Iran's coronavirus death toll exceeded 12,000 on Wednesday, the health ministry said, with 153 deaths in the past 24 hours, amid a sharp rise in the number of daily infections and deaths in the past week as lockdown measures have eased.
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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday urged the UN Security Council to extend an arms embargo on Iran and said the US and partner forces last month seized a vessel carrying arms to Houthi rebels in Yemen.
"The Security Council must extend (...)
A US general voiced Washington's backing for Lebanese stability on Wednesday on a visit that triggered a protest by demonstrators including supporters of the Iran-backed Hezbollah against US policies in the country.
General Kenneth McKenzie's visit (...)
Lebanon is facing a "financial siege" imposed by international powers and its priority is staving off strife caused by the country's economic meltdown, leading politician Gebran Bassil said on Tuesday.
Bassil, an ally of the Iran-backed Shi'ite (...)
It has been yet another tough week of negotiations between Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia over the filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) that Ethiopia is building on the Blue Nile near the Sudanese border, threatening the (...)
Iraq partially reopened its southern Shalamcheh border crossing with Iran on Tuesday after more than three months of closure to combat the spread of the new coronavirus, border officials said.
The crossing was being opened only for the trade of (...)
Desperate to afford her daughter's overseas university fees, 58-year-old retired Iranian teacher Maryam Hosseini withdrew all her savings from the bank to buy U.S. dollars.
It was not enough. With three years of study still to do, her daughter is (...)
Iran has slashed crude oil production to its lowest level in four decades as storage tanks and vessels are almost completely full due to a fall in exports and refinery run cuts caused by the coronavirus , industry data showed.
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The Nakba (catastrophe) refers to the expulsion of the Palestinians from Palestine in 1948, their transformation into refugees in the remainder of Palestinian land in Gaza and the West Bank, neighbouring Arab countries and elsewhere in the (...)
Ordinary Iranians did not need to hear it, but nonetheless top Iranian officials stated the obvious many times in the last few days: this year has been the toughest so far on Iranians.
The economic situation is getting worse and coronavirus (...)
Iraqi troops are reinforcing their positions along the border with Turkey to prevent Turkish forces from advancing deeper into Iraqi territory after more than two weeks of airstrikes and Turkey's establishment of more than ten posts inside Iraqi (...)
Israel's Defense Ministry announced the successful launch of a new spy satellite early on Monday, giving the country what officials said was an additional tool in keeping tabs on its many threats across the region.
The ``Ofek 16'' joins a fleet of (...)
Iran's hardline lawmakers plan to summon the president for questioning, a move that could ultimately lead to impeachment, media reported on Monday, amid growing discontent over the government's economic policies.
Iranians' daily struggle to make (...)
Iran recorded its highest number of deaths from COVID-19 within a 24-hour period, official health ministry figures showed on Sunday.
The 163 deaths reported on Sunday exceed the previous record from last Monday, when the health ministry reported 162 (...)
The number of new Covid-19 cases worldwide has reached a record high at 212,326 cases in the last 24 hours, according to a situation report from the World Health Organization.
The report says there have been more than 10.9 million confirmed Covid-19 (...)
Lebanon's Christian authorities slammed politicians on Sunday for failing to remedy an economic meltdown that has left many poor, piling pressure on the country's leaders as it spirals deeper into crisis.
In a sermon, Maronite Patriarch Bechara (...)
A fire that broke out at Iran's Natanz nuclear facility on Thursday has caused significant damage that could slow the development of advanced centrifuges, an Iranian nuclear official said on Sunday.
Iran's top security body said on Friday that the (...)
A rocket fired towards Baghdad's Green Zone, which hosts the U.S. and other embassies, fell just short causing damage to a home and injuring a child early on Sunday, the Iraqi military said.
Security forces at the same time stopped another Katyusha (...)
اندلع، الخميس، حريق في محطة "مدحج زرغان" للغاز في مدينة الأهواز جنوب غرب إيران، حسبما أفادت وكالة الأنباء الإيرانية.
وقال إبراهيم قنبري، رئيس دائرة الإطفاء في محافظة الأهواز، إن حريقًا في المحطة نجم عن انفجار أحد محولات الكهرباء فيها.
وذكر أنه تم (...)
Iranians who do not wear masks will be denied state services and workplaces that fail to comply with health protocols will be shut for a week, President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday as he launched new measures to try to curb the coronavirus.
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Egypt has condemned attacks carried out on Friday by the Iran-backed Houthi movement in Yemen on Saudi territories.
The Houthi movement had launched four drones loaded with explosives towards Saudi Arabia, but the drones were intercepted and (...)
Egypt condemned Friday the Houthi attempt to launch four explosive-laden drones towards the Saudi Kingdom.
The Arab Coalition intercepted and destroyed four explosive-laden drones launched by the Iran-backed Houthi militia towards Saudi Arabia, the (...)
The Saudi-led military coalition battling the Houthis in Yemen said on Friday it had destroyed four explosive-laden drones launched by the Iran-aligned group in the direction of Saudi Arabia, the official Saudi Press Agency reported.
The drones were (...)
The Saudi-led military coalition battling the Houthis in Yemen said on Friday it had destroyed four explosive-laden drones launched by the Iran-aligned group in the direction of Saudi Arabia, the official Saudi news agency reported.
The drones were (...)
نشرت هيئة الطاقة الذرية الإيرانية، الخميس، أول صورة للحادث الذي تعرضت له وحدة قيد الإنشاء في مفاعل نطنز النووي جنوب طهران.
وأدى الحادث الغامض الذي وقع صباح الخميس إلى تضرر أجزاء من المبنى دون خسائر بشرية، فيما يجري الخبراء تحقيقا لمعرفة أسبابه. (...)
