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Iran possesses modern weapons that have not yet been used in battle during conflict with the US and Israel, an Iranian military source told Russian state-owned outlet RIA Novosti on Thursday.
US President Donald Trump's administration threatened to revoke the visas of the Palestinian delegation to the United Nations if the Palestinian ambassador refuses to end his candidacy for the vice presidency of the UN General Assembly, according to an internal State Department cable seen by Reuters.
The US, Russia, Iran and Saudi Arabia – some of the highest oil-producing nations and major greenhouse gas emitters – opposed the measure
South Korea's presidential Blue House said on Thursday that some national who were held in Israeli custody were released.
US senators Jeff Merkley and Chris Van Hollen are the latest officials to criticise Israel for its mistreatment of detainees who were onboard the Global Sumud aid flotilla.
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Some of their own politicians aren’t aiding their cause
If anything were to underline the seriousness with which the international community has taken Sunday’s drone attack on the UAE’s Barakah nuclear power plant, it is the sheer number of global voices that have condemned it.
Top diplomats from Nato's 32 member countries are gathering this week in Sweden, where the Iran war and the Strait of Hormuz could take up as much attention as European countries' push for new support for Ukraine.
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SEOUL, May 21 (Yonhap) -- Israel has released two South Korean nationals captured while heading for the Gaza Strip aboard humanitarian aid vessels, the presidential office said Thursday, welcoming their release.
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SEOUL, May 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks traded sharply higher late Thursday morning as Samsung Electronics averted a strike and other market heavyweights advanced on hopes for a possible agreement between the United States and Iran to end the war in the Middle East.
There are signs the war against Iran, the surge in inflation and the Reserve Bank’s hikes to interest rates are starting to hit the jobs market.
The US State Department’s oversight body is investigating the now-defunct Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and its use of millions of dollars in emergency aid funding, the Financial Times reported Wednesday, citing three people familiar with the inquiry.
South Korean stocks opened markedly higher Thursday on rising hopes for a possible peace deal between the United States and Iran, and an end to labor unrest at Samsung Electronics, triggering a buy-side sidecar.
It appeared in the early hours of April 29 in Waterloo Place. This area of central London, populated by military monuments and monitored by CCTV, was the spot Banksy chose to unveil his latest artwork.
Solar panels on rooftops are drawing attention as Vietnam faces power shortages and rising electricity demand. (Stride)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States on Wednesday removed sanctions on Francesca Albanese, a UN expert on the Palestinian territories who has harshly criticized Israel, following a court order.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was furious after a tense call with US President Donald Trump over a new proposal to end the war with Iran, Axios reported on Wednesday, citing three sources familiar with the matter.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was furious after a tense call with US President Donald Trump over a new proposal to end the war with Iran, Axios reported on Wednesday, citing three sources familiar with the matter.
The United States has removed sanctions against the UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory, Francesca Albanese, a week after a federal judge said the measures restricted her freedom of speech.
A national energy and chemical hub being built on a 15,500 sq m site in the Gobi Desert is set to modernise coal mining
A national energy and chemical hub being built on a 15,500 sq m site in the Gobi Desert is set to modernise coal mining
Hezbollah said early on Thursday that its fighters targeted invading Israeli forces in southern Lebanon, firing rocket barrages and aerial drones.
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Rabbi Yishai Por, 53, from Bnei Brak, was stabbed to death inside the Chazon Ish kollel (a religious studies center) on HaAri Street while studying with his 13-year-old son on Wednesday.
A team from the Palestinian legal aid group Adalah, along with a team of volunteer lawyers, visited Ashdod Port and provided legal counsel to hundreds of flotilla participants on Wednesday night, collecting testimony that claimed high levels of violence as well as sexual abuse and psychological torment.
The Legal Centre for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, Adalah, said that activists who were captured by Israel from the Gaza-bound Global Sumud aid flotilla were subjected to electric shocks as well as physical and psychological abuse.
SEOUL, May 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks opened markedly higher Thursday, led by tech gains, on rising hopes for a possible agreement between the United States and Iran to end the war in the Middle East and on Samsung Electronics' tentative wage deal with its labor union.
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SEOUL, May 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's finance minister said Thursday the country will seek to provide financial support to partners in the Middle East facing temporary liquidity shortages due to the prolonged conflict in the region.
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Israeli forces intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters as it approached Gaza on May 18, preventing the vessels from reaching the enclave and detaining more than 400 activists from around 40 countries.
Israeli forces intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters as it approached Gaza on May 18, preventing the vessels from reaching the enclave and detaining more than 400 activists from around 40 countries.
Australia is the latest country to slam Israel for what it has described as "shocking and unacceptable" treatment of flotilla activists.
Asia-Pacific markets were set to to open higher Thursday, tracking Wall Street gains, as growing hopes that the Middle East conflict could end soon cooled oil prices.
Foreign affairs minister joins condemnation of Itamar Ben-Gvir after the Israeli national security minister shared video mocking detainees
The 38-year-old Partizan Belgrade midfielder and former captain of the Israeli national team announced his retirement on Wednesday via a video posted to social media, bringing the curtain down on an illustrious career spanning two decades across Israel and Europe.
Survivors of several Islamist terror attacks in the UK have warned that British charities are being allowed to promote extreme Islamist beliefs and rhetoric, The Telegraph reported on Sunday.
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The US has no obligation to give Israel anything and should cut off all aid to the Jewish state, conservative American journalist Tucker Carlson has said. Washington’s association with what he described as Israel’s “many crimes” has damaged America’s global reputation, he argued.
The US has no obligation to give Israel anything and should cut off all aid, conservative American journalist Tucker Carlson has said. America’s association with Israel’s “many crimes” has damaged its global reputation, he argued.
Israeli basketball player Raz Adam, 26, was pronounced dead following a car crash in the Hula Valley within the Galilee Panhandle on Wednesday.
At least two people were killed, and approximately 10 were injured in a fatal car accident involving several vehicles on Highway 7, near the Sorek Interchange, east of Ashdod, late Wednesday night.
SEOUL, May 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea plans to extend the fuel tax cut scheme by two months through the end of July amid growing inflationary pressure in the wake of the Middle East crisis, the finance ministry said Thursday.
At a special Israel Bonds Council meeting in New York City on May 20, senior leaders gathered to mark the organization's 75th anniversary and to celebrate the appointment of Laura Stein, a Los Angeles-based attorney, as chair of the National Campaign Advisory Council.