Gantz quits Israeli emergency government in row over Gaza’s future

Tel Aviv, Jun. 10, (dpa/GNA) – Influential Israeli politician Benny Gantz is leaving the emergency government formed in Israel following the attack by the Palestinian Islamist Hamas…

Iran approves six candidates out of 80 for presidential election

Tehran, Jun. 10, (dpa/GNA) – Iran’s Guardian Council, an appointed council made up of six clerics and six jurists charged with interpreting Iran’s constitution, has excluded a…

Sources: Yemen’s Houthis detain 12 UN workers

Sana’a, Jun. 7, (dpa/GNA) – Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi rebels have detained 12 United Nations employees in a crackdown in several areas of the war-wracked country, local sources close…

Taliban court whips 63 convicts in northern Afghanistan

Islamabad, Jun. 4, (dpa/GNA) – The Taliban Supreme Court said on Tuesday that a court in Afghanistan’s northern province of Sar-e-Pul has whipped 63 convicts, including 14 women,…

Iran’s former nuclear negotiator Larijani submits presidential bid

Tehran, May 31, (dpa/GNA) – Ali Larijani, Iran’s former parliamentary speaker and chief nuclear negotiator, has submitted his candidacy to run for president, in a snap poll…

Slow-moving convoy sets off in protest against the Israeli government

Tel Aviv, May 28, (dpa/GNA) – A slow-moving convoy of Israeli protesters set off in their vehicles on Tuesday morning to show their anger at Prime Minister…

Dozens reported killed in fresh Israeli attacks on Rafah

Gaza, May 28, (dpa/GNA) – Palestinian medics on Tuesday said dozens of people have died in fresh Israeli attacks on the southern Gaza city of Rafah, two days…

The ICJ orders Israel to halt its Rafah military offensive

May 24 (Reuters/GNA) – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered Israel to halt its military assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah, in a…

Iran to hold presidential election on June 28

TEHRAN, May 22, (Xinhua/GNA) — Iran’s government decided on Monday, that the country’s 14th presidential election would be held on June 28, the official…

Syria’s first lady has leukaemia, presidency says

Damascus, May 22, (dpa/GNA) – Syria’s first lady, Asma al-Assad, has been diagnosed with leukaemia, the Syrian presidency said on Tuesday. “After the appearance of several clinical…

Food distribution in Rafah suspended due to security situation

Tel Aviv, May 22, (dpa/GNA) – The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) temporarily suspended food distribution in Rafah…

US military says 569 tons of aid delivered through Gaza pier

Tel Aviv, May 21, (dpa/GNA) – The US military on Tuesday said that over 569 tons of humanitarian aid have been delivered to the Gaza Strip through…

Huge crowd attends funeral procession for Iran’s president

Tehran, May 21, (dpa/GNA) – The first of several funeral ceremonies began in Iran for president Ebrahim Raisi, foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and other victims of Sundays…

Netanyahu denounces bid to arrest him over Gaza war

May 21 (BBC/GNA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has angrily condemned the International Criminal Court’s prosecutor for seeking arrest warrants for him alongside…

Israel’s Gallant, US national security adviser discuss Gaza war

Tel Aviv, May 20, (dpa/GNA) – Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant met with US National Security Advisor Jack Sullivan in Tel Aviv on Monday to discuss the…

Iran to hold memorial services for Raisi on Tuesday

Tehran, May 20, (dpa/GNA) – Memorial ceremonies for President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian are planned in Iran for Tuesday after they were killed in…

Israel plans to expand Rafah operation despite US concerns

Tel Aviv, May 20, (dpa/GNA) – Israel intends to expand its military operation in Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip to defeat Hamas and to…

ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Hamas leaders

Amsterdam, May 20, (dpa/GNA) – The chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court said on Monday that he is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin…

Iran’s vice president Mokhber named acting leader after Raisi’s death

Tehran, May 20, (dpa/GNA) – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei named First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber as acting president in the wake of hardliner Ebrahim Raisi’s…

Saudi Arabia’s 88-year-old King Salman falls ill with lung infection

Beirut, May 20, (dpa/GNA) – Saudi King Salman has fallen ill with a lung infection, according to the country’s state media. The 88-year-old had to be treated…