President Joe Biden yesterday directed US military air strikes in eastern Syria against facilities belonging to what the Pentagon said were Iran-backed militia, in a calibrated response to rocket...
A federal judge in the US state of California has refused to dismiss charges against former Twitter employee Ahmad Abouammo, who is accused of spying for Saudi Arabia. The...
The European Union urged Iran to reverse actions inconsistent with a 2015 nuclear deal it signed with world powers, Anadolu Agency reports. Foreign policy chief Josep Borrell expressed deep concerns...
US President Joe Biden and Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi discussed the recent rocket attacks on Iraqi and US personnel and agreed that the perpetrators will be held to...
The United States Department of Defence called on Turkey to take action and remove Russian S-400 missiles from its territory, reiterating the security threat to NATO defence systems in...
Two planes used in the killing of Jamal Khashoggi were owned by a company seized by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS) months before the journalist's death, CNN reports. MBS...
After the nomination of Congresswoman Betty McCollum as the Chairwoman of the Secondary Committee for security Issues, Israel is worried about new appointments which will make up the US administration, Shehab news agency...
Senior officials from Israel and Saudi Arabia have recently held a series of calls to discuss US President Joe Biden's administration's plans to rejoin the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, Israeli...
The United Nations special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Agnès Callamard, said Iran had violated the right to life of the passengers and crew onboard the Ukrainian...
Iran has detained a French tourist for nine months and his lawyers have been denied access to him, one of the lawyers, Saeid Dehghan, told Reuters on Wednesday. The arrest comes at a sensitive time when the United States...
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February 24, 2021 |
Thembisa Fakude News emerged last night that Al Jazeera Media Network (AJMN) is to launch a new online channel called Rightly. This was confirmed by the network today. "Al Jazeera Media...
US State Department "will hold Iran responsible for the actions of its proxies that attack Americans," it said in a press briefing yesterday. Last week, a rocket attack on...
US President Joe Biden's administration said today it would continue its international re-engagement by seeking election to the UN Human Rights Council where it will press to eliminate a...
Over 20 former senior Israeli military and intelligence officials voiced their support for the US' return to the Iran nuclear deal, local media reported yesterday. In a letter sent...
Al Jazeera news network is planning a new media platform that will target a right-wing audience in the US, the Guardian has reported. The editor-in-chief will be former Fox...
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif announced yesterday that Tehran has started to reduce cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors. Last December, the Iranian parliament passed...
Israel is exerting "intensive and vigorous efforts" to persuade France, Germany and Britain not to reinstate their nuclear deal with Iran, local Kan 11 reported yesterday. The channel's correspondent...
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US Washington is reconsidering former President Donald Trump's recognition of Morocco's sovereignty over Western Sahara, the chargé d'affaires at the US embassy in Spain has said. In an interview with...

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February 24, 2021 |
Tasnim Nazeer The Biden administration in Washington is set to declassify an intelligence report which could be a vital step in the search for accountability over the murder of respected journalist...
The leader of Israel's New Hope party, Gideon Sa'ar, yesterday said that he opposed the US-brokered two-state solution. The Likud party recently said that Sa'ar and the New Right...
Blackwater founder and former CEO Eric Prince denied playing any role in sending mercenaries to support the forces of renegade General Khalifa Haftar in Libya. This came in response...
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed a range of issues with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, including partnership and human rights, the State Department said Tuesday, Anadolu Agency reported. The...
The families of three men killed in the attack at a US naval base have sued Saudi Arabia, claiming that Riyadh was aware of the shooter's radical views and...
A classified report prepared by UN investigators revealed that the founder of the private security company Blackwater, Eric Prince, violated the arms embargo in Libya and tried to overthrow...
Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI) on Sunday signed an agreement to set up a joint venture with US Lockheed Martin to enhance the kingdom's "defence capabilities". SAMI, which is...
Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Saeed Khatibzadeh, denied on Sunday holding "direct contacts" with the United States concerning American citizens held by the Islamic Republic and vice versa, the Tasnim news agency...
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday Iran might enrich uranium up to 60% purity if the country needed it and would never yield to US pressure over...
US State Department spokesman Ned Price said on Monday said a comment by Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei about uranium enrichment "sounds like a threat" and declined to...
The Syrian chemical weapons program's top scientist is alleged to have spied for the United States for years while working to advance the Assad regime's capabilities, according to a...
Chinese spies used code first developed by the US National Security Agency to support their hacking operations, Israeli researchers said today Reuters reported. Tel Aviv-based Check Point Software Technologies issued a...
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Saturday accused Western leaders and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) of hypocrisy for targeting the Islamic Republic's nuclear programme, while ignoring...
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said his country's decision to put an end to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)'s snap inspection of the Islamic Republic's nuclear facilities...