News Archive - 29 December 2023

"There is no discussion of prisoner exchange before stopping the aggression as Israel propagates," Osama Hamdan, senior Hamas representative in Lebanon, said on Friday. "The occupation is attempting to leak ideas that suit its narrative and are not true to alleviate internal pressure," he added. Gaza's resistance movements took hundreds...

Speaking in an interview with Mehr News Agency on the sidelines of the Tehran International Conference on Palestine, Muhammad Khalil bin Abdul Hadi, Deputy Member of the Terengganu State Executive Council (EXCO) of Malaysia stressed the need for unity of all Muslims in support of Palestinians. "When we talk about the...

The attack occurred at a "techno-party" in the streets of Ciudad Obregon in the municipality of Cajeme, Xinhua reported citing head of the Sonora Attorney General's Office Gustavo Salas. He said that although there have been no arrests so far, state military and police authorities have identified the group of...

"You assassinate Martyr [Brigadier General] Seyyed Razi Mousavi because you could not achieve anything in the Gaza battleground," Brigadier General Esmail Ghaan said on Friday, addressing the Israeli regime. Mousavi, a senior IRGC commander, was martyred in a missile attack by the regime against the Sayyeda Zeinab neighborhood of the...

UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths called out the “impossible situation” facing people in Gaza and those trying to help them, saying that aid convoys are constantly coming under fire in the territory. “You think getting aid into Gaza is easy? Think again,” Griffiths said on Friday in a post on...

In an evening televised address to the nation, Pakistan Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar said because of the situation in the Gaza Strip, the government had "completely banned all kinds of events regarding the New Year celebrations". Israel's relentless aerial bombardment and ground invasion of Gaza, in retaliation for Hamas's October...

On Thursday, the Financial Times newspaper reported, citing sources, that Germany, France, Italy and the European Union have expressed reservations regarding Washington's idea to confiscate Russian assets worth $300 billion and consider it necessary to first assess the legality of the measure, Sputnik reports. "Of course there is [list of...

Palestine's Sama News reported that the protesters urged the need for an end to the Zionist aggressions and more efforts to secure the release of the Zionist prisoners in Gaza. They chanted slogans like “war is enough” and “until the establishment of peace, there will be no security neither here...

The building of the Lukyanivska metro station in central Kyiv was damaged by the explosion, Klitschko said, noting that the station continues to work as a shelter, Xinhua reports. The Ukrainian Air Force said on Telegram that Russia launched cruise missiles from Tu-95 fighters and ballistic missiles against Ukraine. In...

Israeli media reports said Hezbollah fired anti-tank missiles at the Dolev settlement on Friday, as the Israeli regime keeps bombarding the besieged Gaza Strip. Hezbollah also said its fighters targeted Hadab Yaron with appropriate weapons, hitting it directly. Israel launched the war on Gaza on October 7 after the Palestinian...

Speaking at a graduation ceremony of Yemeni cadets in the country’s western coastal city of Hudaydah on Thursday, Major General Mohammed al-Atifi, warned the forces “against various movements in support of the Zionist entity in the maritime theatre that spans between the Arabian Sea and the Red Sea.” He...

"In line with confronting the American occupiers in Iraq and the region and in response to the crimes of the Zionist regime in the Gaza Strip, the Mujahideen of the Islamic Resistance of Iraq targeted the "Kharab Al-Jeer" base of the American military in the depth of Syrian territory with...

The Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MIT) identified the senior members of the terror group as Mejbel Al-Shweihi, codenamed Abou Yakeen Al-Iraqi, and Mohammad Khallaf Ibrahim, codenamed Abou Laith, who were planning attacks on synagogues and churches in Turkey. Also, Ihab Elaani, codenamed Abdullah Al-Jumaili, was plotting a terror attack on...

Identity, upbringing, love, sacrifice, spirituality, modesty, chastity, struggle, and loyalty are all high concepts that are formed by the woman's personality, Hojjatoleslam Mohammad Javad Haj Ali Akbari said during this week's Friday Prayers sermon in Tehran ahead of the national Women's Day. Criticizing the approach of the West towards women, he...

Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kan'ani made the statement on Friday in reaction to a joint statement issued by the three European parties to the 2015 nuclear agreement – Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and the United States on Thursday. The Western statement has condemned what is claimed to be...

In an exclusive interview with IRNA on Friday, he said that the EAEU members need Iran’s different industrial and economic capabilities. “We are presently importing agricultural items, including corn and wheat, from these countries,” the minister said, adding that the FTA will give a boost to relations between the two...

Mohammed Abdul-Salam, Ansarullah's spokesman, made the remarks to Euronews on Thursday. "Sana'a explicitly stated that only Israeli ships, those heading to Israel, or affiliated vessels are targeted, while all other ships worldwide are not targeted," he noted. The movement and Yemen's Armed Forces have been staging missile and drone attacks...

Israel’s indiscriminate strikes have killed dozens more civilians across Gaza, with refugee camps being the main targets of the regime’s genocidal war. More than 20 people were killed on Thursday after an air attack hit a residential building in the city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip. People and paramedics...

The bus, owned by the Flota Yunguena company, fell Thursday morning on the highway from Caranavi to Alto Beni, Lieutenant Wilfredo Juarez, from the Caranavi province Traffic Department, told reporters, Xinhua reports. The Search and Rescue Team and members of the Rural and Border Police rescued the injured, who were...

At about 12.50 p.m. local time, emergency services responded to reports of a serious five-vehicle crash along the Great Western Highway in Wallerawang, a small town about 156 kilometers northwest of Sydney. "Two persons have been confirmed deceased with approximately a dozen other people being treated by NSW...

According to the source, the Syrian air defense systems opened fire on enemy targets. "Syrian anti-aircraft gunners managed to repel the Israeli aggressive attack, some of the enemy's missiles were hit on the approach to the capital," the defense official said, Sputnik reported. He specified that the attack on Damascus...

People are getting crushed by growing poverty and hunger, said Guterres, adding wars are growing in number and ferocity, and trust is in short supply, Anadolu Agency reported. "But pointing fingers and pointing guns lead nowhere. Humanity is strongest when we stand together. 2024 must be a year for rebuilding trust...

On Thursday, Maduro said he was launching "a joint action of a defensive nature in response to the provocation and threat of the United Kingdom against peace and the sovereignty of our country." His announcement came as Royal Navy patrol vessel HMS Trent is scheduled to arrive in Guyana,...

Shenna Bellows, Maine’s Democratic secretary of state concluded that Trump, the Republican front-runner for presidential nomination, instigated a rebellion by disseminating allegations of voter fraud in the 2020 election and subsequently encouraged his followers to rally at the US Capitol in order to impede lawmakers from validating the election outcome.

"Our exports to Russia are lower than imports... Our effective measures [to change the situation] include the signing of a currency agreement between Iran and Russia in the first quarter of the next year," Farzin was quoted as saying by the ISNA news agency. Earlier this week, Farzin paid a...

It was on October 24, that the Chief of Justice department of West Azerbaijan Province, northwest of Iran, announced that 10 agents connected to the Israeli regime were arrested, whose main task was to identify Iran's security forces active in fighting against the regime. They kidnapped the Iranian forces and...