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Iran's Rouhani says "ball in U.S. court" over nuclear dispute
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Iran's Rouhani says "ball in U.S. court" over nuclear dispute

  • Iranian President Hassan Rouhani urged the incoming U.S. administration on Wednesday to return to a 2015 nuclear agreement and lift sanctions on Tehran, while welcoming the end of “tyrant” President Donald Trump’s era.
  • U.S. President-elect Joe Biden, who takes office on Wednesday, has said the United States will rejoin the pact, which includes restrictions on Iran’s nuclear work, if Tehran resumes strict compliance.
Published 20 Jan, 2021 02:08pm
Airstrikes in Iraq kill nine, U.S Central Command denies responsibility
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Airstrikes in Iraq kill nine, U.S Central Command denies responsibility

  • On Tuesday, alleged air strikes carried out by the United States in Southwest Iraq killed at least nine people and injured dozens.
  • As reported, witnesses saw American drones flying over al-Qaim, near the Syrian border, despite American security officials denying any strike in the region.
Updated 19 Jan, 2021 01:10pm
Israel announces the construction of additional housing in West Bank, days prior to Biden assuming office
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Israel announces the construction of additional housing in West Bank, days prior to Biden assuming office

  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Benny Gantz are advancing the construction of 850 Jewish housing units in the West Bank, days before President-elect Biden takes office.
  • The Israeli Supreme Planning Council is expected to advance construction of the housing units, which are currently in varying stages of approval - but a date for the approval has yet to be confirmed.
Published 11 Jan, 2021 05:37pm
U.S. plans to designate Yemen's Houthi movement as foreign terror group
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U.S. plans to designate Yemen's Houthi movement as foreign terror group

  • The United States plans to designate Yemen’s Houthi movement as a foreign terrorist organization,.
  • The Trump administration has been piling on sanctions related to Iran in recent weeks, prompting some Biden allies and outside analysts to conclude that Trump aides are seeking to make it harder for the incoming administration to re-engage with Iran.
Updated 11 Jan, 2021 02:24pm
Iran vows "decisive response" to any Israeli move against it
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Iran vows "decisive response" to any Israeli move against it

  • Iran said on Tuesday it would deliver a “decisive response” to any Israeli move against it, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would not allow Tehran to develop nuclear weapons.
  • On Monday, Iran said it resumed 20% uranium enrichment at a nuclear facility, a move that coincides with rising tensions with the United States in the last days of President Donald Trump’s term.
Published 06 Jan, 2021 09:31am
Iran's foreign minister says Trump trying to fabricate pretext to attack Iran
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Iran's foreign minister says Trump trying to fabricate pretext to attack Iran

  • Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Thursday accused U.S. President Donald Trump of attempting to fabricate a pretext to attack Iran, and said Tehran would defend itself forcefully.
  • Separately, a military adviser to Iran’s supreme leader warned Trump “not to turn the New Year into mourning for Americans”.
Published 01 Jan, 2021 05:06pm
Convicted U.S spy greeted by Netanyahu as he arrives in Israel
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Convicted U.S spy greeted by Netanyahu as he arrives in Israel

  • On Wednesday, Jonathan Pollard, an American jailed in the United States since 1985 on charges of spying for Israel, landed in Israel where he was received by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
  • Israel's raid on the Palestinian Liberation Organisation's Tunis headquarters in October 1985, that killed around 60 people, was planned through information from Pollard.
Updated 30 Dec, 2020 07:05pm
Iran says U.S. approved its funds transfer to buy COVID vaccines
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Iran says U.S. approved its funds transfer to buy COVID vaccines

  • Iran has won U.S. approval to transfer funds for coronavirus vaccines from overseas, the central bank chief said on Thursday, as its daily death toll fell to a three-month low.
  • Hemmati said Iran would pay around $244 million for initial imports of 16.8 million doses of vaccines from COVAX, a multi-agency group dedicated to assuring fair access to vaccines for low- and middle-income countries.
Published 25 Dec, 2020 07:05pm
Israel hopes for rapprochement with fifth Muslim country before Trump exit - minister
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Israel hopes for rapprochement with fifth Muslim country before Trump exit - minister

  • Israel is working towards formalising relations with a fifth Muslim country during U.S. President Donald Trump’s term, which ends next month.
  • The White House has brokered rapprochements between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco this year, with Morocco hosting an Israeli-U.S. delegation on Tuesday to flesh out the upgrade in relations.
Published 23 Dec, 2020 05:27pm
Israeli envoys fly to Morocco, aim to fortify U.S.-brokered ties
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Israeli envoys fly to Morocco, aim to fortify U.S.-brokered ties

  • On Tuesday, Israel sent envoys to Morocco to meet its king and work on an upgrade of diplomatic ties, which were forged by the White House.
  • Ben-Shabbat and Kushner will see Morocco’s King Mohammed during a two-day trip, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.
Updated 22 Dec, 2020 07:34pm
Rockets fired at U.S. embassy land inside Baghdad's Green Zone, damaging compound
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Rockets fired at U.S. embassy land inside Baghdad's Green Zone, damaging compound

  • At least eight Katyusha rockets landed in Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone in an attack targeting the U.S. Embassy, causing some minor damage on the compound on Sunday.
  • The U.S. Embassy condemned the attack and urged all Iraqi political and governmental leaders to take steps to prevent such attacks and to hold accountable those responsible.
Published 21 Dec, 2020 02:59pm
Charges in Beirut blast inquiry hit political pushback
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Charges in Beirut blast inquiry hit political pushback

  • Lebanon’s powerful Hezbollah said on Friday charges brought against the prime minister and three former ministers over the Beirut port explosion smacked of “political targeting”.
  • The explosion, one of the biggest non-nuclear blasts on record, was caused by a massive quantity of ammonium nitrate stored unsafely at the port for years.
Published 11 Dec, 2020 05:35pm
UAE eases Islamic laws for personal freedoms
World

UAE eases Islamic laws for personal freedoms

Residents of the Gulf Arab state will also have the right to choose inheritance laws to be used in each case, instead of the UAE legislation based on sharia (Islamic religious law).
Published 07 Nov, 2020 08:05pm