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(MENAFN) Iranian media reported Tuesday that five civilians lost their lives after US forces struck small cargo vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, directly contradicting Washington's version of events.
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(MENAFN) Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has reiterated that vessels failing to follow its transit guidelines in the Strait of Hormuz risk being intercepted, according to statements released Monday.
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(MENAFN) Iran is actively reviewing a formal response from the United States to Tehran's 14-point plan aimed at ending the ongoing regional war, the country's Foreign Ministry spokesman disclosed Sunday — signaling a fragile but active diplomatic...
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(MENAFN) Israel’s government has approved a budget of approximately $270 million for the construction of roads intended to connect settlements in the occupied West Bank, according to reports citing Israeli media.
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(MENAFN) Türkiye’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan convened Monday with Kuwaiti counterpart Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah in the capital Ankara, signaling a fresh diplomatic engagement between the two nations.
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(MENAFN) At least eight people are killed on Sunday after a new series of Israeli attacks targets areas in southern Lebanon, even as a ceasefire remains in place, according to reports.
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(MENAFN) Israeli attacks have killed 20 people across Lebanon within the past 24 hours, bringing the total death toll since early March to 2,679, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry, as stated by reports.
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(MENAFN) Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen said Monday that discussions are taking place regarding the possibility of bringing forward national elections, with proposals suggesting a shift from the current date of October 27 to September 1,...
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(MENAFN) Türkiye’s Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz has taken part in the European Political Community summit held in Yerevan, Armenia, where he also held a series of meetings on the sidelines, according to reports.
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(MENAFN) Hakan Fidan met on Monday with Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah in Ankara, as part of continued efforts to strengthen diplomatic ties between the two countries.
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(MENAFN) Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has released a new map outlining areas in the Strait of Hormuz that it says fall under its control, according to reports from Iranian media.
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(MENAFN) Iran has claimed that a US Navy vessel was struck by two missiles near Jask Island after it allegedly failed to comply with warnings to halt, according to reports citing Iranian media. "The vessel, which had been sailing through the...
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(MENAFN) Israel's cabinet has approved over one billion shekels — approximately $270 million — to finance a network of roads connecting illegal settlements across the occupied West Bank, a newspaper reported on Monday.
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(MENAFN) Iran has claimed that two missiles struck a US Navy vessel near Jask Island in the Gulf of Oman, while US officials have firmly rejected the allegation, according to reports.
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(MENAFN) Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) released a new territorial map on Monday demarcating the zones within the Strait of Hormuz that it claims to operate under its direct control, in a move that further complicates an already...
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(MENAFN) Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has issued a warning that vessels failing to comply with its transit regulations in the Strait of Hormuz could be stopped by force, according to an official statement released Monday.
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(MENAFN) Israeli attacks have claimed 20 more lives across Lebanon in a single 24-hour period, pushing the country's cumulative death toll to 2,679 since the conflict escalated on March 2, the Lebanese Health Ministry announced Sunday.
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(MENAFN) Türkiye and Armenia have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly restore the historic Ani Bridge, in what officials described as a sign of improving relations between the two countries, according to reports.
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(MENAFN) Iran has submitted a new peace proposal to the United States through Pakistani mediation, introducing a potential framework for managing the Strait of Hormuz as part of wider efforts to end the ongoing conflict, according to reports.
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(MENAFN) At least two people were killed on Monday in Israeli strikes targeting southern Lebanon, amid continued violations of a ceasefire, according to Lebanese media reports.
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