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Al-Qaeda: Pompeo says Iran is jihadist network's 'new home base'
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has publicly accused Iran's government of allowing the jihadist network al-Qaeda to establish a "new home base" there. ...
Syria war: Suspected Israeli strikes on Iran-linked targets 'kill dozens'
Israel has reportedly carried out a wave of air strikes on Iran-backed militia positions in Syria overnight, in the fourth such attack in two weeks. ...
Egypt, Germany, France, Jordan meet to revive Mideast talks
Egypt on Monday hosted the foreign ministers of Germany, France and Jordan to discuss ways to revive peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, a week before President-elect Joe Biden takes office. ...
Iraq facing water crisis if deal with Turkey not reached, official warns
Iraq's Water Resources Minister Mehdi Rashid Al-Hamdani yesterday warned that his country would face a water crisis if it does not reach a deal with Turkey, the New Khaleej reported. ...
Rafsanjani's daughter: Iran's intervention in Syria left 500,000 dead
Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani, the daughter of the late Iranian president has criticised her country's intervention in Syria, saying it left 500,000 Syrians dead. ...
Israel leads in vaccination rates - but is 'not out of the woods yet'
The top scientist advising Israel’s government on coronavirus has described the country’s early vaccination rate as “amazing” - but warned it will not be enough to overcome the disease for months yet. ...
Iran resumes enriching uranium to 20% purity at Fordo facility
Iran has resumed enriching uranium to 20% purity, in its most significant breach yet of its 2015 deal with world powers to end nuclear sanctions. ...
Jordan secures 3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine
Jordan has struck a deal with Pfizer and partner BioNTech to buy 1 million doses of their COVID-19 vaccine and another 2 million doses from the World Health Organization’s s COVAX program, with talks underway for more, the prime minister said on Sunday. ...
Iraqis Mark Anniversary of Top Iranian General’s Assassination
Thousands of Iraqis converged on central Baghdad’s Tahrir Square on Sunday to mark the first anniversary of the twin assassinations in a U.S. air strike of a top Iranian general and a leader of an Iraqi powerful Shi’ite militia. ...
Coronavirus: Israel leads vaccine race with 12% given jab
Israel has given vaccinations against coronavirus to more than one million people, the highest rate in the world, as global immunisation efforts step up. ...
Iran nuclear crisis: Tehran to enrich uranium to 20%, UN says
Iran intends to start enriching uranium to 20% purity, the UN's atomic watchdog says - its most significant breach of an international nuclear deal so far. ...
Mohammad Hassan Rezaiee: UN condemns Iran over 'juvenile execution'
The UN has condemned the execution by Iran of a man for a crime he allegedly committed when he was 16 years old. ...
Brexit: What are the key points of the deal?
Almost at the 11th hour, the UK and EU have struck a Brexit deal that will have many implications for everyday life and the UK's future relationship with other countries. ...
US warns Iran against 'launching attack'
The United States is prepared to respond "forcefully to any attack" by Iranian forces, the commander of the American forces in the Middle East, Kenneth Frank McKenzie, warned yesterday. ...
Covid-19: Explosion kills nine coronavirus patients in Turkey
Nine people have been killed after an oxygen ventilator exploded at a hospital treating coronavirus patients in southern Turkey, officials say. ...
Sudanese protesters mark anniversary of anti-Bashir uprising
Protests in Sudan’s capital and across the country on Saturday demanded a faster pace to democratic reforms, in demonstrations that marked the two-year anniversary of the uprising that led to the military’s ouster of strongman Omar Al-Bashir. ...
Ruhollah Zam: Iran executes journalist accused of fanning unrest
Iran has executed a journalist who was accused of using a messaging app to stir up dissent. ...
Beirut explosion: Lebanon's caretaker PM 'charged with negligence'
A Lebanese judge has reportedly charged caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab and three ex-ministers with negligence over August's Beirut port explosion. ...
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh: Iran 'makes arrests' over scientist's killing
Some of the individuals involved in the assassination of Iran's top nuclear scientist have been arrested, an Iranian parliamentary adviser has said. ...
Iraq president calls on Kurdish officials to respond to protesters' demands
Iraqi President Barham Salih yesterday called on the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) of northern Iraq to listen to protesters' legitimate demands and refrain from resorting to violence, the Iraqi News Agency (INA) reported. ...
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