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Gulf states condemn Iran's drone strikes on Bahrain as breach of sovereignty
3+ hour, 5+ min ago (515+ words) Five Arab nations, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Kuwait and Qatar, issued coordinated condemnations Saturday after Iran launched a drone assault targeting Bahrain, calling the strikes a flagrant violation of the island kingdom's sovereignty and a breach of…...
Israel strikes southern Lebanon as Katz orders troops to hold security zone
1+ hour, 40+ min ago (306+ words) Israeli troops struck southern Lebanon on Saturday even as Israel's defence minister ordered troops to prepare for an extended stay in a self-declared security zone and warned Iran that any attempt to derail a recently agreed ceasefire framework would be…...
Venezuela receives 1, 600 foreign rescuers as quake search intensifies
4+ hour, 24+ min ago (634+ words) Venezuela said Saturday that 1, 600 members of foreign rescue teams had arrived to help search for survivors after devastating twin earthquakes killed over 900 people this week, as authorities tightened access to the worst-affected state. The government said rescue teams were working…...
Hezbollah chief calls Israel-Lebanon deal 'null and void"
4+ hour, 27+ min ago (164+ words) Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem condemned the U. S. -Israel-Lebanon framework agreement on Saturday, calling it a "grave blunder" by Beirut and saying his group considered the deal null and void. Qassem said the agreement signed in Washington was "humiliating, shameful, and a…...
Neither EU nor NATO could respond to Russia's Crimea annexation: Turkish official
4+ hour, 37+ min ago (583+ words) Speaker of the Turkish Parliament Numan Kurtulmus said NATO's core problems trace back to 2014, arguing that neither the European Union nor NATO managed to develop an effective response to Russia's annexation of Crimea, a failure he said has shaped the…...
Italy backs Israel-Lebanon deal as Israeli drone hits south Lebanon
7+ hour, 1+ min ago (503+ words) Italy is ready to provide diplomatic support for a newly signed Israel-Lebanon framework agreement and could contribute troops to a future international mission after the mandate of the U. N. peacekeeping force, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said Saturday, as Lebanese state media…...
Istanbul's Beyoglu bans public gatherings, restricts access to Taksim and Istiklal
7+ hour, 3+ min ago (216+ words) Authorities in Istanbul's central Beyoglu district, home to Taksim Square, Galata Tower and the district's main pedestrian avenue, Istiklal Street, banned all public gatherings for 24 hours starting early Sunday, June 28. The Beyoglu governor's office said Saturday that the ban was…...
Analyst flagged Iran school site in 2019, warning never reached targeting database: Report
7+ hour, 58+ min ago (1481+ words) An intelligence analyst's missed remarks and a failure to connect key U. S. intelligence systems are among the missteps investigators have uncovered while probing the cause of a missile strike on an Iranian school that killed an estimated 120 children, Bloomberg reported, citing…...
Ankara's chance to position itself at the center of NATO
8+ hour, 7+ min ago (433+ words) T'rkiye Today...
Russia says West failed to stop rise of multipolar world
9+ hour, 41+ min ago (273+ words) The West has failed to stop the emergence of a multipolar world but refuses to accept the new reality and is staging provocations because of it, Russian Foreign Ministry Ambassador-at-Large Alexander Trofimov said. Trofimov made the remarks in an interview…...