Wednesday, November 20, 2024

US Carries Out New Strikes Against Facility Used by Iran Regime in Syria

By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON, Nov 8 (Reuters) - The United States, for the second time in recent weeks, carried out strikes on Wednesday against a weapon storage facility in eastern Syria that the Pentagon said was used...

Israel Helps Brazil Thwart Domestic Attack by Iran Regime-Backed Hezbollah Cell

By Rodrigo Viga Gaier and Gabriel Stargardter RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Israel's spy agency Mossad worked with Brazilian security services and other international agencies to foil an attack on Jews in Brazil planned by...

Israel Says It Is Open to Gaza Fighting Pauses for Aid, Hostages

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Emily Rose GAZA/JERUSALEM, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would consider "tactical little pauses" in fighting to facilitate the entry of aid or the exit of hostages from the...

Nobel Peace Prize Body Urges Iran to Give Laureate Mohammadi Medical Help

HELSINKI, Nov 6 (Reuters) - The Norwegian Nobel Committee on Monday urged Iranian authorities to give medical help to this year's Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi. Mohammadi went on hunger strike in prison on Monday, according to...

Iran State Media Confirms Meeting Between Khamenei, Hamas’ Haniyeh in Tehran

DUBAI, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Islamic Republic's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has met with the leader of Tehran-backed Palestinian group Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran, Iranian state media reported on Sunday, a day after a...

State-Organised Rallies in Iran Mark 1979 US Embassy Seizure, Support Gaza

Nov 4 (Reuters) - State-organised rallies were held across Iran on Saturday marking the 1979 seizure of the U.S. embassy with cries of "Death to America" and "Death to Israel" in support of Palestinians under Israeli bombardment in...

Islamic Republic-Backed Hezbollah Tells U.S. To Halt Israel’s Gaza Attack to Prevent Regional War

By Riham Alkousaa and Laila Bassam BEIRUT, Nov 3 (Reuters) - The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah warned the United States on Friday that preventing a regional conflict depended on stopping the Israeli attack on Gaza, and said there was...

US Intelligence Thinks Wagner Plans to Send Air Defence System to Iran Regime-Backed Hezbollah

MOSCOW, Nov 3 (Reuters) - The United States has intelligence that Russia's Wagner mercenary group plans to provide Hezbollah, the Iranian backed Lebanese militia, an air defence system, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing unidentified U.S....

Thailand in Talks With Iran, Other Governments for Hamas Hostages Release

By Panu Wongcha-um BANGKOK, Nov 3 (Reuters) - A veteran Thai politician said on Friday that he held direct talks with the Palestinian group Hamas seeking the safe release of Thai hostages it is holding, amid a...

Islamic Republic’s Appointment to Chair UN Rights Meeting Draws Condemnation

By Emma Farge GENEVA, Nov 2 (Reuters) - The United States and rights groups complained on Thursday that it was "insulting" to allow Iran's envoy to chair a U.N. human rights council meeting in Geneva, citing violations by Iranian authorities, especially...