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TEHRAN – Veteran parliamentarian and former health minister Masoud Pezeshkian has emerged victorious in Iran’s runoff presidential election, defeating former nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili in a tight race. The Interior Ministry announced Pezeshkian’s victory on Saturday, marking the conclusion of an election that saw significant voter participation despite numerous challenges. In his first remarks since […]

Staff Sgt. Eyal Mimran, 20, killed in Shejaiya; military says it struck Hamas operatives gathered in UNRWA school in Gaza City; rockets target evacuated Kibbutz Nahal Oz IDF troops seen operating in the Gaza Strip in this handout image released for publication on July 4, 2024. (IDF) An Israel Defense Forces soldier was killed during […]

Starmer was met by cheers as he walked up to give his remarks to reporters and supporters outside of Downing Street. Sir Keir thanked his supporters and promised change (Picture: Reuters) He spoke to the crowd ide of No.10 shortly after meeting his majesty King Charles III in Buckingham Palace, thanking his supporters Rishi Sunak. PM Starmer said […]

Since October 2023, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s efforts to secure access to the Red Sea have increased regional tensions in the Horn of Africa. image source: somalimagazine.so Since October 2023, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s efforts to secure access to the Red Sea have increased regional tensions in the Horn of Africa. The situation […]

Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has agreed to send a negotiating team for hosting swap and ceasefire talks with Hamas, Israeli media said on Thursday, Anadolu Agency reports. International Red Cross vehicles, carrying Israeli hostages released from Gaza, are on their way through the Rafah crossing to Egypt in Rafah, Gaza on November 26, 2023. [Abed Rahim […]

Polling stations have closed across the United Kingdom in a parliamentary election that is expected to bring Keir Starmer’s Labour Party to power, sweeping away Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives after 14 years. People have voted at 40,000 polling stations across the United Kingdom. -EPA Opinion polls put Starmer’s party on course for a landslide […]

Hezbollah would stop fighting with Israel if it reaches a full cease-fire in Gaza, the Lebanese group’s deputy leader said Tuesday. A woman holds the hand of a girl as they walk past buildings destroyed during previous Israeli military fire on the southern Lebanese village of Aita al-Shaab, near the border with northern Israel on […]

Russia’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday its missile strike on an airfield in central Ukraine has destroyed and damaged seven Ukrainian fighter jets. “As a result of the Russian army’s strike, five active Su-27 multi-purpose fighters were destroyed and two under repair were damaged,” the military said on Telegram. Launch of a missile from the Iskander-M tactical missile […]

Ministers from Somalia and Ethiopia, through Türkiye’s facilitation, “were able to separately have a candid, cordial and forward-looking exchange concerning their differences,” says the Turkish foreign ministry. Fidan’s statement came after Ethiopian Foreign Minister Taye Atske Selassie and Somali Foreign Minister Ahmed Moallim Fiqi met in the Turkish capital Ankara in a bid to settle […]

The main goals of the war have always been returning the hostages and defeating Hamas. Now it seems the IDF and PM Netanyahu feel differently about which of these goals to prioritize. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi. (photo credit: ARIEL HERMONI, Chaim Goldberg/Flash90, IDF SPOKESPERSON’S […]