(MENAFN) Israel has made the decision to resume operations at the Rafah border crossing, located in the southern area of the Gaza Strip, as reported by regional media outlets. According to a national public broadcaster, “the political echelon”...
(MENAFN) The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported that one of the bodies handed over by Hamas on Tuesday is not linked to any of the hostages previously held by the Palestinian militant group in Gaza. This revelation came after the examination of...
(MENAFN) Iran has sentenced two French citizens accused of spying, according to Mizan, the Iranian judiciary’s news agency, which released the details on Tuesday. The pair, detained in March 2023, faced espionage allegations connected to French...
(MENAFN) Intense confrontations between Pakistani law enforcement and members of the Islamist faction Tehrik-e-Labaik Pakistan during an anti-Israel demonstration in the border province of Punjab have led to the deaths of five individuals,...
(MENAFN) Pakistan and Afghanistan separately declared on Wednesday that they have agreed to a temporary ceasefire, which was later put into effect, aiming to defuse escalating tensions along their shared border. Pakistan’s Foreign Office confirmed...
(MENAFN) The European Commission has declined to say whether Israel should contribute to rebuilding Gaza, asserting that the issue is unrelated to the EU’s ongoing efforts to seize Russian central bank assets to fund Ukraine’s recovery, according...
(MENAFN) Fresh hostilities flared Tuesday along the volatile Pakistan-Afghanistan border, ending a short-lived ceasefire and escalating tensions just days after deadly weekend combat left dozens of troops dead. Afghan authorities confirmed their...
(MENAFN) Pakistan on Wednesday announced a 48-hour ceasefire with Afghanistan following intense cross-border clashes, saying the truce came into effect at 6 p.m. local time (1300 GMT). According to a statement from Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry, the...
ELI opens 20 therapy rooms in Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan, Bat Yam and Yaffo, adding 10,000+ therapy hours annually to aid children traumatized by war across Israel. TEL AVIV, ISRAEL, October 16, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- ELI - The Israel Association...
(MENAFN) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday reiterated Türkiye’s full commitment to the Sharm el-Sheikh declaration, a peace initiative aimed at achieving a lasting truce in Gaza. Following a Cabinet meeting in Ankara, Erdogan...
Thu 16 Oct 2025 | 07:10 PM Arab League Hosts Closing of Arab Youth Parliament Simulation Under Patronage of President El-Sisi The Arab League, in cooperation with Egypt’s Ministry of Youth and Sports, concluded the third edition of the Arab Youth...
Jamal Rushdi, spokesperson for the Secretary-General of the Arab League, has expressed concern over the statement made by the leader of the British Conservative Party during a parliamentary session held yesterday to discuss the ceasefire...
Göran Hugo Olsson’s latest documentary, Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958–1989, opens with text announcing that the film “does not presume to tell the whole story of the Israel Palestinian conflict,” but aims only “to show how it was presented...
The Israeli military carried out five airstrikes in southern Lebanon on Thursday, breaching the cease-fire agreement that has been in effect since November 2024. Lebanon’s state news agency NNA said two attacks targeted the town of Bnaafoul in...
Israel has shared the intelligence it has on the location of deceased hostages’ bodies in Gaza with mediating countries in the US-backed Gaza ceasefire deal, an Israeli official disclosed Thursday evening. “In coordination with the United States...
Turkey is set to maintain its imports of Russian Urals crude oil in October at around 280,000 barrels per day (bpd), unchanged from September, according to LSEG shipping data and market sources. October exports to Turkey may even surpass...
Iran’s Ali Akbar Gharibshahi has won the gold medal in the men’s 107 kg category at the 2025 World Para Powerlifting Championships in Egypt, setting a new world record. On the fifth day of the competition on Thursday, Gharibshahi successfully...
Israel's military aid agency said on Thursday that preparations are ongoing with Egypt to open the major Rafah border crossing with Gaza for the movement of people. The crossing will likely open on Sunday, a European diplomatic source told Haaretz...
Nothing exists in a vacuum. This is especially true when trying to understand the Middle East. There is no event that happens in this region that isn’t related to its overall direction. The recent clashes between Afghanistan and Pakistan should be...
Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani has met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, delivering a direct message from Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei. Larijani, who also serves...
