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Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi strongly warns the apartheid Israeli regime against taking even the slightest action against the Islamic Republic, saying Iran will react to such a move with “destruction of Haifa and Tel Aviv.” Raeisi made the remarks while addressing a parade to mark National Army Day in Tehran …

The British parliament’s Commissioner for Standards opened an investigation into Prime Minister Rishi Sunak earlier this month, according to a list of open inquiries posted on its website on Monday. The list said the matter under investigation was a “declaration of interest”. The inquiry began on April 13. A spokesperson …

The United States, South Korea and Japan held a trilateral naval missile defense exercise on Monday, the South Korean navy announced, days after North Korea launched its newest intercontinental ballistic missile. The drills were held in international waters between Korea and Japan and featured three destroyers equipped with the Aegis …

More than 100 prisoners of war were flown from Saudi Arabia to Yemen on Monday, further buoying peace hopes a day after a major exchange of 869 captives ended, the ICRC said. Two International Committee of the Red Cross planes carrying 48 prisoners each flew to Sanaa, Yemen’s rebel-held capital, …

Almost 2 tonnes of cocaine with a market value of more than 400 million euros ($440 million) were found floating at sea off eastern Sicily, Italy’s tax and customs police said on Monday. The Guardia di Finanza called it a “record” seizure. The drugs were stored in about 70 waterproof …

The United States has sent a naval warship through the Taiwan Strait in a “freedom of navigation” operation days after China staged massive war games around the self-ruled island. The USS Milius guided-missile destroyer “conducted a routine Taiwan Strait transit” on Sunday, the US Navy said, in the first US …

India and Russia are discussing a free trade agreement, ministers said on Monday, a move that would further deepen bilateral commercial ties that have flourished since war broke out in Ukraine. India’s Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar told an event in New Delhi his government was in “advance agreement” on a …

The G7’s top diplomats began talks in Japan on Monday, looking to project a unified message on concerns about China after controversial remarks by French President Emmanuel Macron. The foreign ministers are keen to move past the firestorm created by Macron’s assertion, after a trip to Beijing, that Europe should …

Iran has officially invited Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz to visit the country, an Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Monday, after the two regional rivals agreed to end years of hostility following a China-brokered agreement in March. After years of bad relations, the two countries reached an agreement …

By destroying ties with Russia, Brussels is playing into the hands of London and Washington, Russia’s deputy foreign minister says A senior Russian diplomat has accused the EU of falling victim to a US-UK ploy in Ukraine, and losing the chance to become an independent player in a multipolar world. …

Calls grew to stop the fighting in Sudan as the capital was bombarded for a third day in deadly fighting between rival military factions that threatens to derail the nation’s stumbling shift from autocracy to civilian rule. At least 97 civilians have been killed and 365 injured since the fighting …

US President Joe Biden has expressed outrage at the death of six people — including a child — who were shot at a birthday party and a park, blasting rival Republican national leaders for collaborating with the nation’s gun lobby to “further erode gun safety.” “Guns are the leading killer …

The spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry says the unipolar world order has ceased to exist as new powers are emerging, stressing that the US government is faced with a shrinking sphere of influence and depleting power. “A unipolar world does not exist anymore, and the United States is not …

Top diplomats from the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have agreed that the Arab world must play a “leadership role” in efforts to find a political solution to the crisis in Syria so that its sovereignty is preserved and the return of Damascus to the Arab League facilitated. The …

The Gaza-based Hamas and Islamic Jihad resistance movements have roundly denounced the Israeli regime over restrictive measures against Christian worshippers and assaults on them as they thronged the Old City of al-Quds and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to celebrate the ceremony of the Holy Fire. Mohammad Hamadeh, Hamas …

At least one person has reportedly been killed while many more were injured after Nigerian police opened fire on Quds Day protesters in the main city of Abuja. Videos from Abuja showed police firing tear gas at the protesters, who were scrambling for cover, at the annual International Quds Day march …

Millions of Muslims from across the world took part in demonstrations in their cities to mark International Quds Day and demonstrate that Palestinians are not alone in the face of Israeli occupiers. A ceremony was held to mark the day in Dahiyeh, the Lebanese capital of Beirut, with Hezbollah Secretary …

A group of American lawmakers have called on President Joe Biden’s administration to undertake a foundational “shift” in its dealings with Israel and ensure that American taxpayers’ money will not be allocated to Israeli settlements. In a letter to Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday, 14 progressive Democratic …

A French court has convicted 11 members of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) on charges of terror financing, with the sentences ranging from suspended three-year prison terms to five years behind bars with one year suspended. The militants, which are all Kurds and speak little or no French, were charged …

Sudan’s paramilitaries say they are in control of several key sites, including the presidential palace in central Khartoum, following fighting with the regular army. Fierce exchanges of gunfire as well as massive explosions hit the capital on Saturday as columns of smoke bellowed from various places and soldiers were deployed on the …