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Reformist Pezeshkian wins Iran’s presidential runoff election, besting hard-liner Jalili

A vote count offered by authorities put Pezeshkian as the winner with 16.3 million votes to Jalili’s 13.5 million in Friday’s election Pezeshkian, a heart surgeon and...

Hezbollah fires over 200 rockets into Israel after killing of senior commander

The Lebanese Hezbollah group said it launched over 200 rockets on Thursday at several military bases in Israel in retaliation for a strike that killed one of its senior commanders.

Settlement tracking group says Israel has made largest West Bank land seizure in 3...

Israel has approved the largest seizure of land in the occupied West Bank in over three decades, a settlement tracking group said Wednesday, a move that could further worsen already soaring tensions...

Iranian presidential candidates accuse each other of having no plan or experience ahead of...

The candidates will face Tuesday in a second and last debate TEHRAN, Iran: Iran’s presidential candidates on Monday accused each other of having no solution...

Israel army says Gaza militants fire barrage of ‘20 projectiles’

Armed wing of Islamic Jihad says it had fired the salvo that targeted several southern Israel communities along the border with Gaza Israel’s military said...

Fighting for third day in north Gaza as thousands displaced

Israel’s military on Saturday said its operations were continuing in Shujaiya where fighting “above and below the ground” left a “large number” of militants deadA resurgence of fighting in the area comes...

Finance minister says Israel to promote West Bank settlement

 Israel’s hard-line finance minister said on Thursday that the government would promote West Bank settlements and punitive measures against the Palestinian Authority in response to Palestinian moves against Israel on the international...

As Iran’s presidential vote looms, tensions boil over renewed headscarf crackdown

Seemingly every afternoon in Iran’s capital, police vans rush to major Tehran squares and intersections to search for women with loose headscarves and those who dare not to wear them at all.

For Iran’s youth, legacy of 2022 clashes shapes presidential race

All six candidates have been wooing youthful Iranian voters in speeches and campaign messages Hashtag #ElectionCircus has been widely posted on social media platform X by Iranians

German FM to travel to Middle East next week

On Tuesday, she will hold talks with Palestinian prime minister Mohammed Mustafa in Ramallah Baerbock will travel to Lebanon for talks with officials in Beirut, including the...