Middle East
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Iran's lifter collects silver in Suleymanoglu weightlifting competition
Nov 18, 2019 10:55Iranian weightlifter Ayoub Mousavi bagged a silver medal in the 2019 edition of the International Naim Suleymanoglu Tournament in Turkey.
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Seizure of Palestinian lands to settle Zionists
Nov 17, 2019 12:58The Zionist occupying regime has seized more than two hundred hectares of Palestinian land in Al-Khalil in a new crime the occupied territories.
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Hezbollah opposes US involvement in Lebanon's internal affairs
Nov 16, 2019 16:48Hezbollah Executive Council Deputy Chief Sheikh Ali Da'mush said Hezbollah firmly rejects US involvement in Lebanese internal affairs and will not allow Washington to use the Lebanese people's protests to change the balance of power in the country.
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More than 11 million Syrians need humanitarian aid: UN
Nov 16, 2019 11:58UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock announced on Friday that over 11 million Syrians are in need of humanitarian aid.
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Israel carries out fresh airstrikes on Gaza
Nov 16, 2019 08:00Israeli warplanes at dawn on Saturday bombed several sites in the Gaza Strip despite a ceasefire that began two days ago.
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1 killed, 18 wounded as triple bombs rock central Baghdad
Nov 16, 2019 00:05One person was killed and 18 injured after three explosions in Iraqi capital's downtown on Friday evening, according to the Information Center of Joint Headquarters of Iraq.
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Palestinian photojournalist looses sight of one eye by Israeli military
Nov 15, 2019 23:10Palestinian photojournalist Moath Amarneh lost sight in the left eye after being seriously injured by a rubber bullet fired by an Israeli soldier in al-Khalil (Hebron) governorate, where he was covering a protest against land confiscation, according to International Federation of Journalists (IFJ).
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UN slams Israel's atrocities against Palestinians
Nov 15, 2019 21:49UN General Assembly's Fourth Committee on Friday condemned the Israeli regime's excessive use of lethal force against civilian Palestinians, issuing eight resolutions in support of the rights of Palestinians and Syria's sovereignty over occupied Golan Heights.
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Iran football national team suffers 1-2 defeat against Iraq in 2022 World Cup qualifiers
Nov 14, 2019 19:19The national Iranian men's football team suffered 1-2 defeat to the Iraqi national team on Thursday in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers.
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Gaza stops fire as Zionist regime agrees to Islamic Jihad demands
Nov 14, 2019 12:26The Gaza-based Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement said it is holding fire after the regime in Israel accepted its key demands, including stopping targeted killings, as part of an Egypt-mediated truce aimed at ending the military confrontation between the two sides.