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Iran Accuses Israel of Sabotage Attack on Natural Gas Pipeline
Dubai, UAE — Iran's oil minister on Wednesday accused Israel of a sabotage attack on an Iranian natural gas pipeline last week that caused multiple explosions on the line, further raising tensions between the regional archenemies against the backdrop of Israel's war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
The accusations by Iran Oil Minister Javad Owji come as Israel has been blamed for a series of attacks targeting Tehran's nuclear program.
The "explosion of the gas pipeline was...
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Iran Dismisses Plan by UN Atomic Agency Leader to Visit in March
DUBAI — Iran's nuclear chief on Wednesday dismissed a suggestion that the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, would visit Iran next month but instead invited Grossi to a conference in Tehran in May.
Grossi said this week Iran was continuing to enrich uranium well beyond the needs for commercial nuclear use and said he planned to visit Tehran next month to tackle the "drifting apart" of relations between the IAEA and the Islamic Republic.
But...
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Red Sea Conflict Hits Egypt, Other Parts of the Region
cairo — Egypt's economy is facing serious hurdles after revenue from the country's most strategic asset — the Suez Canal — has dropped by nearly half. Attacks by the pro-Iranian Houthi militia group on ships passing by Yemen has made merchant ships avoid the Red Sea and the canal.
The Greek-flagged grain ship Sea Champion was slightly damaged Wednesday by two ballistic missiles fired by the northern Yemen-based Houthi group, which says it is attacking Western ships in solidarity...
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Israeli Airstrikes Hit Northern, Southern Gaza
United Nations — The Israeli military said Wednesday it carried out airstrikes in northern and southern Gaza, a day after the United States vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution that called for an immediate humanitarian cease-fire, scaled up aid access and rejected the forced displacement of Palestinians.
The Israel Defense Forces reported killing dozens of militants, including in the Khan Younis area of the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza said...
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US MQ-9 Drone Shot Down by Houthis
Pentagon — The Pentagon has confirmed that Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen shot down a MQ-9 Reaper drone on Monday.
“A U.S. MQ-9 was downed or went down off the coast of Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen, in the Red Sea. Initial indications are that it was shot down by a Houthi surface-to-air missile,” Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh told reporters in response to a question by VOA.
Earlier, a U.S. official requesting anonymity to discuss national security issues had...
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Syria Says Israeli Airstrike Hit Damascus
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US Vetoes Resolution for Immediate Cease-Fire in Gaza, Proposes Own Plan
The U.S. on Tuesday vetoed an Arab-backed United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a cease-fire in Gaza. But this time, Washington proposed calling for a temporary cease-fire and rejecting an Israeli ground offensive in Rafah without civilian protection. Patsy Widakuswara reports.
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WHO: Gaza’s Health System Hanging by a Thread Amid Ongoing Hostilities, Restrictions
Geneva — The World Health Organization warns that Gaza’s health system is hanging by a thread as health facilities throughout the Palestinian enclave cease to function, restrictions to access increase, medical supplies dwindle and cuts in other humanitarian aid essential for patient care grow.
Gaza’s Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, where an Israeli military operation is ongoing, is one of the latest casualties. WHO, together with the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs...
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US Vetoes Gaza Cease-Fire at UN
United Nations — Israel's military on Tuesday reported intense fighting in the Khan Younis area of the Gaza Strip, while the United States vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution that calls for an immediate humanitarian cease-fire, scaled up aid access and rejects the forced displacement of Palestinians.
"Demanding an immediate, unconditional cease-fire without an agreement requiring Hamas to release the hostages will not bring about a durable peace," said U.S. Ambassador...
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Attacks Hit Multiple Ships in Red Sea Corridor
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EU Launches Mission to Protect Maritime Traffic in Red Sea
brussels — The European Union on Monday officially launched its mission to protect maritime traffic in the Red Sea, which has been disrupted by Houthi rebel attacks, the European Commission president said.
Several countries have expressed their intention to participate in this mission, called Aspides (“shield” in ancient Greek), including Belgium, Italy, Germany and France. Spain has indicated that it will not participate.
“Europe will ensure freedom of navigation in the Red Sea, in...
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Norway to Transfer Tax Funds to Palestinian Authority
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Norway says it will transfer tax funds to the Palestinian Authority that have been frozen for months because of a dispute with Israel.
Under interim peace agreements dating back to the early 1990s, Israel collects taxes and customs on behalf of the PA, which administers parts of the occupied West Bank and also helps pay for public services in Gaza.
After Hamas' October 7 attack triggered the war in Gaza, Israel reduced the transfers by the amount that is spent...
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Probe of Alleged Israeli Abuses of Palestinian Women, Girls Urged
geneva — U.N. rights experts called for an independent probe Monday into alleged Israeli abuses against Palestinian women and girls, including killings, rapes and sexual assault.
The statement by the seven independent U.N. experts prompted an angry reaction from Israel, which rejected the "despicable and unfounded claims."
The experts voiced alarm at "credible allegations of egregious human rights violations" targeting women and girls in the Gaza Strip and the West...
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Iran Unveils Air Defense Systems as Middle East Tensions Soar
Tehran, Iran — Iran unveiled two new air defense systems on Saturday, state media reported, with tensions high in the Middle East amid the war in Gaza.
"The Arman anti-ballistic missile system and the Azarakhsh low-altitude air defense system, built by the ministry of defense, were unveiled this morning," the official IRNA news agency said.
The unveiling of the new weapons comes at a time of heightened regional tensions with the war between Israel and Tehran-backed Hamas raging...
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IAEA Chief Says Iran's Nuclear Enrichment Activity Remains High
BRUSSELS — Iran continues to enrich uranium well beyond the needs for commercial nuclear use despite U.N. pressure to stop it, IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said on Monday, adding he wanted to visit Tehran next month for the first time in a year to end the "drifting apart."
Speaking to Reuters after he briefed EU foreign ministers on the subject, the head of the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog said that while the pace of uranium enrichment had slowed slightly since the end of last year,...
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U.S. Strike Killed Afghans Recruited to Fight for Iran
Refugees who joined the largely overlooked Fatemiyoun Brigade to battle for Shiite Islam and escape crushing poverty had become a force in Tehran’s proxy wars.
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Top UN Court Opens Hearings Into Israel’s Occupation of Lands
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The Palestinian foreign minister on Monday accused Israel of apartheid as he urged the United Nation’s top court to declare that Israel’s occupation of lands sought for a Palestinian state is illegal and must end immediately and unconditionally.
The allegation came at the start of historic hearings into the legality of Israel’s 57-year occupation of lands sought for a Palestinian state. The case stands against the backdrop of the Israel-Hamas war, which immediately...
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