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Israeli forces arrests 16 Palestinians in Hebron

Date: 2025-06-21 16:46:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:11226653

RRAMALLAH, June 21 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces arrested on Saturday 16 Palestinians from the West Bank province of Hebron after raiding their homes. Security and local sources told the Palestinian News Agency (WAFA) that the Israeli forces ....

Israel kills former Hezbollah chief's bodyguard in airstrike on Tehran

Date: 2025-06-21 16:26:44 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:11227506

TEHRAN, June 21 (MENA) - Israeli reports on Saturday revealed that the military targeted Abu Ali Al-Khalil, the bodyguard of former Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, in an airstrike on Tehran. The strike coincided with another Israeli ....

Palestinian death toll from Israeli assault on Gaza rises to 55,908

Date: 2025-06-21 15:30:34 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:11227129

RAMALLAH, June 21 (MENA) - Palestinian local health authorities confirmed that the Palestinian death toll from the Israeli onslaught since October 2023 has risen to 55,908 fatalities, with an additional 131,138 people sustaining injuries. The ....

Iran files complaint against IAEA chief over stance on nuclear program

Date: 2025-06-21 07:45:29 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:11226655

NEW YORK, June 21 (MENA) - Iran has filed a formal complaint against Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), accusing him of bias and failure to protect Iran’s peaceful nuclear activities, Iran’s UN envoy said in a ....

3 Palestinians killed, others wounded in Israeli airstrike in Gaza City

Date: 2025-06-20 20:24:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:11226471

GAZA CITY, June 20 (MENA) - Three Palestinian civilians were killed and several others injured in an Israeli airstrike targeting a group of people near the Gaza Eye Hospital intersection in central Gaza City on Friday, WAFA reported. According to ....

FedEx suspends pickups for shipments to Iraq and Israel

Date: 2025-06-20 19:39:16 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:11226403

WASHINGTON, June 20 (MENA) - US parcel delivery giant FedEx on Friday decided to halt all pickups for shipments to Israel and Iraq, The Economic Times reported. Flights to some destinations in the Middle East have been halted amid ongoing ....

Iran, European troika start talks in Geneva on nuclear file

Date: 2025-06-20 15:36:09 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:11226290

TEHRAN, June 20 (MENA) - Foreign ministers of the UK, France, and Germany met their Iranian counterpart in Geneva on Friday, as international efforts intensify to ease the conflict with Israel over Tehran’s nuclear program, Euronews ....

Iran announces missile strike on Microsoft facility in Southern Israel

Date: 2025-06-20 14:54:03 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:11226277

TEHRAN, June 20 (MENA) - Colonel Iman Tajik, spokesperson for Iran’s “True Promise 3” military operation, announced Friday that a missile had targeted the global headquarters of American tech giant Microsoft in Be'er Sheva, southern Israel. In a ....

Iran envoy to UN reaffirms Iran’s right to self-defense, urges Security Council action

Date: 2025-06-20 13:40:25 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:11226167

TEHRAN, June 20 (MENA) - The Iranian ambassador to the United Nations has reaffirmed the country’s right to self-defense under Article 51 of the UN Charter in response to Israel’s continued aggression, calling on the Security Council to urgently ....

Israel receives US-German military equipment

Date: 2025-06-20 13:32:17 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:11226017

RAMALLAH, June 20 (MENA) - Cargo planes carrying military equipment from the US and Germany arrived in Israel, The Jerusalem Post reported Friday, citing the Israeli Defense Ministry. Since the start of Operation Rising Lion last Friday, 14 such ....