WASHINGTON—The Obama administration, pushing to support international trade with Iran, has advised the country's rulers not to worry about new U.S. legislation that clamps visa restrictions on people who have traveled to Iran. Iranian officials have publicly complained the new U.S. rules will ...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's deputy foreign minister says changes to a U.S. visa waiver program that now impose travel restrictions on those who visit Iran contradict the landmark nuclear agreement between Tehran and world powers. The U.S. recently tightened security requirements of its visa ...
Changes to a U.S. visa waiver program that impose travel restrictions on those who visit Iran contradict the landmark nuclear agreement between Tehran and world powers, Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Sunday. The U.S. in recent days tightened security requirements of its visa waiver ...
Displaced Palestinians started fleeing Rafah on foot and in vehicles after the evacuation order was issued/ The Israeli military has issued a sweeping new evacuation order for the southern Gaza Strip - the biggest since its offensive in the Palestinian territory resumed earlier this month. The ...
Palestinian Red Crescent Society employees embrace as the bodies of their colleagues are brought to a medical facility in Khan Younis, southern Gaza/ The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has said it is "outraged" at the deaths of eight medics killed on duty ...
An image supplied by Dr Perlmutter shows medics operating on a wounded Palestinian in Gaza/ Warning: This article contains details that some readers may find distressing An American surgeon who's been working in two Gaza hospitals for the past three weeks has said that wounded Palestinian ...
Muslims around the world have begun celebrating Eid al-Fitr, one of the biggest celebrations in the Islamic calendar. Eid al-Fitr - which means "festival of the breaking of the fast" - is celebrated at the end of Ramadan, a month of fasting for many adults, as well as spiritual reflection and ...
The southern Gaza strip has been hit by Israeli strikes in recent days/ The Palestinian militant group Hamas says it supports resuming a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip through a proposal put forward by mediators which would see five more hostages released to Israel in exchange for a 50-day truce. ...
winning Palestinian film director leaves detention/ The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences apologised on Friday after hundreds of its members criticised it for not supporting Oscar-winner Hamdan Ballal, a Palestinian who was recently detained by Israeli settlers. The Academy apologised ...
Jordan Bardella, a rising star of the French right, spoke on stage at the event in Jerusalem/ Prominent figures, including several Jewish leaders, have stayed away from an international conference on antisemitism held in Jerusalem, in protest at the inclusion of politicians from across Europe ...
Israel has conducted the first air strike on Beirut's southern suburbs, where Hezbollah is based, since a ceasefire with the group came into force in November. The Israeli military said it had hit a drone storage unit used by Hezbollah on Friday, after issuing an evacuation warning that sparked ...
A Sindbad submarine (not the vessel lost) in Hurghada on Thursday/ Egyptian authorities have questioned the crew of a tourist submarine which sank in the Red Sea killing six of the 45 passengers on board. after the Sindbad vessel foundered at about 10:00 local time (08:00 GMT), officials say. ...
Sindbad submarine vessels seen off the coast of Hurghada in August 2022./ Six Russian tourists have died after a tourist submarine sank in the Red Sea near the Egyptian city of Hurghada. Thirty-nine other people were rescued after the vessel - the Sinbad - sank at about 10:00 local time (08:00 ...