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TEHRAN, Oct. 26 (MNA) – Daily life continues smoothly across Iran after the country’s air defense force successfully intercepted Israeli aggression on military sites in Tehran, Ilam, and Khuzestan provinces in the early hours of Saturday. Explosions were reported in some parts of the Iranian capital a couple of hours after the midnight Friday, with […]

Türkiye’s seismic research vessel Oruç Reis has arrived off the coast of Somalia as it prepares to begin searching for oil and natural gas, a senior official announced on Friday, after the countries agreed on energy cooperation. Türkiye’s seismic research vessel Oruç Reis sails through the Bosporus, Istanbul, Türkiye, Oct. 5, 2024. (AA Photo) “Oruc […]

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday there was a real sense of urgency in getting to a diplomatic resolution to end the conflict in Lebanon between Israel and Iran-aligned Hezbollah, while calling for the protection of civilians. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Lebanese Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Azmi Mikati, […]

The first North Korean military units trained in eastern Russia have arrived in the combat zone, Kyiv reported on Thursday. North Korean soldiers were already spotted in Russia’s border region of Kursk on Wednesday, The Ukrainian Defence Ministry’s Main Directorate of Intelligence said. Copyright Ahn Young-joon/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved. According to Ukrainian […]

An international conference for Lebanon in Paris on Thursday raised $1 billion in pledges for humanitarian aid and military support, organizers said, with France urging Israel to heed the message to cease-fire and focus on diplomacy. Smoke billows over the UNESCO-listed port city of Tyre after Israeli strikes, southern Lebanon,Oct. 23, 2024. (Reuters Photo) “We […]

Ethiopia’s quest for an access to a sea has been the talk of the Horn of Africa States over the past year. This has caused relations between the coastal countries and Ethiopia to worsen and particularly between Somalia and Ethiopia whereas the latter has blatantly assaulted Somalia through an MoU which it has forced on […]

Since 1949, UNRWA has been the main organisation responsible for delivering humanitarian aid to Palestinians in occupied territories and providing services for Palestinian refugees in other countries. Copyright Khalil Hamra/AP The European Union has warned of “disastrous consequences” if Israel’s parliament passes a bill which would outlaw the UN agency for Palestinian refugees from operating […]

The port development deal will create a trade corridor between Somalia and Ethiopia and boost Turkiye’s strategic influence in the Horn of Africa. Hobyo seaport in Somalia. (Mohamad Sheikh Nor) Turkish company Metag Holding signed an agreement on 7 October to collaborate with the Somali Hobyo Investment Company (HICO) on the development of the Hobyo […]

Israeli airstrikes killed 22 people and injured more than 100 in central Beirut on Thursday, Lebanese authorities reported, as a senior Hezbollah official narrowly escaped an Israeli assassination attempt, according to three security sources. Wrecked cars sit at the site of an Israeli airstrike in the Basta area amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, Beirut, […]

A Turkish seismic research vessel plans to arrive off the coast of Somalia at the end of October and begin searching for oil and natural gas, after the countries agreed on energy cooperation, Turkey’s energy ministry said on Thursday, Reuters reported.   The March agreement envisaged oil exploration and production and allowed Turkish Petroleum to […]