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QUDS, Sept. 18 (YPA) - Two Palestinians were killed and 44 others sustained varying degrees of injuries as a result of 1,684 violations committed by Israeli occupation forces and settlers in the occupied West Bank over the past week. In a…

TEHRAN, Sept. 18 (YPA) – Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced that a Togo-flagged oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz after the vessel attempted what it called an “illegal passage.” In a statement carried by the official…

TEHRAN, Sept. 18 (YPA) – Iran’s air defense forces shot down a US MQ-9 drone over Qeshm Island on Thursday morning, Mehr news agency reported, citing a statement by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). In the statement, the IRGC…

DUBLIN, Sept. 17 (YPA) – Ireland will not participate in or broadcast next year’s Eurovision Song Contest, public broadcaster RTE said Thursday, citing the “ongoing loss of lives in Gaza”. A spokesman for Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTE), the…

SANAA, Sept. 17 (YPA) – US Congressman Joe Wilson has called on Türkiye and Pakistan to help Saudi Arabia confront the "Houthis" in Yemen, in what appears to be a message that Washington does not intend to become directly involved in a new…

BELGRADE, Sept. 16 (YPA) - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced, on Thursday, the opening of a factory to assemble advanced Israeli-made drones to supply the Serbian army and the armies of other countries. It will employ about 100…

BEIRUT, Sept. 16 (YPA) - The Israeli occupation continued its attacks on southern Lebanon, on Thursday, with warplanes carrying out a large explosion in the town of Yahmor al-Shaqif, and two missile strikes on the town of Mansouri amidst…

OTTAWA, Sept. 17 (YPA) - Ottawa has announced a formal request to join the British-led Combined Expeditionary Force, a move to expand its defense partnerships away from dependence on the United States. The force includes 10 NATO countries:…

RABAT, Sept. 17 (YPA) - Morocco, Israeli occupation entity, and the United States have agreed during a trilateral meeting to upgrade the diplomatic representation between Rabat and Tel Aviv to full embassies with an exchange of ambassadors,…

BEIRUT, Sept. 17 (YPA) – Israeli occupation forces launched a series of heavy airstrikes, artillery shelling, and heavy-machine-gun fire across southern Lebanon overnight and early Thursday, accompanied by large-scale demolitions of…