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PARIS, Aug. 28 (YPA) – A photograph taken by Palestinian photographer Jihad al-Sharafi in the Gaza Strip has become the center of a major political and cultural controversy in France after it was abruptly removed from an exhibition at the…

TEHRAN, Aug. 27 (YPA) - The Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Major General Mohsen Rezaei, affirmed that ending the war in Lebanon and the region is a prerequisite for any understanding with the United States.   Rezaei…

GAZA, Aug. 27 (YPA) – Gaza Civil Defense teams recovered the remains of 233 Palestinians out of 407 people reported missing under the rubble of 20 residential homes destroyed by Israeli occupation forces, officials announced Thursday. The…

TEHRAN, Aug. 27 (YPA) - Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf asserted on Thursday that Iran will defeat its enemies on the economic front just as it defeated them on the military front. In a message marking Government Week,…

RIYADH, Aug. 27 (YPA) – An air defense system operated by Greek military personnel ​in Saudi Arabia intercepted a ‌swarm of drones on Thursday heading toward the city of Yanbu, where oil refining facilities are located, in Saudi Arabia,…

BEIRUT, Aug. 27 (YPA) - A citizen was martyred and six others were injured as a result of a raid launched by Israeli warplanes on the town of Arab Salim in southern Lebanon. The Israeli warplanes also destroyed a house belonging to an…

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 (YPA) - US Navy officials announced that the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt and its 5,000-strong crew will begin a deployment to the Middle East in the coming weeks that will last at least seven months, with the…

BRUSSELS, Aug. 27 (YPA) - The European Union (EU) and 12 nations on Thursday condemned recent Israeli occupation measures against the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), calling on “Israel” to halt its interference in…

TEHRAN, Aug. 27 (YPA) - Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on Wednesday welcomed China’s principled statement rejecting illegal US sanctions imposed on Iran. "We welcome China's principled statement rejecting the illegal…

SEOUL, Aug. 27 (YPA) - An escalating crisis is impacting Saudi Arabia's shipping sector, as global transport firms re-evaluate risks following the announced maritime blockade against Riyadh in the Bab al-Mandab Strait, according to South…