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NEW YORK, Aug. 08 (YPA) - The United Nations announced that UNICEF has taken action against a staff member named Yahav Lechner following allegations of spying for Israel during his previous work at the United Nations Population Fund. Deputy…

DAMASCUS, Aug. 08 (YPA) - Israeli occupation forces advanced, on Saturday, into the Al-Mantarah Dam area in the northwestern Quneitra countryside, near the village of Al-Samdaniyah Al-Gharbiyah. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights…

GAZA, Aug. 08 (YPA) – Over 73,384 Palestinians have been killed and 174,242 injured as a result of the ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023. The Gaza-based Health Ministry in Gaza said Saturday that the death toll…

WASHINGTON, Aug. 08 (YPA) – The US President Donald Trump has threatened to eliminate trade privileges granted to Switzerland. He asserted that Washington possesses the authority to implement unilateral measures capable of inflicting severe…

WASHINGTON, Aug. 08 (YPA) - The U.S. Senate passed a bill to impose new sanctions and tariffs on Russia in a final vote of 86 to 11. The bill will be sent to the House of Representatives for consideration after it returns from its summer…

TEHRAN, Aug. 08 (YPA) – Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said some details of the arrangements linked to a memorandum of understanding with the United States remain confidential, while the agreement was signed at the presidential level to…

WEST BANK, Aug. 08 (YPA) - Radical Zionist settlers, backed by Israeli occupation forces, launched a new wave of pastoral and settlement attacks across multiple West Bank governorates on Saturday, as part of a systematic campaign aimed at…

TEHRAN, Aug. 08 (YPA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi called on neighboring and Muslim countries to rely only on themselves and embrace regional solidarity. In a post on his X account, Araghchi wrote that Iran’s Powerful Armed…

GAZA, Aug.08 (YPA) – At least three Palestinians were wounded by Israeli fire on Saturday in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip. Palestinian sources reported that the three injuries occurred when Israeli forces opened fire on a group of…

OCCUPIED PALESTINE, Aug. 08 (YPA) – The Palestinian Prisoners’ Club said that the announcement by Itamar Ben-Gvir, the “National Security” Minister in the Israeli occupation government, that the order banning family visits to prisoners in…