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

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),…

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…

NABLUS, Sept. 17 (YPA) – Dozens of Israeli settlers broke into the village of Awarta, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, early Thursday to perform Talmudic rituals. According to Palestinian sources, the settlers stormed the…