World

TEHRAN, Aug. 17 (YPA) – The 60-day deadline for the US-Iran memorandum of understanding (MoU), known as the Islamabad Memorandum, expired on Monday, August 17, 2026, without a final agreement. The deadline expired amid uncertainty over the…

QUDS, Aug. 17 (YPA) – Israeli occupation forces this morning demolished a two-story home in Qalandia village, northwest of occupied Quds (Jerusalem). Palestinian sources reported that Israeli forces raided the al-Bariyat area of the village…

BETHLEHEM, Aug. 17 (YPA) – Israeli occupation forces raided the towns of Al-Shawawra and Za'tara, east of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, on Monday morning, according to local Palestinian sources. Military vehicles entered both towns…

RAMALLAH, Aug. 17 (YPA) – Israeli occupation forces early today set up two military checkpoints at the entrances to the villages of Aboud and Nabi Saleh, north of Ramallah. Palestinian sources reported that occupation forces stopped several…

MEECA, Aug. 17 (YPA) –The Muslim World League condemned Israel’s announced rejection of the roadmap for completing the implementation of US President Donald Trump’s comprehensive plan to end the war in Gaza, which was endorsed by UN…

GAZA, Aug. 17 (YPA) – Several Palestinians were injured overnight and early Monday as Israeli occupation forces carried out a series of strikes across the Gaza Strip, violating the ceasefire agreement in place since last October,…

CAIRO, Aug. 17 (YPA) - Hamas Movement declared on Sunday that a delegation led by Khalil Al-Hayya met in Egypt with mediators and guarantors of the Gaza ceasefire agreement. In a statement, the movement said it had agreed to the roadmap for…

MADRID, Aug. 16 (YPA) - Spain on Sunday called for an end to the violence and intimidation perpetrated by extremist settlers against Palestinian civilians in the West Bank, and stressed the need to end their impunity. In a statement, the…

TEHRAN, Aug. 16 (YPA) – Iran’s parliament on Sunday approved a bill criminalizing interviews or communication with media outlets classified by the authorities as hostile to Iran, including US and Israeli media or outlets funded by them. The…

TEHRAN, Aug. 16 (YPA) - Iran has called on Qatar to allow a team of Iranian experts to conduct a field investigation into the fate of three pilots who were captured during an attack on the U.S. Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar in early March. In…