Iran to Launch Development Project for New Satellite in Late May

TEHRAN (FNA)- Head of the Iranian Space Agency (ISA) Morteza Barari said on Saturday that experts and scientists at the Tehran-based Amirkabir University of Technology will start the development project of a telecommunication satellite dubbed “Payam 2” by late May. Barari said today that three development plans for building “Payam 2” are being reviewed and […]

Russia Pressures Iran to Pull out Sophisticated Drones from Syria

Moscow has started exerting pressure on Tehran to reduce its presence in Syria by demanding that Iran pull out Revolutionary Guards from military bases there and remove its sophisticated drones, Israeli intelligence sources said Friday. The DEBKAfile website, an Israeli intelligence and security news service, reported that “surprising Russian changes have begun to be noticed […]

Iran’s Rouhani urges unity in face of America’s ‘war on hope’

Iranian president says US seeks to divide nation by cutting its foreign currency supply; ‘They want us to be divided, to stand against each other’ By AFPToday, 11:13 am  1 0shares Iranian President Hassan Rouhani at a ceremony commemorating the ‘National Day of Nuclear Technology’ in Tehran, Iran on, April 9, 2019. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP) […]

(5th LD) N. Korea fires short-range projectiles into East Sea

(ATTN: ADDS spy agency’s assessment in paras 11-12, other details) By Oh Seok-min SEOUL, May 4 (Yonhap) — North Korea fired a barrage of unidentified short-range projectiles into the East Sea on Saturday, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said, in apparent saber-rattling amid stalled nuclear talks with the United States. The JCS had […]

Around 90 rockets launched into Israel from Gaza; Iron Dome intercepts dozens

Alerts sound in Ashkelon, Ashdod, Gaza periphery; no reports of casualties, though teen lightly hurt running to shelter; Palestinians say 4 wounded by IDF tank fire By TOI STAFF and JACOB MAGIDToday, 8:43 amUpdated at 10:28 am  2 337shares An Israeli army jeep patrols on the Israeli Gaza border on March 25, 2019 (Hadas Parush/Flash90 Around 90 rockets were […]

Iron Dome intercepts rockets fired from Gaza by Hamas, IDF tanks fire back

The IDF reportedly attacked several Hamas posts in Gaza in retaliation to earlier rockets launched. JERUSALEM POST STAFF May 4, 2019 11:24 About 90 rockets were fired from the Gaza strip into Israeli territory as Iron Dome batteries intercepted dozens of rockets fired at Ashkelon and the Gaza border communities on Saturday, according to the […]

Iron Dome intercepts barrage of rockets fired at Israel

The IDF reportedly attacked several Hamas posts in Gaza in retaliation to earlier rockets launched. JERUSALEM POST STAFF May 4, 2019 10:39 About 50 rockets were fired from the Gaza strip and landed into Israeli territory on Saturday, according to the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit. RAW FOOTAGE: Incoming rocket fire from Gaza at Israeli civilians, as […]

Multiple rocket fired at Gaza strip border communities, Ashkelon

The IDF reportedly attacked several Hamas posts in Gaza in retaliation to earlier rockets launched. JERUSALEM POST STAFF May 4, 2019 10:33 Smoke trails are seen as a rocket is launched from the northern Gaza Strip towards Israel. (photo credit: REUTERS) Several rockets were fired from the Gaza strip and landed in Israeli territory on […]

Israel’s population reaches 9 million

Jewish citizens comprise about 74% of the population. JERUSALEM POST STAFF May 4, 2019 05:02 Jerusalem Marathon 2019. (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM) Just in time for Independence Day, the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics released its latest figures on Israel’s population.   According to the data, the population of Israel stands at about 9,009,000 […]

Anticipating escalation, IDF closes off roads, beach near Gaza Strip

Security forces expect possible violence day after 2 soldiers shot and wounded near border, Hamas operatives killed in Israeli retaliatory strikes By TOI STAFFToday, 8:43 am  0 0shares An Israeli army jeep patrols on the Israeli Gaza border on March 25, 2019 (Hadas Parush/Flash90 The Israel Defense Forces on Saturday morning closed off roads and several sites […]

North Korea fires short-range missiles into sea, Seoul says

First launch of its kind in over a year steps up pressure on Washington amid deadlocked nuclear talks By CLAIRE LEE   North Korean soldiers look at the South side at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea, May 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea launched […]