Month: May 2019

Demonstrators said to clash with counterprotest supporting country’s conservative dress code By AP Today, 12:53 am 0 0 shares Students protest at Tehran University, May 13, 2019. (video screenshot) Students protest at Tehran University, May 13, 2019. (video screenshot) TEHRAN, Iran — A group of Iranian university students held a campus protest Monday against authorities’ […]

by Reuters and Algemeiner Staff A veteran Palestinian negotiator said on Monday she had been denied a US travel visa for the first time, and viewed it as retaliation for her criticism of the Trump administration and Israel. US diplomats did not immediately respond to the allegations by Hanan Ashrawi, a member of the executive committee […]

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo shared information on “escalating” threats from Iran with European allies and NATO officials during meetings in Brussels on Monday, the U.S. special representative for Iran said. “Iran is an escalating threat and this seemed like a timely visit on his way to Sochi,” Brian Hook told […]

Deal will be published following Ramadan; PA actively boycotting Trump Administration and Israel, seeking support against deal from regional and international states; Greenblatt: It’s terribly frustrating for ordinary Palestinians. President Trump’s Special Envoy to the Middle East, Jason Greenblatt, addressed the “Deal of the Century” a month ahead of its release and as the Palestinians […]

US President tells Tehran not to make ‘bad mistake,’ after US-bound Saudi oil tanker targeted in mysterious Persian Gulf attack By AGENCIESToday, 11:30 pm  0 0shares US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in the Oval Office of the White House on May 13, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan […]

Rivlin gave Netanyahu the maximum additional time to form a government, 14 days. Lahav Harkov May 13, 2019 14:09 President Reuven Rivlin gave Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu two more weeks to form a coalition. Netanyahu asked Rivlin for the extension until May 29, as the Likud has yet to sign coalition agreements with any of […]

Published:  05.13.19 , 13:23 A fire broke out Monday in an Israeli community bordering Gaza due to an incendiary airrornb device launched from the Strip, landing in the Eshkol Regional Council.   No casualties were reported but the fire caused damage to a property.  

The situation in the region escalated last week after acting US Defence Secretary Patrick Shanahan ordered the deployment of the USS Arlington, a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, and additional MIM-104 Patriot missile defence systems to the US Central Command (CENTCOM) region. Pakistani authorities said on Sunday that they had notified the United States that Pakistan […]