US opens debate on Mideast economic plan shunned by Palestinains

MANAMA, June 26 (Reuters) – The Trump administration sought on Wednesday to win support for an economic plan it says will be the foundation for Israeli-Palestinian peace but which Palestinians and many Arabs have dismissed as pointless without a political solution to the decades-old conflict. U.S. President Donald Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner […]

Russia: New US bans against Iran ‘alarming,’ could lead to dangerous scenario

Press TV – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warns that the new round of US sanctions on Iran is “alarming,” saying the bans signal that the situation amid Washington-Tehran tensions is headed towards a dangerous scenario. Speaking at a news conference in Maldives on Tuesday, Lavrov expressed his concern over the ongoing events and the […]

UK FM ‘Cannot Envisage’ Joining US in War against Iran

  06/26/2019 The United Kingdom does not expect the United States to request it to join in a war with Iran, and London would be unlikely to agree to participate, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said on Tuesday. “The US is our closest ally. We talk to them the whole time. We consider any requests that […]

Netanyahu: Israel used cyber intel. to thwart around 50 ISIS terror attacks

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that cooperation with the US is unbelievable and even better than ever before. Yonah Jeremy Bob June 26, 2019 12:15 BENJAMIN NETANYAHU – the elections were all about him. (photo credit: REUTERS) Israel has used its cyber intelligence capabilities to thwart around 50 ISIS terror attacks worldwide, Prime Minister Benjamin […]

Iran will speed up enriching of uranium after deadline to Europe ends on Thursday: IRIB

GENEVA (Reuters) – Iran will speed up enrichment of uranium after a deadline given to European countries to prevent this ends on Thursday, the spokesman for Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization said on Wednesday, according to the IRIB news agency. “The deadline of the Atomic Energy Organization for passing the production of enriched uranium from the […]

On fringes of peace confab, rare prayer service brings Bahrain synagogue to life

Afterward, worshipers break out in song, hear Torah sermon as Houda Nonoo, a Jewish woman who served as Bahrain’s US ambassador, marvels: ‘It’s a historic moment’ By RAPHAEL AHREN Today, 11:25 am     MANAMA, Bahrain — A group of 15 Jewish men, among them five rabbis and a senior White House official, on Wednesday engaged in […]

Moscow pointedly allows East Jerusalem venue for US-Russian-Israeli Mid-East security meeting

The first gettogether of the US, Russian and Israel national security advisers on Tuesday, June 25 in Jerusalem proved a useful forum for the powers to air pressing Mid East concerns even without a breakthrough. John Bolton, Nikolai Patrushev and Meir Ben-Shabbat, who was upstaged by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, also shone interesting light on […]

Revolutionary Guards commander: U.S. would not dare violate Iranian soil

The United States would not dare violate Iranian soil, the head of the Revolutionary Guards’ aerospace division said on Wednesday, according to the Mehr news agency.   “Neither America nor any other country would dare violate Iranian soil,” Brigadier General Amirali Hajizadeh was quoted as saying by the news agency.   Tensions have spiked between […]