Month: June 2023

Groundbreaking AI project translates 5,000-year-old cuneiform at push of a button

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‘Google Translate’-like program for Akkadian cuneiform will enable tens of thousands of digitized but unread tablets to be translated to English. Accuracy is debatable By Melanie Lidman Today, 9:57 am   Cuneiform is the oldest known form of writing, but it is so difficult to read that only a few hundred experts around the world […]

Saudi foreign minister to visit Iran, latest step in restoring ties after 7-year rift

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Prince Faisal bin Farhan to meet Iranian counterpart on Saturday, is expected to inaugurate Saudi embassy in Tehran By AP Today, 12:46 am TEHRAN, Iran — Saudi Arabia’s top diplomat is coming to visit Tehran, the latest step in the restoration of diplomatic ties between the two Mideast rivals, according to a statement from Iran on […]

Russia to open embassy branch in Jerusalem as part of land deal with Israel

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New complex will mostly provide consular services, in agreement that provides solution to longstanding dispute over plot ToI Staff16 June 2023, 4:54 pm Russia will open an office in Jerusalem that will serve as a branch of its embassy to the country and will provide consular services, while settling a land dispute at the same […]

Iran’s Khamenei hosts Palestinian Islamic Jihad leaders in Tehran

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Iranian leader says political unrest in Israel is sign of its nearing collapse, hails terror group’s performance in conflict last month ToI StaffToday, 12:55 pm Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, hosted leaders of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad on Wednesday in Tehran to “congratulate” them on their conduct during last month’s conflict with Israel. “The […]

Khamenei Meets with Palestinian Islamic Jihad Leader in Tehran

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TPS / Tazpit News Agency27 Sivan 5783 – June 16, 2023 Photo Credit: IRNA Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei hosted members of Islamic Jihad, June 14, 2023. Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei hosted Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Ziyad al-Nakhalah in Tehran on Wednesday. The meeting came as Iran tightens its coordination of proxy terror […]

Iraq ‘Gradually Turning Into a Source of Threat’ to Israel

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Yaakov Lappin27 Sivan 5783 – June 16, 2023 (TPS) Last month, almost two years after the United States announced the end of combat missions in Iraq, the White House extended an emergency decree regarding the country due to what it called ongoing obstacles to its orderly reconstruction, peace and security. The Biden administration said in […]

Russia to open new embassy branch in Jerusalem

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JERUSALEM POST STAFFJUNE 16, 2023 10:30 Russia is expected to establish a new branch of its embassy in the Israeli capital of Jerusalem after an agreement was signed last month between the Russian embassy and the Jerusalem municipality, Israeli media reported on Friday morning. This is a developing story.

Gallant, Austin talk upping cooperation on Iran as US said close to interim nuke deal

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Defense chiefs vow joint work to counter Tehran’s ‘wide range of threats’; after TV report says Israel didn’t receive some US details on deal, Israeli official quoted saying it did ToI StaffToday, 1:59 amUpdated at 9:48 am Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin discussed expanding bilateral Israel-US cooperation against Iran in […]

Iran’s Khamenei Calls West Bank ‘Major Battleground’ Against Israel

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by i24 News and Algemeiner Staff Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers a televised speech in Tehran, Iran June 4, 2021. Photo: official handout via Reuters i24 News – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Wednesday called the West Bank a “major battleground for Palestinian factions against Israel.” Gaza’s Hamas and Iran-backed Palestinian Islamic […]

Iran attacks Israel through its Middle East proxies, Gallant tells Austin

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Gallant emphasized to Austin how much the Islamic Republic stimulates attacks against Israel using proxies in Syria, Lebanon, Gaza and the West Bank. YONAH JEREMY BOBJUNE 15, 2023 22:22 Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Thursday night met with US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in Brussels to discuss Iran and other important aspects of the […]

Iran’s President Raisi arrives in Cuba

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Iran’s President Raisi arrives in Cuba In Venezuela, he spoke about the need to confront the US and create a “new world order” that would overturn the US-led world order that has existed since the end of the Cold War. By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Published: JUNE 15, 2023 08:45 Iran’s President arrived in Cuba overnight, […]

Nuclear deal nears, freeing Iranian funds and US prisoners

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Nuclear deal nears, freeing Iranian funds and US prisoners PM Benjamin Netanyahu has said in the past that Israel would not be obligated to comply with any deal made with Iran. By LAHAV HARKOV Published: JUNE 15, 2023 09:18 Further details of an unwritten agreement between the US and Iran regarding Tehran’s nuclear program emerged […]

Hezbollah to Iran: Israel looks internally weak – analysis

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In this case, it claims that Hezbollah has recently trained 8,000 fighters who can “cross the border and occupy an Israeli town within a few hours.” By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Published: JUNE 15, 2023 01:03 The chief of Lebanese Hezbollah’s Executive Council Hashim Safiuddin gave an interview to Iran’s Tasnim news, a pro-Iran regime outlet. […]