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Yesterday 21:13
By Xavier Villar
Why China can no longer remain ‘neutral’ in West Asia
MADRID – On the contemporary West Asian chessboard, China is emerging as an increasingly decisive actor. Its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)—one of the largest geoeconomic projects of the 21st century—requires solid anchors in a strategic region where energy routes, trade corridors, and some of the world’s most protracted conflicts intersect.
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Yesterday 21:12
Businesses close as Israel’s economy drops 3.5% after war with Iran
TEHRAN – A new report shows Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s much-ballyhooed decision to drag Israel into a direct war with Iran cost the regime the partial or total shutdown of countless businesses, as well as dents in consumer spending, export, and investment.
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Yesterday 20:09
Report: Hamas accepts new ceasefire proposal mediated by Egypt and Qatar
Several news outlets report that Hamas has agreed to a new ceasefire proposal with Israel, brokered by Egypt and Qatar.
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Yesterday 19:33
Israel had strategic miscalculations during war against Iran: IRGC
TEHRAN – The deputy commander of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) asserted that Israel severely misjudged its war against Iran, despite deploying its full capabilities during a 12-day conflict.
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2025/08/18
By Muhammad Akmal Khan
Islamabad confronts the blueprint of ‘Greater Israel’
ISLAMABAD - They live under skies without safety, beneath roofs that can vanish in a single airstrike. They hold papers that carry their names but grant no freedom. They exist without a homeland to anchor them. For Palestinians, the idea of permanence feels like an illusion. Every sunrise brings the fear that what little they have could vanish, and every night is shadowed by the uncertainty of displacement.
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Yesterday 19:08
By Wesam Bahrani
Yemen targets Ben Gurion Airport
TEHRAN – Yemeni forces announced on Sunday a military operation targeting the Israeli regime’s Ben Gurion Airport in solidarity with Gaza.
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Yesterday 16:31
Health Ministry: Death toll from Israel’s war on Gaza surpasses 62,000
The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza said on Monday 60 people were killed and 344 injured in the past 24 hours as a result of ongoing Israeli attacks, Al Jazeera reported.
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Yesterday 16:03
Amnesty International: Israel deliberately starving Gaza
Amnesty International has accused Israel of carrying out a deliberate campaign of starvation in the Gaza Strip.
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Yesterday 15:56
Israeli army chief: Gaza City residents to be ‘evacuated’ within two months
Israel’s army chief has said plans are in place to “evacuate” Gaza City residents within two months, before an expanded military operation, according to an Israeli media report.
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Yesterday 15:44
Australia bars entry of Israeli politician who backed Gaza displacement
Australia’s federal government has cancelled the visa of Israeli politician Simcha Rothman, a member of Israel's far right Mafdal-Religious Zionism party, just days before he was due to arrive in Australia for a speaking event, ABC news reported.
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Yesterday 15:06
Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemns Netanyahu’s ‘provocative’ West Bank visit
The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned what it describes as a “provocative colonial incursion” by Netanyahu into the illegal Ofra settlement in the occupied West Bank, Al Jazeera reported.
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2025-08-17 22:07
Iran warns enemies of devastating response as it honors war veterans
TEHRAN – Iran's military leaders have marked the anniversary of prisoners returning from the Iran-Iraq war with harsh warnings to the United States and Israel, promising overwhelming retaliation against any new aggression.
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2025-08-17 20:22
By Muhammad Akmal Khan
Netanyahu’s lies: Offering water, spilling blood
ISLAMABAD - Benjamin Netanyahu’s latest act on the world stage played like a morality tale, except its moral was hypocrisy written in blood. Bathed in studio lights, the Israeli prime minister crowned himself the savior of the Iranian people, vowing to “save countless lives” from the cruelty of water scarcity.
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2025-08-17 20:17
By staff writer
Israel is crumbling from within
TEHRAN — Israel is facing unprecedented domestic and international pressure as the Gaza war nears its two-year mark. On Sunday, a massive strike exposed deep fractures within Israeli society over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s handling of the war.
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2025-08-17 19:37
By Sondoss Al Asaad
What is Israel’s connection to the escalating situation in Sweida?
BEIRUT — Protests in Sweida have reignited since last week, marking the third consecutive week of demonstrations against the siege imposed by the HTS regime, further exacerbating the region’s humanitarian and economic crises.
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2025-08-17 19:32
By Wesam Bahrani
Discontent growing in Syria
TEHRAN – Unease is growing in Syria as Ahmed al-Sharaa’s centralized and repressive rule sparks protests, sectarian violence, and deepening national instability.
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2025-08-17 13:24
Hamas condemns former Israeli intelligence chief’s ‘genocidal doctrine’
The Palestinian Hamas resistance movement said recent comments made by former Israeli military intelligence chief are “an explicit admission of the genocidal doctrine” of Israel.
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2025-08-17 13:11
Israeli forces kill more Palestinians near aid centers in Gaza
Medical sources at Nasser Medical Complex said on Sunday over a dozen Palestinian aid seekers have been killed by Israeli forces near the Morag axis and aid distribution centers across the Gaza Strip.
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2025-08-16 21:52
Israel confirms funding MEK, marking second time group sides with foreign aggressor
THERAN – What has been an open secret for many years was officially confirmed by Israeli media last week, with the Times of Israel stating that the Mojahedin-e-Khalq terrorist organization (MEK) has “repeatedly and effectively” proved its capabilities to Mossad, and that ties between the Zionist regime and the terror outfit must be formalized for better effectiveness in the future.
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2025-08-16 19:23
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Hezbollah chief denounces sedition fueled by Nawaf Salam cabinet
BEIRUT — Hezbollah Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem, for the first time, adopted a notably stern tone, issuing a direct warning to anti-Resistance factions about the consequences of aligning with the Israeli project.
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2025-08-16 19:16
By Muhammad Akmal Khan
Famine as a weapon: How Israel’s siege is starving Gaza into silence
ISLAMABAD - Gaza’s suffering has never been so extended, so intentional. Airstrikes take lives in moments; hunger erases them slowly, without sound. This is not the work of failed rains. It is the result of a calculated policy.
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2025/08/13
By Silvina Pachelo
Netanyahu’s upcoming visit to Argentina: The country embracing impunity, making a pact with fascism
BUENOS AIRES — The upcoming arrival of the Israeli prime minister, accused by the International Criminal Court (ICC) of war crimes in Gaza, places Argentina at a historic crossroads: either uphold international law or cement its alliance with a fascist and genocidal government. President Javier Milei’s silence is complicity and disdain for justice.
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2025-08-12 19:08
By Wesam Bahrani
Israeli command and control centers under attack in Gaza
TEHRAN – Palestinian resistance forces are striking Israeli centers in Gaza, killing and injuring the occupation regime’s soldiers.
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2025-08-12 14:41
Uruguay condemns Israeli plan to occupy Gaza City
Uruguay’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a statement strongly condemning the Israeli cabinet’s decision to occupy Gaza City, calling the move a “serious breach of international law” and warning it could deepen the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.
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2025-08-11 22:03
By Somayeh Abdollahi
Section 42: Where the youth speak with the martyrs
The Tehran Times special report from the resting place of Israel's war victims in Tehran
TEHRAN – I am in the Behesht-e Zahra Cemetery, the largest burial ground in Tehran which is the resting place of generations. Established in 1963 (1342 in the Persian calendar) and named “Behesht-e Zahra” after consultations among the city’s council of elders and merchants at the home of the late Seyyed Ahmad Khansari, this cemetery has since become a landmark in the capital’s history.
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2025-08-11 20:58
By Shahrokh Saei
War on witnesses: Israel’s deadly campaign to silence Gaza’s journalists
Global journalists condemn Israel’s killing of Gaza reporters in Tehran Times interviews
TEHRAN — Since launching its war on Gaza in October 2023, Israel has pursued a systematic campaign to silence the media and obscure the reality of what many observers call a genocide in the besieged enclave.
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2025-08-11 20:09
‘No press badge can stop a war crime’, Iran condemns Israeli killing of Al Jazeera team
TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Ministry has condemned the Israeli regime’s “war crime” in killing Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza, saying a press badge offers no protection against those seeking to silence witnesses to their atrocities.
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2025-08-11 19:23
By Wesam Bahrani
Murder of Gaza journalists sparks global outrage
TEHRAN – The Israeli regime’s killing of Palestinian journalists in northern Gaza is facing growing international condemnation.
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2025-08-11 14:45
Australia to recognize Palestinian state in September
Australia will recognize a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly in September, following similar moves by the UK, France and Canada, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said, the BBC reported.
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2025-08-11 13:57
Tributes, condemnation pour in for slain Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza
An outpouring of grief and condemnation has followed the Israeli assassination of five Al Jazeera staff in Gaza, including prominent correspondent Anas al-Sharif.