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Mosques and nursery schools reopen in Gaza

Mosques reopened for daily prayers and children returned to nursery schools Wednesday in an easing of coronavirus restrictions in the Gaza Strip. The Hamas Islamist-run enclave, whose borders are tightly controlled by Israel and Egypt, has recorded 61 confirmed infection cases, all in...

Floyd killing shows 'true face' of US: Iran's Khamenei

The police killing of unarmed African-American George Floyd shows the "true face" of the United States and its oppression of the peoples of the world, including its own, Iran's supreme leader said Wednesday. "The fact that a policeman has cold-bloodedly pressed his knee on the throat of a...

Jordan warns Israel of consequences over annexation

Jordan’s foreign minister warned Tuesday of serious consequences in terms of his country’s relations with Tel Aviv and for peace in the region if Israel annexes parts of the West Bank and Jordan Valley.    According to a statement from Jordan’s Foreign Ministry, Ayman...

Iranian scientist freed by US back in Iran

 Iranian scientist Sirous Asgari has arrived back in Iran after being released from prison by its arch-foe the United States, Iranian media reported Wednesday. The Tasnim, ISNA and Mehr news agencies all carried the same photograph on their Telegram accounts of Asgari, wearing a face...