Ghalibaf re-elected Speaker of Iranian Parliament
Tehran, May 28 (IANS/DPA) The former general and current Iranian Parliamentary Speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, has been re-elected to head the Islamic Consultative Assembly. A total of 198 of the 290 members of Parliament voted in favour of the 62-year-old politician on Tuesday, the state news agency IRNA reported. Ghalibaf’s re-election comes as a surprise. […]
UAE President to make state visit to S. Korea
Seoul, May 28 (IANS) United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan will make a state visit to South Korea on Tuesday to discuss ways to expand cooperation in energy, defence and other areas. Mohamed will visit South Korea for a summit with President Yoon Suk Yeol and meetings with business leaders on […]
Australia, NZ pledge millions to Papua New Guinea after deadly landslide
Wellington, May 28 (IANS/DPA) Australia and New Zealand have pledged millions of dollars of aid to Papua New Guinea in the wake of a deadly landslide. Several villages in the province of Enga were hit when part of a mountain collapsed in the early hours of Friday in the remote central highlands of Papua New […]
Mideast countries, EU condemn Israel’s strikes on Rafah camp
Cairo, May 28 (IANS) Countries in the Middle East and the European Union have condemned Israel’s airstrike on tents housing displaced civilians in northwestern Rafah of the Gaza Strip, which reportedly resulted in the deaths of at least 45 Palestinians and injuries to numerous others. The Israeli airstrike targeted on Sunday evening the tents in […]
UNSC to hold emergency meeting after Rafah attack
New York, May 28 (IANS/DPA) The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) will hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday, following the deadly airstrike by Israel near Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. The emergency meeting was requested by Algeria and supported by Slovenia, diplomats said on Monday. The Hamas-run health authority in Gaza said 45 people […]
Nikki Haley blames Iran, China & Russia for Oct 7 Hamas attack in Israel
Tel Aviv, May 28 (IANS) Republican party leader and former US envoy to the United Nations, Nikki Haley has blamed Iran, China and Russia for the October 7 attack in southern Israel in which 1,200 people were brutally killed and 250 taken as hostages by the Hamas terror organisation. The top US leader, who is […]
Kremlin says NATO in direct conflict with Russia
Moscow, May 28 (IANS) The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is in direct confrontation with Russia over the conflict in Ukraine, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has said. Earlier on Monday, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg called for lifting the restrictions on Ukraine using weapons supplied by NATO members to attack Russian territories, according to media […]
Netanyahu calls civilian deaths in Rafah a ‘tragic mishap’
Tel Aviv, May 28 (IANS) Amid growing international condemnation, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that the strike which killed scores of displaced Palestinians in Rafah on Sunday was a “tragic mishap”. At least 45 people were killed and hundreds of others injured in the Israeli strike, according to the Hamas-run health ministry. Speaking […]
Egypt warns against safety risks on border with Gaza: Media
Cairo, May 28 (IANS) Egypt has warned against the safety risks facing its army personnel deployed on the border with the Gaza Strip, Egypt’s Al-Qahera News TV channel reported Monday, citing a high-ranking security source. Commenting on the killing of an Egyptian soldier near the Rafah crossing earlier in the day, the source said investigation […]
Hamas says ‘no ceasefire negotiations’ with Israel after Rafah attack
Gaza, May 28 (IANS) Hamas has reportedly informed mediators that it will not participate in any negotiation for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip or a prisoner exchange deal after Israel’s attack on the southernmost Gazan city of Rafah on Sunday night. The decision was made in response to the Israeli army’s “targeting of tents […]
