Middle East

TEHRAN: A prominent Saudi activist and whistleblower, known by online pseudonym ‘Mujtahidd’, posted a leaked message on Twitter, claiming that Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the king of Saudi Arabia is in critical health conditions. “A doctor in KFSH leaked the following message,” he wrote. “An important person currently in …

MANAMA: Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have called on Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifah to either commute or pardon twelve imprisoned pro-democracy activists, who have been sentenced to death and are potentially at imminent risk of execution. 53 lawmakers, in a letter addressed to the monarch on …

TEL AVIV: A senior Israeli military official says the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement now has the capability to attack Israeli offshore natural gas platforms in the Mediterranean Sea in case of a future confrontation. Israeli Hebrew-language Israel Hayom daily newspaper quoted the commander of the Israeli navy’s Haifa base, Brigadier …

TEHRAN: Iran’s ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Fri. that there is no end to the criminal acts of the United States. The criminal actions taken by US in threatening lives of ordinary people, ranging from economic terrorism to aviation terrorism, are not over, Kazem Gharibabadi …

TEHRAN : The Khosravi border crossing between Iran and Iraq resumed operation after months of hiatus due to the coronavirus outbreak. “The border crossing linking Iran’s Kermanshah province and Iraq’s Diyala Governorate resumed operation on Thursday following the Iraqi’s side’s announcement,” Spokesman of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration …

TEHRAN: Iran’s Mahan Airline in a statement on Friday announced that it plans to take legal and judiciary action against the US army after its fighter jets threatened Tehran-Beirut passenger jetliner in the skies of Syria on Thursday that ended up in several injuries. “The Mahan Airline will launch legal …

TEHRAN: American F-15 warplanes involved in the harassment of an Iranian passenger plane approaching the Beirut airport were not ‘on a routine air mission,’ a report says, dismissing a claim otherwise made by a US military official. The Nournews agency on Friday cited an unnamed source familiar with the matter …

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement has condemned the harassment by United States warplanes of an Iranian passenger plane over Syria. In a statement issued on Friday, Hezbollah said the Thursday harassment of the Iranian passenger plane by US fighter jets over Syria was a “terrorist act” and a “very dangerous …

TEHRAN: Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has denounced the United States for harassing a scheduled Iranian civil airliner over Syria and endangering the lives of civilians, saying the American government must be reined in to prevent more disasters. Zarif made the remark in a post on his official Twitter …

ISTANBUL: Turkish President Erdogan will offer Friday prayers today at the Hagia Sophia, a few days after a historic decision by a Turkish court ruled that the monument could be reopened for Muslim worship. A top Turkish court revoked the sixth-century monument”s status as a museum on July 10 and …