Month: January 1970

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Iranian President-elect Ebrahim Raisi on Monday ruled out a meeting with President Joe Biden and called on the US to return to the nuclear deal, in his first international news … Read More

Iranians knew that Trump’s decision to ditch the nuclear deal would backfire. The country’s latest presidential election is a case in point.

The Palestinian Authority has canceled an agreement with Israel that was to have seen at least 1 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine for Covid-19 transferred to the West Bank … Read More

Ebrahim Raisi, a hardline judiciary chief with a brutal human rights record, has won Iran’s controversial presidential election, according to preliminary results announced by the interior ministry Saturday.

Israel has announced plans to transfer at least one million doses of coronavirus vaccine to the Palestinian Authority (PA), according to an Israeli government statement.

A beauty salon in Dubai is giving new meaning to the phrase “chipped nails.” Lanour Beauty Lounge in is offering a tiny microchip for customers’ fingernails that can be used … Read More

Iranians have begun voting in a controversial presidential election that will likely deliver a hardline president who lost the 2017 election and has headed the country’s judiciary for the last … Read More

The Israeli military struck targets in Gaza for the second time this week, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement, after a continued barrage of incendiary balloons sparked … Read More

Incendiary balloons are a cheap way for militant groups in Gaza to send a message to Israel, without provoking the full Israeli military retaliation that often occurs when rockets are … Read More