Middle East
PLO Secretary-General Saeb Erekat says he has “found consensus” in talks with various international parties regarding the need to “preserve the two-state solution” and reject the U.S. Mideast peace plan.
The recent encounter between 11 Iranian fast-attack craft and a number of U.S. Navy ships near Bahrain was a probe of the Americans’ readiness and response.
IRGC Navy warns U.S. against “adventurism and false and fake stories” with regard to Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman • U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo calls to extend the international arms embargo on Iran.
“The U.S. deal with the Taliban comes on the heels of the head of U.S. Central Command revealing an uptick in Iranian malign activity in Afghanistan,” according to United Against Nuclear Iran policy director Jason Brodsky.
Tensions in Iraq are running high as an election looms, with the U.S. having renewed troop deployment in the country amid media reports it intends to “crush” Iranian loyalist militias.
The screen will be split between the anchor and a translator to sign language, making it easier for the hearing impaired to follow.
Police saw two men standing together and asked to see identification to check if they were outside the 100-meter limit from their homes.
A reaction force of roughly 3,500 U.S. troops may stay in response to Iranian-backed riots at the U.S. embassy in Baghdad earlier this year.
Kata’ib Hezbollah and Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq are U.S.-designated terrorist groups; both have attacked U.S. and fellow coalition forces in Iraq.
El Al has laid off employees and drastically cut its operations, cutting flights from 47 destinations to six that include New York, Newark, Paris, London, Toronto and Johannesburg.
A recent forecast has reported “extremely alarming” swarms of Desert Locust (Schistocerca gregaria) forming in the Horn of Africa.
Death toll increased again • Health Ministry spokesman said 135 more people died, raising total to 988.
