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The following is the full text of Imam Khamenei’s message of condolence following the martyrdom of Yahya Sinwar, chairman of the political bureau of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)

Israel, Palestine reach ceasefire agreement to stop Gaza attacks

Palestine says a ceasefire agreement has been reached with Israel, after 25 people were killed in three days of Israeli attacks on the besieged Gaza enclave, which were responded to with homemade rockets from Palestinian groups.

UN gets access to vital grain in Yemen port city of Hodeidah

A United Nations team has regained access to grain in Yemen that could feed more than 3.7 million people for a month, in a country "gripped with the world's largest humanitarian crisis" but the cereal is partially infested and must first be fumigated...

UN hails consensus of South Sudan's parties on delay of unity gov't formation

The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) hailed Sunday the consensus reached between the country's warring parties to extend the period by six months to form a power-sharing government.

Gaza violence enters 3rd day, UN voices concern

A flare-up of violence in the Gaza Strip has entered its third day with deadly Israeli airstrikes and retaliatory Palestinian rocket attacks, prompting the United Nations (UN) to raise alarm at the “dangerous escalation.”

Nearly 400 killed, 50,000 displaced in Libya conflict: UN

The World Health Organization (WHO) says nearly 400 people have been killed and a lot more injured since Libya’s renegade general Khalifa Haftar launched a major military offensive to seize the Libyan capital of Tripoli last month.

Myanmar army says it killed six unarmed prisoners

Myanmar security forces have shot dead at least six people in the troubled western state of Rakhine after soldiers and police detained hundreds of people at a school, a military spokesperson said.

Iran urges Bahrain to ‘know its place’ before making threats\

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman has downplayed the Bahraini foreign minister’s claim that Iran will not be allowed to close the Strait of Hormuz “even for a single day”, urging the Manama regime to “know its place” before making threats.

Report: Israel ‘Forced 3,000 Palestinians from Homes within 15 Yrs’

Israeli authorities have forced nearly 3,000 Palestinians from their homes in Jerusalem al-Quds in the past 15 years, according to a new report.

Israeli jets, soldiers kill 4 Palestinians in Gaza Strip

Two Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli air raid on the Gaza Strip shortly after Israeli soldiers attacked Palestinian protesters taking part in the weekly “Great March of Return” rallies, leaving two of them dead and at least 50 others injur...

Iran denounces US efforts to stage coup in Venezuela

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Abbas Mousavi condemned Washington’s interference in the internal affairs of Venezuela, censuring the US for attempting to stage a coup against the legitimate government of the South American country.