Jordanian state news outlet Petra says experts from top Sunni, Shiite powers met in Amman to talk about confidence-building measures, but Iran says no official was there, and the Saudis are keeping mum.
Coordinating launch during stalled Vienna talks fits Tehran regime's hardline stance, experts say, as Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bakri Kani cites "progress" in talks.
The New York Times claims that Jerusalem consulted with Washington before striking Iranian-affiliated sites in the past. As nuclear talks stall, Germany warns time is running out for a new nuclear deal.
Over 400,000 Palestinians cast ballots for representatives in 154 village councils in the West Bank in a rare democratic exercise after the PA's leader canceled planned legislative and presidential votes in June.
Israeli officials say Jerusalem cannot afford to have sensitive defense systems stationed in the UAE, which maintains full diplomatic and trade ties with Iran, at this time.
The deputy head of Iran’s Airlines Association reported that the number of inactive planes in Iran has risen to more than 170 "as a result of spare parts, particularly motors."
Local media reports that the blast was caused by a fire that spread to a warehouse in a Palestinian camp in the southern Lebanese port city of Tyre. Hamas denies weapons were stored on the premises, says the blast was caused by oxygen tanks stored for COVID patients.
Before the country's devastating civil war, Syria produced 350,000 barrels of oil a day, exporting more than half of it. Most of its oil fields are in the hands of Kurdish-led forces.
Western officials have said Iran has abandoned many compromises it had made in the previous six rounds of talks, pocketed those made by others, and demanded more.
Bethlehem Cultural Festival seeks to emphasize aspects of city other than its significance to Christians or its place in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
