In an about-face, Iran denies a cyberattack was the reason its railway system was paralyzed over the weekend. Reports by local media agencies detailing the scale of disruption have been deleted.
Massive blast takes place near a compound housing the Islamic republic's state broadcasting company, Tehran police insist the explosion caused no harm. Hackers who cripple the country's railroad system post fake messages on platform display boards, listing the number of the supreme leader's office as an information hotline.
The organization also "transferred weapons and ammunition to the Gaza Strip and helped rescue senior Palestinian officials from the area during that period," Ibrahim Al Amin, the editor-in-chief of the Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Akhbar newspaper says.
Report released this week by international body says 11-day operation in May caused $190 million in economic losses, and demolished or damaged over 4,000 homes in Gaza.
The signatories congratulated Bennett for his recent appointment as prime minister, adding that the two peoples have much in common.
Jibril's organization, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command, was one of the main terrorist groups fighting against Israel in the 1970s and 1980s and more recently backed Syria's government in civil war.
Analysts believe series of strikes part of a campaign by Iranian-backed militias. Iraqi militia groups aligned with Iran vowed to retaliate after US strikes on the Iraqi-Syrian border killed four of their members last month.
The fire caused by a blast on a ship docking at the Middle East's largest transshipment hub was a "normal accident" considering the flammable material cargo, Dubai Media Office says, adding that the blast may have been caused by "friction or high temperatures."
The electronic billboard in the heart of Tehran predicting the demise of the Jewish state in 2040 falls victim to the widespread power cut threatening to plunge the country into chaos.
Speaking during a meeting in Ramallah with Canadian Foreign Minister Marc Garneau, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas also praises Canada’s "opposition to the expansion of Israeli colonial settlements."
