Iran says it has executed an Israeli Mossad spy
In April 2022, Iranian intelligence officers arrested three people they said belonged to a group linked to Mossad. It is not clear if the executed person was one of them.
Middle East
Houthis strike container ships in vital Red Sea corridor
Two missiles were fired in the attack, likely trying to hit the Al Jasrah, the US official said. One went wide and splashed down in the water, the other slammed into the Palatium, the official said.
Senior US lawmakers review plan linking Gaza refugee resettlement to US aid to Arab countries
The proposal, which reportedly has support from senior officials in both parties, calls on the US to condition foreign aid to Egypt, Iraq, Yemen, and Turkey on those countries accepting a certain number of refugees.
Jailed Iranian woman wins Nobel Peace Prize for fighting oppression
Mohammadi's most recent incarceration began when she was detained in 2021 after she attended a memorial for a person killed in nationwide 2019 protests sparked by an increase in gasoline prices. She's been held at Tehran's notorious Evin Prison, whose inmates include those with Western ties and political prisoners.
Iranian leader warns Arab states against 'gambling on normalization'
Amid speculation of emerging Israel-Saudi Arabia deal, Khamenei says forging ties with Israel is akin to "betting on a losing horse."
Syria says Israeli airstrikes in an eastern province wounded 2 soldiers
Iran-backed militia groups and Syrian forces control the area and have often been the target of Israeli war planes in previous alleged strikes.
Revealed: Hundreds of millions of shekels added to Israeli aid to Palestinians
Various accounting measures, lowering of tax rate for gasoline result in a major boost to PA coffers.
US acknowledges Iran satellite successfully reached orbit as tensions remain high
Speaking Thursday night to Iranian state television, Guard space commander Gen. Ali Jafarabadi described the Noor-3 satellite as having “image accuracy that is two and a half times that of the Noor-2 satellite.”
Israel busts terror cell plotting to assassinate Ben-Gvir
The suspects also planned to kill former Knesset member Yehudah Glick, who survived an assassination attempt in 2014.
Iran says it has successfully put an imaging satellite into orbit amid tensions with West
The United States has alleged that Iran’s satellite launches defy a UN Security Council resolution and has called on Tehran to undertake no activity related to ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons.