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As the United States of America marks the 44th anniversary of the takeover of its embassy and hostage taking of its diplomats by followers of Ayatollah Khomeini in Tehran in 1979, it today reminded all American citizens not to travel to Iran for whatever reason. It would be recalled that the seizure of American embassy and hostage taking of its …

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is meeting with Arab officials, including several foreign ministers and Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister, at a summit in Jordan’s capital, Amman, on Saturday to discuss the conflict in Israel and Gaza. Foreign ministers from Jordan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Qatar, as well as the Secretary of the Executive Committee of …

Tel Aviv, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday pushed back against growing U.S. pressure for a “humanitarian pause” in the nearly month-old war to protect civilians and allow more aid into Gaza, insisting there would be no temporary cease-fire until the roughly 240 hostages held by Hamas are released. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken made …

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called it “striking” and “shocking” that the brutality of the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel “has receded so quickly in the memories of so many” during a news conference in Tel Aviv on Friday. Blinken said today he viewed additional images and footage from the attack collected by the Israeli government. “It remains …

Hezbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, called in a speech Friday for people to “work day and night” to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza, saying it is Hezbollah’s “primary goal.” Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah delivers a speech from an unspecified location in Lebanon, in this screenshot taken from video obtained on November 3. Al-Manar via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD …

A senior U.S. Government delegation is travelling to South Africa to participate in the 20th African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Forum in Johannesburg, November 2-4, 2023, the U.S. Department of State has disclosed. It says AGOA is a cornerstone of the U.S. trade relationship with Africa. At this Forum, the United States looks forward to constructive dialogue with African …

Rabat, Morocco (AP) — Arab nations that have normalized or are considering improving relations with Israel are coming under growing public pressure to cut those ties because of Israel’s war with Hamas. Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Rabat and other Moroccan cities in support of the Palestinians. In Bahrain — a country that almost …

JERUSALEM (AP) — When U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was asked this week who would govern the Gaza Strip following Israel’s devastating war against Hamas, he said a return of the internationally recognized Palestinian Authority made “the most sense.” What he failed to mention is that the Palestinian Authority, weak and deeply unpopular with its own people, has already …

UNITED NATIONS — The head of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees told a U.N. emergency meeting Monday “an immediate humanitarian cease-fire has become a matter of life and death for millions,” accusing Israel of “collective punishment” of Palestinians and the forced displacement of civilians. Philippe Lazzarini warned that a further breakdown of civil order after the agency’s warehouses were broken …

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken will make the case Tuesday that the United States should immediately send aid to Israel and Ukraine, testifying at a Senate hearing as the administration’s massive $105 billion emergency aid request for conflicts in those countries and others has already hit roadblocks in the divided Congress. President Joe Biden’s Cabinet secretaries will be …