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Power outage across Israel early Friday morning left whole neighborhoods in the dark with security officials raising the possibility of a cyberattack. Security sources said that three power plants in Israel crashed and one third of residents on occupied territories spent the midnight in dark, Arab 24 website reported. They ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- 1,000 Iranian academics and university professors in a letter to their French counterparts underlined the need for them to choose the path of “independent rationality” and separate their path from the French officials’ support for sacrilege of Islamic sanctities. “We invite you once again not to be observant ...

TEHRAN, Oct.  (MNA) – Reacting to the recent anti-Islam comments of Emanuel Macron, a French journalist said the president is following the interests of some foreign powers, instead of his own nation. Macron has sparked outrage across the Muslim world by accusing French Muslims of “separatism” and describing Islam as ...

TEHRAN, Oct. 30 (MNA) –Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh showed reaction to the statement issued by the US Department of Justice. In a tweet on Fri., Khatibzadeh wrote, “The Pirates of the Caribbean openly boasting abt their booty.” “Only, as we said before: it wasn’t ours. But sb else’s ...

Commander of the Iranian Army’s Ground Forces Brigadier General Kioumars Heidari warned enemies that they would be given no breathing space near the country’s borders, adding that there was no immediate threat to border areas amid the ongoing conflict between the Republic of Azerbaijan and neighboring Armenia. “The enemy must ...

American citizens born in occupied al-Quds can now declare ‘Israel’ as their birthplace following an unrestrainedly flagrant decision announced by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday. US citizens born on the ‘Israeli’-occupied Palestinian territories will have the name ‘Israel’ on their passports while the original landowners have to ...

Days after the “Israeli” Occupation Forces [IOF] launched its military exercisesimulating a multi-front war, especially on the northern front [Lebanon and Syria], it seems that the drill is now a case of the biter bit! The multi-day drill has been halted, as the unexpected had happened, especially since the location ...

(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday dealt setbacks to Republicans by allowing extended deadlines for receiving mail-in ballots in next Tuesday’s election in Pennsylvania and North Carolina, states pivotal to President Donald Trump’s re-election chances. extensions in Pennsylvania and North The action by the justices – with their ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Secretary of Iran’s Expediency Council (EC) Mohsen Rezayee condemned the French government for supporting the sacrilege of Islam’s Prophet (PBUH), stressing the necessity for Emanuel Macron to apologize to Muslims. “The French president’s measure was a kind of political folly and he should apologize to the Islamic world ...

Spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces Brigadier General Yehya Saree said the country’s military launched a fresh aerial operation against Abha International Airport in Saudi Arabia’s southern border region of Asir, targeting a “key target” inside the strategic facility. Brigadier General Saree said in a statement posted on his Twitter ...