Category: Middle East

Israel to ‘Strengthen’ Settlements After Shooting Attacks

JERUSALEM—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday announced a series of punitive steps against the Palestinians, including plans to beef up Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, in response to a pair of shooting attacks that killed seven Israelis and wounded five others. Netanyahu’s Security Cabinet approved the measures in the wake of a…


Strong Earthquake Strikes Turkey-Iran Border

DUBAI—An earthquake with a magnitude of up to 5.9 struck the Turkey-Iran border region on Saturday, destroying houses in a main provincial city in Iran, Iranian media and the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported. “The amount of destruction of some houses and buildings in the city of Khoy city is relatively high,” Iranian emergency…


Seven Dead in Synagogue Attack Outside Jerusalem: Israeli Officials

JERUSALEM—Seven people were killed and 10 were injured in a synagogue shooting attack on the outskirts of Jerusalem on Friday, Israel’s foreign ministry said. Israel’s ambulance service put the death toll at five and said another five people were wounded and transported to hospitals, including a 70-year-old woman. Israeli police described it as a “terror…


7 Dead in Synagogue Attack Outside Jerusalem: Israeli Officials

JERUSALEM—Seven people were killed and 10 were injured in a synagogue shooting attack on the outskirts of Jerusalem on Friday, Israel’s foreign ministry said. Israel’s ambulance service put the death toll at five and said another five people were wounded and transported to hospitals, including a 70-year-old woman. Israeli police described it as a “terror…


At Least 7 Dead in Synagogue Attack Outside Jerusalem: Israeli Officials

JERUSALEM—Seven people were killed and 10 were injured in a synagogue shooting attack on the outskirts of Jerusalem on Friday, Israel’s foreign ministry said. Israel’s ambulance service put the death toll at five and said another five people were wounded and transported to hospitals, including a 70-year-old woman. Israeli police described it as a “terror…


LIVE NOW: Rights Activist and Members of Congress Hold Press Conference on Iran Protests

U.S. Reps. Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.) and Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.), actress and human rights activist Nazanin Boniadi, and House leaders hold a press conference at 9 a.m. ET on Jan. 27, to discuss the Iranian regime’s human rights abuses and to highlight a bipartisan resolution expressing support for the people of Iran. The Epoch Times will…


Rights Activist and Members of Congress Hold Press Conference on Iran Protests

U.S. Reps. Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.) and Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.), actress and human rights activist Nazanin Boniadi, and House leaders hold a press conference at 9 a.m. ET on Jan. 27, to discuss the Iranian regime’s human rights abuses and to highlight a bipartisan resolution expressing support for the people of Iran. The Epoch Times will…


Azerbaijan Strongly Protests to Iran After Fatal Embassy Shooting

BAKU—A gunman shot dead a security guard and wounded two other people at Azerbaijan’s embassy in Iran on Friday, in an attack Baku branded an “act of terrorism” that it said was the result of Tehran failing to heed its calls for improved security. Police in Tehran said they had arrested a suspect and Iranian…


More Than 160 Afghans Die in Bitterly Cold Weather

KABUL—More than 160 people have died from the cold in Afghanistan this month in the worst winter in more than a decade, authorities said on Thursday, as residents described being unable to afford fuel to heat homes in temperatures well below freezing. “162 people have died due to cold weather since January 10 until now,”…


Iranian and Russian Hackers Targeting UK Politicians and Journalists: Cyber Watchdog

Iranian and Russian hackers have been “ruthlessly” trying to steal sensitive information from British journalists and politicians, the UK’s cyber security watchdog has warned. In an advisory published on Jan. 26, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) said groups based in Iran and Russia have been targeting a range of organisations and individuals in the…