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Norway’s Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide stated that Norway will arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Security Minister Yoav Gallant if the ICC issues warrants. Norway’s Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide announced that, should the ICC issue warrants, Norway will arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Security Minister Yoav Gallant. This statement – made a day after the dramatic declaration by ICC prosecutor Karim Khan – positions Norway as the first European country to make such a commitment. “If an arrest warrant is issued against Netanyahu and Gallant on behalf of the Hague Tribunal, we will be obliged…

Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa is visiting the Russian capital, Moscow, on Wednesday at the invitation of President Vladimir Putin, state news agency BNA reported on Wednesday. The two leaders will discuss cooperation between their respective countries, regional and international developments, and the results of the 33rd Arab Summit, hosted last week in Bahrain. Bahrain’s King will likewise visit China at the invitation of President Xi Jinping to participate in the opening session of the Arab-Chinese Cooperation Forum. The two will discuss cooperation between Bahrain and China, as well as the outcome of the 33rd Arab Summit. Source: arab…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday welcomed a decision by three European nations to recognize the state of Palestine, urging other countries to make similar decisions. “I am very pleased with today’s announcements” by Norway, Ireland, and Spain that they will recognize the state of Palestine, said Erdogan during his speech at International Benevolence Awards ceremony in the capital Ankara. The decision to recognize the state of Palestine comes as Israel continues its brutal offensive on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, despite a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire in the enclave. “Those who provide…

Egyptian and Azerbaijani representatives have arrived in Tehran, Iran, for the funeral service of President Ebrahim Raisi and his companions. Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry arrived in Tehran, Iran on Wednesday to attend the funeral of late President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and their companions, who passed away on Monday in a fatal helicopter crash.  Shoukry’s visit marks the first time an Egyptian foreign minister has set foot in Iran since 1980 when Egypt and Iran severed all ties following the Islamic Revolution and Egypt’s official recognition of the Israeli occupation.  An Azerbaijani delegation also headed to Tehran for…

President Mahmoud Abbas today stated that Ireland’s recognition of the Palestinian state was a great step that contributes to enhancing peace and justice. In a phone call with Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris, President Abbas thanked Harris for his country’s courageous positions to recognize the State of Palestine, as he affirmed that this great step would contribute to the promotion of peace and justice as well as to the realization of the inalienable right of the Palestinian people to self-determination. He also affirmed that this step would further the implementation of the political solution based on the United Nations resolutions…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed deep sorrow over the martyrdom of his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raeisi, calling it “a great loss”. Putin made the remark during a meeting with chairman of the State Duma, Vyacheslav Volodin, in Moscow on Tuesday. “President Raeisi’s death is a great loss, first and foremost for Iran and its people. He was a very reliable partner, a direct, self-confident man, who was motivated by national interests,” Putin said. He also described the late Iranian president as “a man of his word,” adding that “if we agreed on something with him, we could always be sure…

The deaths of Iran’s president and foreign minister in a helicopter crash have caused a pause in the UN nuclear watchdog’s talks with Tehran over improving cooperation with the agency, the watchdog’s chief Rafael Grossi told Reuters on Wednesday.“They are in a mourning period which I need to respect,” International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Grossi said in Helsinki, where he spoke at a nuclear conference.“But once this is over, we are going to be engaging again,” he said, describing it as a “temporary interruption that I hope will be over in a matter of days.”Grossi said the IAEA was…

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has received Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani on the sidelines of the funeral procession of martyred President Ebrahim Raeisi and his associates in the capital Tehran. The meeting took place on Wednesday as millions-strong procession for the late president was underway. Sudani offered Iraq’s condolences to the Iranian leadership, government and nation over the tragic loss. “What we saw in Mr. Raeisi, the martyred president of Iran, was nothing but honesty, sincerity, purity, work and … serving the people,” the top Iraqi official said. “The images I saw on TV today…

Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Mohammed Mustafa, warned of the dangers of Israeli military escalation and colonists’ attacks in the West Bank, as well as on the plans of the Israeli occupation government to impose sanctions on the Palestinian people, leadership and institutions, which would lead to an explosion of the situation and have repercussions on the entire region. During a meeting in Ramallah today with more than 50 members of the diplomatic corps accredited to the State of Palestine and representatives of international organizations and institutions, Mustafa discussed the occupation’s escalated measures in the West…

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has led prayers over the bodies of President Ebrahim Raeisi and his companions in Tehran as millions of people gathered to hold funeral procession. The martyred lost their lives in a tragic helicopter crash in the northwestern province of East Azarbaijan. The mass public received the coffins of the eight victims of the crash at the University of Tehran on Wednesday morning before Ayatollah Khamenei led prayers on the bodies. World leaders, presidents, ambassadors and international personalities as well as high-profile figures of the Axis of Resistance, including Ismail Haniyeh, the political…