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Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the State of Palestine, Mohammad Mustafa, met on Sunday the Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Ayman Safadi, in the Jordanian capital of Amman. Mustafa arrived in Amman on his inaugural visit since assuming office earlier this month. According to Jordan News Agency (Petra), Safadi and Mustafa underlined the unique and enduring fraternal ties between Jordan and Palestine, emphasizing their longstanding coordination and joint efforts to uphold the rights of the Palestinian people to freedom, statehood, and dignified living. They reaffirmed Jordan’s unwavering commitment to the Palestinian…

The water has subsided from 311 residential homes and over 1,700 household plots over the past 24 hours, with about 10,100 houses remaining partially flooded amid spring floods in the Orenburg Region, the press service of the region’s government reported. “Over the past day, the water has receded from 311 residential houses and 1,733 household plots, where 1,718 people are registered, including 349 children. As of the morning of April 8, 10,168 residential houses and 18,471 household plots remain flooded,” it said. The government said that 6,127 people, including 1,478 children, had been evacuated from the flooded area. Of these,…

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says the country is an island of stability and security in the troubled West Asia region. Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks in a press conference with his Omani counterpart Sayyid Badr Al-Busaidi in Muscat on Sunday. He said that Iran will not allow anyone to undermine its national security, adding that the country had sent a clear message to the United States following an Israeli attack on an Iranian consulate in Syria earlier this week that Washington could not shun its responsibility for the attack. The minister said the country will keep up boosting its relations…

Orsk residents are being evacuated from territories flooded after the dam breaking 24 hours a day, the press service of the government of the Orenburg Region said. “Residents are being evacuated from flooded territories in Orsk day and night. The railroad crossing is operating normally. Regional and municipal services, rescuers and volunteers are engaged. All the required machinery, including watercraft, is in the inventory of mobile rescue teams,” the press service informed. The press service of the Russian Ministry of Emergencies told TASS that more than 700 rescuers are helping residents of the city of Orsk. “Over 700 rescuers of…

British Foreign Secretary David Cameron on Sunday warned the “prospect of famine is real” in Gaza, as a Royal Navy ship headed to the Mediterranean to help set up a maritime aid corridor.Cameron said Britain was working with the United States, Cyprus and others to set up a “new temporary pier off the coast of Gaza to get aid in as quickly and securely as possible.”“We need to continue to explore all options, including by sea and air, to ease the desperate plight of some of the world’s most vulnerable people,” he said.Cyprus has vowed to continue with the humanitarian…

Iran says the aggression by the United States and Britain on Yemen is a violation of the country’s territorial integrity and in line with support for Israel’s crimes against the oppressed people of Palestine. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks in a meeting with Mohammed Abdulsalam, the senior representative of Yemen’s National Salvation Government, in the Omani capital of Muscat on Sunday. Amir-Abdollahian commended the brave support of the Yemeni armed forces for the oppressed Palestinian people in the battle against Israel over the past six months. In recent months, the US and its allies have launched illegal attacks…

The Russian government will relinquish its power on the inauguration day of the newly elected President and the process of new Cabinet forming will start. Vladimir Putin was officially reelected as the President during the election on March 15-17. According to the law, the inauguration of the head of state is to be held on May 7 and the Cabinet will step down on the same day. The President will appoint the Prime Minister after approval of his candidacy by the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian legislative assembly. The head of state will also appoint deputy prime…

Turkiye has delivered around 40,000 tons of humanitarian aid to Gaza, with plans to dispatch the ninth ship of humanitarian assistance carrying 3,000 tons of aid shortly after the upcoming Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr. According to information compiled by Anadolu correspondent, Turkiye, one of the leading countries providing aid to the Gaza Strip amid Israel’s attacks, continues to increase its assistance to innocent civilians facing depleted access to electricity, food, and clean water, while also conducting humanitarian diplomacy efforts internationally. Through cooperation between the Turkish Red Crescent and the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD), supported by civil society…

Peter Pelligrini speaks after winning the presidential elections regarding Slovakia foreign policy and ties with NATO. Speaking on Slovak broadcaster RTVS, President-elect Peter Pellegrini confirmed that Slovakia foreign policy toward the European Union and NATO will not change but would will be more independent in decision-making and “look in all directions.” “I can guarantee all Slovak citizens that the republic is firmly rooted in the European Union and NATO. Nobody can change the course of our foreign policy, but I confirm that in these organizations we should act more independently, our voice needs to be heard”, he said. He explained, “We should speak out against…

None of the embassies of the Israeli regime are safe anymore, a top military adviser to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has warned. In remarks on Sunday, Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi said the Leader promised a slap on the face of the Israeli regime such that the regime will regret attacking Iran’s consulate in Syria, adding that the Resistance Front is fully prepared to deliver on that promise. “We have to wait and see what will happen,” the general said. “None of the Zionist regime’s embassies are safe anymore, and therefore, it has so…