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Saudi Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Waleed Elkhereiji met State Minister for Ethiopia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Birtukan Ayano Dadi on Sunday in Riyadh. During the meeting, they reviewed bilateral relations and discussed prominent issues of common interest. Meanwhile, President of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud left Jeddah on Sunday. He was seen off at King Abdulaziz International Airport by Jeddah Gov. Prince Saud bin Jalawi and a number of officials. Mohamud arrived in the Kingdom to perform Umrah and also visited the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah. Source: Arab News

The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas’s military wing has strongly warned Israel against redeploying its forces to the Gaza Strip after the partial withdrawal of the occupation forces from southern Gaza. Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades issued the warning in a message to Tel Aviv on Sunday. “You may enter Gaza’s streets, but, owing to our brave fighters’ determination, you shall burn in its alleys every time [you enter],” the warned message read. The brigades earlier reacted to the Israeli army’s withdrawal from the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, saying the regime’s pullout was put down to the army’s failure to achieve its…

In messages to his foreign counterparts on the occasion of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian hoped the Palestinian nation would break free from the Israeli cruelty. In the message, Amirabdollahian regarded Eid al-Fitr as a celebration marking Muslims’ dedication to passing divine tests and as a season of joy and happiness for those who pursue excellence through piety and righteous deeds, drawing them closer to the God Almighty. “With the blessings of this Eid and through enhanced efforts and closer cooperation among Islamic countries, we aim to establish increasing security, prosperity, and peace for…

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has arrived to China on an official visit, his plane landed at Capital Airport in Beijing, a TASS correspondent reports. As Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova announced earlier, in Beijing Lavrov will hold talks with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China Wang Yi. In particular, the ministers will discuss the situation in Ukraine and the Asia-Pacific region, issues of bilateral cooperation and interaction in the international arena, Zakharova said. Lavrov’s visit will last from April 8 to 9. Last time he visited Beijing in October 2023, when the city hosted…

Sixty-two ill freedom fighter Walid Daqqa, who completed 39 years behind bars for his resistance to the Israeli occupation, died today in the Israeli Assaf Harofeh Hospital after years of deliberate medical negligence by the Israeli prison administration, said the Detainees and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs Commission and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS). In a statement, the Commission and PPS described the death of Daqqa as part of the “slow killing” policy followed by the Israeli prison administration against sick prisoners. The health condition of Daqqa has deteriorated since March last year; three months before his previous release date after suffering from severe…

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a telegram of consolation to Russian President Vladimir Putin over the dam break and flood in the Orenburg region, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported. “In the message, the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, on behalf of the DPRK government and people and on his own behalf, extended deep consolation to the Russian president and, through him, to the Russian government, people and victims upon the sad news that a lot of material losses were caused by flooding in the Orenburg Region,” the statement says. In his message the North Korean leader hoped that…

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian left Oman to visit Syria ’s capital Damascus a week after Iran’s consulate there was targeted in a suspected Israeli attack, state media reported on Monday.Iran has vowed to avenge the death of seven of its Revolutionary Guards commanders who were killed in the attack, with a senior adviser to the Supreme Leader saying on Sunday that Israeli embassies were no longer safe.Amirabdollahian started a regional tour on Sunday in Muscat, where he met Omani officials and a representative of Yemen’s Houthis Mohamed Abdelsalam, who said the Iranian-backed militant group would continue to target Israel-bound…

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…