Mossad chief met Syrian foreign minister to ease tensions, Haaretz reports Mossad chief Roman Gofman met with Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani, Haaretz reported on Sunday, citing a source with knowledge of the meeting. The source said the talks were part of an effort to ease tensions following the Israeli airstrike on Syria's Abu al-Duhur airbase earlier this week.
New Delhi [India], August 23 (ANI): As tensions continue to escalate between the United States and Iran in wake of the crisis in West Asia, Foreign Affairs Expert Waiel Awwad on Sunday opined that President Donald Trump's latest claims on the Strait of Hormuz exposes Washington DC's true intentions.
Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], August 23 (ANI): Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Mansukh Mandaviya and Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports Raksha Khadse on Sunday led a BRICS Friendship cycling event in Visakhapatnam as part of the 87th edition of Fit India Sundays on Cycle, organised on the sidelines of the BRICS Youth & Sports Ministers' Meeting hosted by India.
Israeli drone strike north of Khan Younis wounds six At least six Palestinians have been wounded in an Israeli drone strike north of Khan Younis, Wafa news agency reports. According to the report, two missiles struck a tent near the Albanian mosque. It added that earlier, another four civilians were wounded in a separate Israeli attack targeting an area outside the Israeli-controlled areas north of Khan Younis.
Israeli forces kill three Palestinians in Gaza, shoot child dead in Nablus Submitted by MEE staff on Sun, 08/23/2026 - 14:35 The child was shot in the chest during a raid on Askar refugee camp in the occupied West Bank A fireball rises during an Israeli strike in Maghazi, central Gaza, 23 August 2026 (Eyad Baba/AFP) Off A 14-year-old Palestinian was shot dead by Israeli forces during a raid on a refugee camp east of Nablus on Sunday, as Israeli military operations and settler attacks continued across the occupied West Bank and air strikes killed at least three Palestinians in central Gaza. The Palestinian child was shot in the chest during an Israeli raid on the Askar refugee camp, Al Jazeera reported, quoting a medical source. In central Gaza, two Palestinians were killed and seven others wounded in an Israeli attack on the Nuseirat refugee camp and the town of az-Zawayda, Al Jazeera reported, quoting a source at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) spokesman dismissed the US threat of an intensified economic war against Iran as an implicit admission of its military defeat, saying Washington has been waging economic warfare against Tehran for decades.
Four-year-old Palestinian killed in Israeli attack in Gaza Al Jazeera reported earlier today that at least two had been killed in two separate Israeli attacks on Nuseirat refugee camp and Zawayda in central Gaza. Reuters is reporting, citing Palestinian health officials, that a four-year-old was killed in a strike on a building in Zawayda. The child, Mohammad Abdel-Salam Taha, was wounded- along with six others- by flying debris and shrapnel, and later prounounced dead at hospital.
Iran discovers over 7. 5 trillion cubic feet of gas, oil minister says Iran has discovered over 7. 5 trillion cubic feet of gas in a field south of its Fars Province, the country's oil minister, Mohsen Paknejad, said in comments carried by state media on Sunday.
Twenty-five patients evacuated from Gaza to Egypt Twenty-five patients and 32 accompanying family members have been evacuated from Gaza to Egypt, Al Jazeera is reporting, citing local sources. The group was evacuated out via the Rafah crossing in coordination with the World Health Organization, according to the report.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran has discovered a new gas field in the southern province of Fars containing more than 7. 5 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of gas, with around 5. 7 Tcf recoverable, Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad announced.
New Delhi [India], August 23 (ANI): Foreign affairs expert Robinder Sachdev has dismissed US President Donald Trump's claims regarding the Strait of Hormuz as 'bluff and bluster', pointing out that despite the rhetoric, the confrontation has largely shifted towards severe economic sanctions targeting Iran's trade networks.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran is reviewing plans to establish a new air route in the country’s south at the request of Oman and Dubai-based airline flydubai, with the aim of facilitating flights and improving regional air traffic flows.
Iran’s new hard-line national security adviser, Mohsen Rezaei, vowed to prevent “a single drop of oil” from leaving the region.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The US is frustrated after repeated military and economic pressure campaigns against Iran have failed, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said, stressing that Washington has no option but to engage with the Iranian people respectfully.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran and Turkey are going to establish a new railroad connection through the Cheshmeh Soraya border crossing, as preparations are underway to begin construction of a major rail project linking Iran’s network to Turkey’s railroad system.
Child shot dead by Israeli forces during raid in Nablus A 14-year-old Palestinian was shot dead by Israeli forces during a raid on the Askar refugee camp, east of Nablus, Al Jazeera is reporting, citing a medical source. According to the source, the child was shot in the chest.
Israeli attack in central Gaza kills two, wounds seven Two Palestinians have been killed and seven others wounded in an Israeli attack on the Nuseirat refugee camp and the town of az-Zawayda in central Gaza, Al Jazeera reports, citing a source at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital.
The facility was reportedly put out of operation for four days after an Iran-linked hack A small-scale British power plant was taken offline because of a cyber attack, with UK authorities blaming an Iranian-linked hacking group, The Telegraph reported on Saturday.
Iranian cyber attack shuts down UK power plant for four days, report says Submitted by MEE staff on Sun, 08/23/2026 - 11:13 Attack appears to be the latest escalation after London allowed Washington to use British bases in 'defensive operations' against Iran Members of the US Air Force prepare munitions at RAF Fairford in south-west England, 10 March 2026 (Henry Nicholls/AFP) Off Iranian hackers shut down a British power plant for four days in an unprecedented cyber attack, the Sunday Telegraph reported . According to the newspaper, the incident appears to mark the first time Iran-linked hackers have successfully shut down such a British facility. The incident occurred alongside a series of attacks on US water infrastructure last month, which affected at least 12 states and caused concern in the White House.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – More than 1. 5 million patients across Iran use diagnostic and therapeutic products developed by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) every year, AEOI chief Mohammad Eslami said.
