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Israeli occupiers torch mosque, injure 4 Palestinians in West Bank attacks

Israeli occupiers set fire to two houses and a mosque and injured four Palestinians in a series of attacks in the occupied West Bank on Sunday. The Palestinian Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs said in a statement that Israeli occupiers set fire to a mosque in the town of Tuwana in Masafer Yatta in Hebron, causing extensive damage to the facility. The ministry, citing local sources, said the occupiers stormed the village and used flammable materials to set the mosque ablaze before residents and civil defence teams rushed to extinguish the flames. According to the ministry, clashes broke out during the firefighting efforts with Israeli army forces, who were providing protection for the occupiers. The ministry called the mosque attack "a fully-fledged act of terrorism," saying it was part of an Israeli policy aimed at displacing Palestinians from Masafer Yatta. Read More: Zohran renews pledge on Netanyahu arrest Tuwana municipal chief Muhammad Raba’I ...
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Jordan has not ordered evacuation of Aqaba airport or seaport, gov't spokesperson says

Jordanian authorities ​have not issued any decision on ‌Sunday to evacuate the airport or seaport in Aqaba, the government's spokesperson told Reuters, after the US embassy ​in Amman said they had been ​evacuated due to a credible threat. المومني: لم يسجل لدى الجهات الأردنية المختصة تهديدات محتملة خلال الساعات الماضية#بترا #الأردن #عاجل — Jordan News Agency (@Petranews) July 19, 2026 "No potential ⁠threats have been recorded by the relevant ​Jordanian authorities in the past few hours," government ​spokesperson Mohammad Al-Momani told Reuters in a written statement. "The airport and port are operating normally." The US embassy had ​said the airport and seaport were evacuated ​due to a "specific and credible threat", without providing further details. Security Alert: U.S. Embassy Amman - July 19. 2026 Due to a specific and credible threat, Jordanian authorities evacuated the international airport and seaport in Aqaba. We strongl...

5 dead, 14 missing while attempting to enter Iran illegally from Afghanistan

Afghan security forces recovered the bodies of five people who were attempting to enter Iran illegally but died from thirst and extreme heat in the deserts of southwestern Nimroz province, local media reported on Sunday. Efforts are underway to locate another 14 people who remain missing, local broadcaster Tolo News reported, citing Nimroz police spokesman Gul Mohammad Qudrat. The deceased were part of a 19-member group attempting to cross illegally into neighbouring Iran through remote desert areas spanning Helmand and Nimroz provinces. Many Afghans, particularly young people, attempt to enter Iran illegally in search of work. Last year, dozens of Afghan migrants died from exposure to freezing temperatures while attempting to cross into Iran. from Latest World News, International News | Breaking World News https://ift.tt/vpmtSCT

Israel to receive more US refuelling planes as Iran attacks intensify, Israeli officials say

Israel is preparing to receive more US ​refuelling aircraft, an Israeli military official said on Sunday, as attacks ‌launched by the United States and Iran have escalated over the past week. The US and Iran have intensified strikes since an interim ceasefire deal signed a month ago crumbled, raising the ​possibility of a return to all-out war. Israel has not joined the ​latest US attacks. The Israeli official said the US had "decided to ⁠adjust its force posture in the region" and "to reinforce the existing fleet of ​aerial refuelling aircraft stationed in Israel with additional refuelling aircraft." Another senior Israeli official ​said dozens of US refuelling planes were expected to arrive in Israel. The US Embassy in Jerusalem was not immediately available for comment. Since the conflict began with US and Israeli strikes ​against Iran on February 28, the US has stationed dozens of refuelling ​aircraft in Israel. Citing three US and Israeli official...

Palestinian agency warns about Israeli plans for more than 1,000 new illegal settlement units in West Bank

The Palestinian Colonisation and Wall Resistance Commission warned Friday that Israel is advancing new illegal settlement plans in the occupied West Bank involving the construction of 1,024 settlement units on more than 1,069 dunams (1,264.2 acres) of Palestinian land. The commission said Israeli authorities are accelerating settlement expansion through projects aimed at "entrenching de facto annexation and expanding settlements" across the occupied territory. It said Israel's Higher Planning Council, operating under the Civil Administration, has discussed nine settlement plans since the beginning of July that have entered the approval and deposit stages. The plans include 1,024 new settlement units, with 455 units approved and 569 deposited for additional planning procedures. Read: Israel signs $2.3b deal to expand West Bank settlements with 12,000 new homes The commission said the projects are part of "a systematic policy" to strengthen settlemen...

Prosecutors file attempted aggravated murder charges in stabbing of Muslim man in Utah

Prosecutors in a Utah county announced the filing of two attempted aggravated murder charges on Friday against a man who police said had stabbed a Muslim man multiple times earlier this week because of the victim's religion. Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill said the defendant, Peter Michael Larsen, was charged with two counts of first-degree felony attempted aggravated murder over Monday's knife attack at the Valley Fair Mall in West Valley City. Read: The West's increasing campaign against Islam "In the filed information document, notices are given for a potential hate crime, the defendant as a habitual violent offender, and use of a dangerous weapon by a restricted person," Gill's office said in a statement. "An alleged unprovoked attack on anyone in our community is unacceptable, but an attack allegedly motivated because of the victim's religion ...

Iranians suffer new uncertainty and anxiety as US steps up attacks

A new wave of US attacks on Iran has plunged Iranians back into deep uncertainty and anxiety after a period of relative calm while a shaky ceasefire held. Iranians contacted by Reuters via an encrypted messaging app ​said economic problems were mounting and they were consumed by worries over what will happen next. Sharing a photograph of her weekly grocery shopping, Somayeh, 40, a photographer in ‌Tehran, said the pre-war prices had almost doubled. "The most important thing overall in the middle of the war is the economy. Every day our situation is worse and more difficult," she said. "The thing that’s the most stressful is the back and forth: one day it’s war, the next it’s peace. We don’t know what’s actually going to happen. We can’t even make plans for two days in the future." Like everyone else interviewed by Reuters, she spoke on ​condition of partial anonymity, declining to let her full name be used and citing...