Meta blacklists Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei

The tech giant says it prohibits people with a “violent mission” or those “engaged in violence”

US social media giants accused of bias over Israel’s war on Gaza

Serkan Bayrakci, a professor at Istanbul-based Marmara University, stresses need for social media platforms based in different regions

Israeli defense minister says army’s next target is Rafah

Yoav Gallant reiterates that at the end of the fighting, Hamas won't be able to rule Gaza again

US ‘threatens peace’ in the Middle East – Russia

Pentagon’s strikes in Syria and Iraq are illegal under international law, Moscow’s envoy has told the UN

Blinken returns to Middle East for 5th tour since Oct. 7 amid efforts for new hostage deal

Secretary of State to continue efforts to reach hostage deal, including humanitarian pause, says spokesman

Renowned Journalist Motaz Azaiza leaves Gaza

Azaiza hinted at multiple reasons for his evacuation, some of which he suggested were known to his audience.

‘We are attacking Iran’ – Netanyahu

Israel’s prime minister accuses Tehran of supporting militant groups ‘from the Houthis to Hezbollah to Hamas’

Pakistan recalls envoy from Iran after ‘unprovoked’ missile strikes

The decision was announced by a Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokesman on January 17, just a day after Iraq recalled its envoy from Tehran after civilians were killed in an IRGC missile strike in Irbil.

Islamabad threatens Tehran with ‘serious consequences’

Iran has reportedly launched a strike on the Pakistani-based group Jaish al-Adl

Pakistan says Iran violated airspace, killing two children

Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency and state television had said that missiles and drones were used in the strikes in Pakistan.

Stepping up tone, US says Iran ‘deeply involved’ in Houthi ship attacks

The White House publicly released US intelligence as the Iranian-linked Yemeni insurgents persist with ship strikes they say are in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, where Israel is battling Hamas militants.

Multiple commercial vessels attacked in Red Sea

The attack began around 9:15 a.m. local time (0615 GMT) in Houthi-controlled Sanaa, Yemen's capital, Central Command said.