Five US Citizens Land In Qatar As Part Of US-Iran Prisoner Swap
2023-09-18 | By middleeastmonitor | 22 Hits
Five US citizens left Iran and landed in Doha on Monday in a prisonerswapfor five Iranians held in the United States and the transfer of 6 billion in Iranian funds in a rare moment of cooperation between the longtime antagonists Reuters reports 8220Today five innocent Americans who were imprisoned in Iran are finally coming home8221 US President Joe Biden said in a statement shortly before the US detainees descended the stairs of a Qatari jet to be embraced by US diplomats Separately Iran8217s Press TV said the five Iranians deta
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Iran Launches Noor 3 Satellite Into Orbit
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:30 | Hits: 4 | US
Iran8217s Revolutionary Guards successfully launched a third military satellite into orbit today state media reported citing Minister of Communications Issa Zarepour According toReuters the Noor 3 imaging satellite orbits at an altitude of 450 kilometres 280 miles above the earth8217s surface and was launched by the threestage Qased or messenger carrier state media said which laun...
Third Bahraini Soldier Dies After 'Houthi Drone Attack' Close To Saudi Border
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:30 | Hits: 11 | US
A third Bahraini serviceman died today following an alleged drone strike carried out by Yemens Houthialigned armed forces on Monday against forces of the Saudiled coalition in Saudi Arabia near the border with Yemen Bahrain8217s state news agency said The news comes a day aftertheBahraini militarysaid in a statement that an officer and a soldier were killed on the SaudiYemen border on ...
Hollywood Writers Strike Ends After Agreement On AI And Other Issues
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 05:02 | Hits: 22 | US
The fivemonth Hollywood writers strike was called off on Tuesday after union leaders approved a new threeyear deal...
These 183,000 Books Are Intensifying The Fight Between Publishing & Tech
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 09:01 | Hits: 20 | US
Recently Alex Reisner of the Atlantic reported that a dataset of more than 183000 books was used without permission for training generative AI systems by Bloomberg Meta and others This dataset of pirated books is called Books3 and includes books by famous authors such as JK Rowling Neil Gaiman Amitav Ghosh and more Reisner has provided an easytouse search tool enabling people to l...
Iran Sentences 4 To Death For Selling Counterfeit Alcohol
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:30 | Hits: 7 | US
An Iranian court has sentenced four people to death on charges of producing and distributing counterfeit alcohol theMizannews agency of the Iranian judiciary reported yesterday The counterfeit and bootlegged alcohol poisoned hundreds of people in the northern province of Alborz in June A total of 208 people were poisoned of whom 17 died and another 191 were injured or disabled after consumin...
Netanyahu Says Israel Will Never Remain Jewish State If Eastern Border Is Not Closed
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:30 | Hits: 4 | US
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned that without a fence along the border with Jordan Israel will never remain a Jewish state Arab48com reported on Tuesday Citing Kan 11 the website said that Netanyahu made his comment during a recent ministerial council meeting Following the riots by Eritrean asylum seekers earlier this month that rocked south Tel Aviv Netanyahu reiterated...
Russia: US Smuggling Syrias Oil, Grain Via quasi-Kurdish State
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:30 | Hits: 4 | US
The US is creating a quasiKurdish state8221 in Syria to smuggle oil and grains Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said yesterday Speaking at a newsconferencein Moscow Lavrov briefed his Tunisian counterpart Nabil Ammar about the work that Russia Turkiye and Iran are carrying out within the framework of the Astana peace talks to promote a Syrian settlement We discussed politica...
Security Equipment Stolen From Israel PMs Home
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 09:00 | Hits: 10 | US
Israeli media revealed that a young man had broken into a security room in front of the home of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to steal a bag of security equipment The man was later arrested and charged with theft Yedioth Ahronothnewspaper said that a 29yearold man broke into a security room outside Netanyahu8217s house in occupied Jerusalem on the eve of Yom Kippur and stole a bag cont...
NASAs Mars Helicopter Has Just Flown Faster Than Ever Before
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 08:32 | Hits: 24 | US
NASAs Mars helicopter has set a new speed record during its latest flight on the red planet It comes just a week after it beat its own altitude record...
Cyprus Says Lebanon Needs EU Aid To Deal With Migration Crisis
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:30 | Hits: 5 | US
EU member Cyprus wants Brussels to offer financial and technical aid to Lebanon to help it cope with an influx of Syrian refugees and keep them from reaching the island the Cypriot interior minister said on Wednesday According to Reuters Constantinos Ioannou also said that Nicosia had offered to donate speedboats and conduct joint patrols with Lebanon after recent arrivals by sea suggested traf...