TEHRAN: Iran on Friday hanged four people convicted of spying for arch foe Israel, the judiciary said, less than two weeks after authorities had executed a man on similar grounds.
“Four members of a sabotage group related to the Zionist regime (Israel)... were hanged this morning” in Iran’s northwestern province of West Azerbaijan, the judiciary’s Mizan Online website reported.
RIYADH: An anti-ship ballistic missile and a drone fired by Houthis on international shipping in the Red Sea on Dec. 28 were intercepted and taken down by a US Navy ship, the American military said Friday.
In post on X, formerly known as Twitter, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said the missile and drone were fired from Yemen between 5:45 - 6: 10 p.m. (Sanaa time) on Dec. 28 were shot down by the guided-missile destroyer USS Mason.
"There was no damage to any of the 18 ships in the area or reported injuries," the post said.
CAIRO: The special session of the Arab Parliament on Palestine, under the title “Supporting Palestine and Gaza,” began on Thursday, headed by Parliament Speaker Adel Abdulrahman Al-Asoumi and held at the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the Arab League in Cairo.
The session was attended by Speaker of the Jordanian Parliament Ahmed Safadi, Speaker of the Palestinian National Council Rawhi Fattouh, and several Arab parliamentary figures.