US sanctions Chinese refinery over Iran oil trade ahead of second round of nuclear talks

Iranian oil exports have surged recently despite President Trump's vow to reduce them to 'zero'

"Today we have one duty to defend the Palestinians from the Israeli apartheid state," said Yanis Varoufakis, former Greek finance minister, during an interview with Anadolu Agency.

Nearly 200 killed in 2,740 Israeli violations of ceasefire with Lebanon

Lebanon’s information minister said that Israel’s occupation of south Lebanon and its constant violations are hindering efforts to implement the ceasefire deal

❗️Medical sources in Gaza report that at least 27 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli raids on the Gaza Strip since dawn today, 21 of them in Gaza City and the northern Gaza Strip.

(Al Jazeera)

⭕️ The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today sanctioned Yemen-based International Bank of Yemen Y.S.C. (IBY) and several of its officials, accusing the institution of providing financial support to Ansarallah—part of what OFAC describes as Iran’s "threat network."

“Financial institutions like IBY play a key role in enabling the Houthis to access the international financial system, posing a threat to regional stability and global commerce,” said Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Michael Faulkender. “Treasury is committed to working with Yemen’s internationally recognized government to cut off the Houthis’ funding streams and disrupt their ability to procure materials for destabilizing attacks.”

This move follows OFAC’s earlier sanctions against the Yemen Kuwait Bank for Trade and Investment Y.S.C., which was also accused of ties to Ansarallah.

Qatari Emir tells Putin Israel 'failed to honor Gaza truce deal'

Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani expressed frustration over Israel's refusal to uphold the Gaza ceasefire agreed to in January with Qatari mediation

Saudi Defense Minister Khaled Bin Salman and his accompanying delegation were welcomed by Major General Mohammad Bagheri, the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of Iran.

⭕️ Ahmad al-Sharaa, former Al-Qaeda chief and self-appointed Syrian president, has been named one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people of 2025.

The only leader from West Asia on the list, he joins celebrities including Ed Sheeran, Adam Scott, and Scarlett Johansson.

Nominated by former US Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford, al-Sharaa is described as "soft-spoken" and "ambitious," with a history of fighting both with and against ISIS and Al-Qaeda.

All of this, while he continues to oversee massacres on the Syrian coast.

❗️Gaza Ministry of Health:

– "40 martyrs (including 1 recovered) and 73 injuries arrived at Gaza hospitals in the past 24 hours."

– "The death toll and injuries since 18 March 2025 has reached 1,691 martyrs and 4,464 injured."

– "The death toll from the Israeli aggression has risen to 51,065 martyrs and 116,505 injured since 7 October 2023."

❗️Palestinian journalist Mohammad Mona before and after being held in administrative detention by Israel for nearly two years.

He had been detained without charge or trial since 27 June, 2023. He is from Nablus, in the northern occupied West Bank.

'Soft-spoken' Sharaa makes Time 100 list as sectarian massacres continue in Syria

The new president of Syria formerly headed an extremist group that has been incorporated into the new Syrian military and is targeting Alawites along the country's coast

BREAKING | 3 US airstrikes target a government complex in the Mukayria district, Al Bayda governorate, central Yemen.

Putin meets Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi at the Kremlin

Araghchi reportedly carries a secret letter from Supreme Leader Khamenei to Putin regarding Iran's nuclear talks.

(RT)