The president of Yemen's Supreme Political Council says those who gifted Jeffrey Epstein, the late convicted American sex trafficker, the Kaaba cover are the ones targeting Mecca and other holy Muslim sites.

Hamas resistance movement has condemned Israeli so-called national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s latest incursion into the al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

Israeli authorities have further eroded the longstanding status quo at al-Aqsa Mosque by allowing settlers to enter the compound and conduct certain rituals.

Foreign ministers of Turkey, UAE, Indonesia, Qatar, Egypt, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Jordan call for immediate cessation of illegal, provocative Israeli actions.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman condemns the latest incursion by a group of Israeli settlers in the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the occupied al-Quds.

Here are Press TV's latest top stories, 1600 GMT on February 20, 2026.

Israel says forces would be deployed “day and night” across the compound in East al-Quds