A ranking Islamic Jihad official says the recent US move to pull the plug on pro-resistance websites is aimed at hiding American and Israeli crimes being perpetrated in the region.

Iran’s customs office says narcotics seizure at borders surged by over five times in the quarter to May.

Following the United States’ seizure of tens of Iranian and regional media websites including that of Press TV, media activists have questioned the US’s claim of an advocate for freedom of expression.

Hezbollah and Iraqi anti-terror Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq movement strongly condemn the US seizure of website domains connected to pro-resistance media outlets.

In a coordinated hostile action, the US has targeted Iranian .com domains, among them PressTV, the voice of the voiceless.

The US seizes multiple websites belonging to Iranian and regional news outlets, including Press TV.

Political commentator, Jason Unruhe, says the US seizure of websites during the JCPOA negotiations is a deliberate provocative attack. 

The Iranian-flagged tanker MT Horse seized by Indonesia in January over allegations of illegal oil transfer in the country’s waters is released.

The Taliban militant group captures a key district in Afghanistan’s central province of Wardak, despite the announcement of a three-day ceasefire for the Eid al-Fitr holiday.

Egypt’s Grand Mufti Shawki Allam warns against the Israeli regime’s plans to Judaize the occupied Jerusalem al-Quds, and obliterate its true identity.