Israeli occupation of Palestine has cost the Palestinian economy more than $2.5 billion a year for the past two decades, a UN report said Monday. The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development report estimated the total fiscal loss to the Palestinian government between 2000 and 2017 at $47.7 billion. ...
Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani says Iran is ready to react if the Europeans use a “snapback mechanism” in the nuclear accord to reinstate sanctions on Tehran. Larijani issued the warning on Sunday after French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian raised the possibility of triggering the dispute mechanism. “If the the ...