Iran mourns those slain in Islamic State-claimed suicide blasts as death toll rises to 89 January 04, 2024 at 11:50PM

Iran mourned slain in ISIS suicide bombing during funeral for general killed in US drone strike. Death toll rises to 89. Tensions in the Middle East and Israel's war on Hamas intertwine with the funeral. Iran's Revolutionary Guard links the attack to the US. Crowd shouts 'Death to America!' and 'Death to Israel!' State television attempts to link America to the attack. US troops battled ISIS to retake territory. Two suicide bombers carried out the attack during the commemoration for Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack.

UN access at Ukraine nuclear plant curbed for safety: Russia January 04, 2024 at 11:15PM

Russia confirmed blocking the UN's nuclear watchdog from accessing Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia power plant due to safety concerns. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been monitoring the plant since September 2022. Renat Karchaa of Russia's Rosatom alleged that the IAEA team tried to access the containment shells. Personnel access to the containment shells is prohibited unless justified or in emergencies. The IAEA chief, Rafael Grossi, stated that experts were denied access to reactor halls where the core and spent fuel are located.

Israel forces eliminated terrorists, destroyed rocket launchers in Gaza January 04, 2024 at 10:52PM

During the last day, IDF (Israel Defense Forces) forces operating from the air, sea and land attacked more than 100 terrorist targets in the Gaza Strip in the areas of Al Buraij and Khan Yunis, including military headquarters and rocket launching positions and buildings where terrorist infrastructure was stored alongside weapons. In Al Buraij, where the fighters of the IDF's 414th intelligence collection battalion were operating, an armed terrorist squad tried to attack a tank.