The Biden administration has notified Congress of a proposed $8 billion arms sale to Israel, a US official said on Friday.

The deal would need approval from the House of Representatives and Senate committees and includes munitions for fighter jets and attack helicopters as well as artillery shells, Axios reported.

The package also includes

Russia has vowed retaliation after claiming to have shot down eight US-made ATACMS missiles fired by Ukraine on Saturday morning.

Moscow sees the use of such missiles, which have a range of up to 300 kilometers (186 miles), as a major escalation, CNN reported. 

The country’s air defenses shot down the eight ballistic missiles alongside 72 a

TEHRAN- Israel stands accused of intensifying efforts to annex the entire occupied West Bank as Donald Trump is preparing to take the helm at the White House. 

In November last year, the Israeli finance minister who is a member of the Religious Zionist Party said he believed Israel could work with the incoming Trump administration to promote

TEHRAN-The musical play “Violetta” directed by Neda Shahrokhi will be staged at the Art Palace in Tehran on Tuesday.

It is an adaptation of “La Traviata” (The Fallen Woman), an opera in three acts by the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi, Mehr reported.

Ali Paknahal has translated the opera and Yasaman Khajei serves as the dramaturge in the 90-minute