Category: 3. Middle East

Israel’s treatment of the detainees has been condemned by several countries, including key allies.

Israel has begun deporting the hundreds of activists abducted by Israeli forces who stormed a Gaza aid flotilla…

This week, Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel’s national security minister,…

Independent filmmakers in Iran face a fresh wave of repression and extreme economic hardship because of the war, risking choking off a mainstay of world cinema, industry insiders say.

Despite heavy censorship and regular prosecutions, acclaimed…

Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has posted a video of himself taunting foreign activists abducted from a Gaza-bound aid flotilla at a makeshift holding pen in Israel’s city of Ashdod.

The activists, abducted by…

This past weekend, international scholars and speakers invited to the Muslim Association of Canada’s (MAC) annual convention in Toronto reportedly faced extraordinary immigration scrutiny. MAC said many had their electronic travel…

Kyiv, Ukraine – In November 2023, representatives of two Chinese companies signed a deal to supply stone-crushing machinery for construction projects.

Despite being inked in Moscow, the contract was not made with a sovereign nation. It was…

By Parisa Hafezi and Rami Ayyub

DUBAI, May 21 (Reuters) – Iran’s Supreme Leader has issued a directive that the country’s near-weapons-grade uranium should not be sent abroad, two senior Iranian sources said, hardening Tehran’s stance on one of…

By Parisa Hafezi and Rami Ayyub

DUBAI, May 21 (Reuters) – Iran’s Supreme Leader has issued a directive that the country’s near-weapons-grade uranium should not be sent abroad, two senior Iranian sources said, hardening Tehran’s stance on one of…

Pakistan’s army chief was due in Iran Thursday, Iranian media reported, with Islamabad mediating as the Islamic republic examines a new US proposal to end the Middle East war.

The expected visit by Field Marshal Asim Munir, a powerful figure with…

Justice Secretary says anyone helping Senator Ronald ‘Bato’ dela Rosa evade arrest will ‘face consequences’.

The Philippine justice secretary has ordered law enforcement to apprehend a senator wanted by…