TEHRAN – For decades, the Strait of Hormuz has remained one of the most sensitive geopolitical chokepoints in the world. This narrow waterway, which links the Persian Gulf to the Sea of Oman and extends beyond to international waters, serves…
Category: 2. World
-
Black Sabbath’s Ozzy Osbourne dies, weeks after farewell show
Mark SavageMusic Correspondent
Getty ImagesOzzy Osbourne said at his final gig: “You have no idea how I feel. Thank you from the bottom of my heart” Ozzy Osbourne, one of the most recognisable and influential musicians in rock, has died at the age…
Continue Reading
-
‘They shot patients in beds’ – BBC hears claims of massacre at Suweida hospital
BBC / Jon DonnisonThe outbreak of violence in southern Syria’s Druze-majority Suweida province has caused alarm in recent days Syrian government forces have been accused of carrying out a massacre at a hospital during sectarian clashes which…
Continue Reading
-
Wild life of Ozzy Osbourne, rock’s ‘prince of darkness’
Getty ImagesOzzy Osbourne, who has died at the age of 76, helped forge the sound that became known as heavy metal – and on top of that, the frontman practically invented the image of the wild rock star.
Ozzy’s band Black Sabbath made an indelible…
Continue Reading
-
UN: Israel has killed over 1,000 seeking Gaza aid since late May
The UN on Tuesday said Israeli forces have killed over 1,000 Palestinians trying to get food aid in Gaza since the US- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation started operations.
An officially private effort, the GHF began operations on May…
Continue Reading
-
US envoy Barrack threatens Lebanon
BEIRUT—Since his first visit to Beirut, US envoy Thomas Barrack has repeatedly gone around in circles. He proposed an alleged American “solution,” to which Lebanon responded by affirming its commitment to UN Resolution 1701 and prioritizing…
Continue Reading
-
US-Israel aggression on Gaza goes beyond all moral standards
Sheikh Naim Qassem issued a statement on Tuesday, saying that “American-Israeli aggression have exceeded all human and moral standards.”
He said that the international silence towards the aggression against Gaza undermines international law.
…
Continue Reading
-
Swift Yemeni response after Israeli aggression
TEHRAN – Yemeni forces waged a series of attacks less than 24 hours after the Israeli occupation regime struck Hodeidah port.
The Yemeni Armed Forces have announced a precision military operation targeting Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv. The…
Continue Reading
-
Trump pulls US out of UN cultural agency UNESCO for second time
President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the U.N. culture and education agency UNESCO on Tuesday, repeating a move he had already ordered during his first term, which had been reversed under Joe Biden, Reuters reported.
The…
Continue Reading
-
Gaza extermination: What is your last thought when you’re starving to death?
On Sunday alone, at least 18 Palestinians died of hunger in Gaza, as Israel continues to enforce a systematic starvation policy on the territory’s two million residents.
I have been haunted by the thought: what goes through someone’s…
Continue Reading