Category: 2. World

TEHRAN – Inspired by the Gospel story of feeding the four thousand, an Iranian writer asks: if Christ were alive today, would he stay in the Vatican—or sail with the Freedom Flotilla to Gaza?

Feeding the four thousand

On one of those days, a…

TEHRAN – Today marks the second year that Israel is fighting Palestinian rebels in Gaza. The war began as Hamas launched a surprise attack on southern Israel. Israel’s response to the attack has been unimaginably disproportionate.

Now the…

The court found Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman guilty of 27 counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes, including rape, murder and persecution. His sentence will be determined at a later date after a new round of hearings, Reuters reported.

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Hours after quitting, Lecornu accepted a request from French President Emmanuel Macron to work on a plan for the “stability for the country” by Wednesday evening, BBC reported. 

That unexpected twist capped a day of political upheaval which saw…

Hundreds of demonstrators rallied in Sao Paulo to call for an end to Israeli army attacks in the Gaza Strip and the release of activists aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla with humanitarian aid.

Footage shows a crowd…

The UN Human Rights Office has voiced concern over the ill-treatment of activists aboard the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla, who were intercepted in international waters and transferred to Israeli prisons in the…

The Green Party of England and Wales has voted for a motion calling for the Israeli military to be designated as a “terrorist organization,” stressing that Britain should apologize for the 1917 Balfour Declaration.

At…

The Iranian commander was on a visit to Saint Petersburg, Russia, on Monday, where he plans to participate in a meeting of Caspian Sea naval commanders, Press TV reported.

“The five littoral states of the Caspian Sea have established very good…

Indirect talks on ending the war in Gaza have started in Egypt, Al Jazeera reported.

The talks are said to be in the same building but in differet rooms. The mediators shuttle between the delegations.

The US President Donald Trump has on…