- Middle East
UN chief strongly urges Yemen’s warring parties to renew expiring truce
United Nations: The U.N. chief is strongly urging Yemen’s warring parties to not only renew but expand a truce that expires Sunday, saying it has brought the longest period of relative calm…
- Middle East
Nine foreigners arrested over anti-hijab protests: Iran govt
Tehran: Iran’s intelligence ministry says it has arrested nine foreigners over recent anti-hijab protests sweeping the country. In a statement carried by the state-run news agency IRNA, the ministry said Friday that…
- Middle East
Iran’s anti-veil protests draw on long history of resistance
A young woman climbs to the top of a car in the middle of Mashhad, a conservative Iranian city famed for its Islamic shrines. She takes off her headscarf and starts chanting,…
- Middle East
UN calls on Iran to avoid unecessary force on protesters
Dubai: The United Nations Secretary-General called on Iran early on Wednesday to refrain from using unnecessary or disproportionate force against protesters as unrest over a young woman’s death in police custody spread…
- Middle East
UN nuclear watchdog, Iranian officials meet in Vienna
Berlin: The head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog said he met with his Iranian counterpart in Vienna for talks about an ongoing investigation into man-made uranium particles found at undeclared sites…
- Middle East
Poverty, inflation, fear: Egypt’s economy pushed to brink
Stores are selling winter clothes from last season in the middle of summer. Repair shops lack spare parts for appliances. There’s a waiting list to buy a new car. Egypt, a country…
- Middle East
‘Iranian women are furious’: Activist Masih Alinejad on anti-hijab protests
New York: The tears come quickly to Masih Alinejad when she talks about the messages she’s received in recent days from women in Iran protesting against their government after a young woman…
- Middle East
US allows tech firms to boost internet access in Iran
Washington: The Treasury Department said Friday it was allowing American tech firms to expand their business in Iran, one of the most sanctioned countries in the world, to boost internet access for…
- Middle East
Pro-government rallies held in Iran amid mass protests
Dubai: Iranian counterprotesters gathered across the country on Friday in a show of support for authorities after nearly a week of anti-government protests and unrest over the death of a young woman…
- Middle East
Syrian official says so far, 77 dead in migrant boat sinking
Arida Border Crossing: The sinking off the coast of Syria of a boat carrying migrants from Lebanon has killed 77 people, Syria’s health minister said Friday amid fears that the toll in…
- World
Inflation, unrest challenge Bangladesh’s ”miracle economy”
Dhaka: Standing in line to try to buy food, Rekha Begum is distraught. Like many others in Bangladesh, she is struggling to find affordable daily essentials like rice, lentils and onions. I…
- Middle East
Facebook violated rights of Palestinian users: Report
Actions by Facebook and its parent Meta during last year’s Gaza war violated the rights of Palestinian users to freedom of expression, freedom of assembly, political participation and non-discrimination, a report commissioned by…
- Middle East
60 dead after migrant boat from Lebanon sinks off Syria
Damascus: The death toll from a boat carrying migrants from Lebanon that sank in Syrian waters has risen to 60, the governor of Syria’s coastal province of Tartus said Friday. Abdul- Halim…
- Middle East
Hamas threatens Israel of violence over Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem
Jerusalem: Palestinian militant group Hamas on Thursday threatened hostile actions against Israel over what it called “violations against Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque” ahead of the upcoming Jewish High Holidays. Hamas’s threats…