Arab League chief urges Iraqi parties to avoid escalation – Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit has appealed to all Iraqi parties to avoid further escalation in the country’s political crisis. He urged all Iraqi
Indonesia blocks Yahoo, PayPal for failing to comply with licensing rules – Indonesia has blocked several popular tech websites including search engine Yahoo and e-payment provider PayPal, an official confirmed on Saturday.
China announces military exercise opposite Taiwan – China said it was conducting military exercises Saturday off its coast opposite Taiwan after warning Speaker Nancy Pelosi of the US House of Representatives to
Iran arrests a Swedish citizen on espionage charges -IRNA – Iran’s intelligence ministry said on Saturday that it had arrested a Swedish citizen on espionage charges, the official IRNA news agency reported,
Iran – Three Women Executed in a Day; Afghan Senobar Jalali Executed for Murder – Senobar Jalali, an Afghan woman sentenced to qisas for murder is the third woman to have been executed in
Iranian actress Nazanin Bahrami arrested after signing anti-sexual violence statement – Iranian actress Nazanin Bahrami has been arrested in Tehran by undercover police after signing a mass statement against sexual violence, her
Amnesty: Taliban crackdown on rights is ‘suffocating’ women – The lives of Afghan women and girls are being destroyed by a “suffocating” crackdown by the Taliban since they took power nearly a
At least 15 killed as anti-U.N. protests flare in east Congo – At least 15 people were killed and about 50 wounded during a second day of violent anti-United Nations protests in
Houthi captors torture abducted model in Sanaa prison – The Iran-backed Houthis brutally tortured and placed abducted model Entesar Al-Hammadi in solitary confinement in Sanaa, government officials have warned. The Houthis abducted
President’s supporters welcome vote on Tunisia constitution – Its detractors say Tunisia’s draft constitution will give President Kais Saied unchecked powers, but for voter Baya, that’s a welcome break from the country’s