With negotiations with Houthi sponsor Iran ongoing, US President Donald Trump authorised the bombing of the Houthis for several reasons, only one of which was their attacks on Western shipping.
The list of the Islamic Republic’s disenfranchised is long and getting longer. History shows that this is where the regime’s opposition is likely to be at its most potent.
The political parties holding a meeting in Paris on Thursday all agreed to have a conference in February aimed at supporting the Lebanese armed forces, said a French foreign ministry spokesperson. The spokesperson added that Thursday’s talks in Paris were focused on how to show progress regarding the disarming
Over 1,000 civilians were killed when a Sudanese paramilitary group took over a famine-stricken displacement camp in Sudan’s Darfur in April, including about a third who were summarily executed, according to a report by the UN Human Rights Office on Thursday. For months before the April 11-13 assault,
The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russia was preparing for contacts with the United States to get details about US talks with European powers and Ukraine on a possible peace settlement to end the Ukraine conflict. Politico reported that US and Russian officials are expected to meet in Miami at
China opposed what it said was “unilateral bullying” after Washington ordered a blockade of tankers entering and leaving oil-rich Venezuela, but did not say exactly how it would come to the South American country’s aid or offer any refuge for its embattled leader. Earlier this week, US President Donald
President Donald Trump promised Americans an economic boom in an address to the nation on Wednesday, while blaming Democratic predecessor Joe Biden for high prices that have hit the Republican’s popularity. “Good evening America. Eleven months ago I inherited a mess, and I’m fixing it,” the 79-year-old said
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told EU leaders Thursday they had the “moral” and legal right to use frozen Russian assets to fund Kyiv — as pressure grew on key player Belgium to drop its opposition at a summit showdown. The 27-nation bloc is scrambling to bolster its ally Ukraine, as US
The political parties holding a meeting in Paris on Thursday all agreed to have a conference in February aimed at supporting the Lebanese armed forces, said a French foreign ministry spokesperson. The spokesperson added that Thursday’s talks in Paris were focused on how to show progress regarding the disarming
Cambodia said Thailand’s military on Thursday bombed the casino town of Poipet, a major crossing between the two nations, as foreign powers pressured them to halt reignited border clashes. Thai forces “dropped two bombs in the area of Poipet Municipality, Banteay Meanchey Province” at around 11:00 am (0400
King Charles met “heroic ” British-Arab train guard Samir Zitouni at a reception at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday. Zitouni was hailed a hero for protecting passengers during a knife attack on a train in England last month. The king was pictured shaking hands with Zitouni, who was seriously injured when he
M23 police and plain-clothed intelligence agents were still deployed Thursday in Uvira, local and security sources said, after the armed group announced it had begun withdrawing from the eastern DR Congo city. After seizing the major cities of Goma and Bukavu early this year, fighters from the Rwanda-backed M23 group
Sudan paramilitaries launched a large-scale drone attack in the east on Thursday, a military source told AFP, with strikes hitting a key power station, causing major outages and killing three. Since April 2023, Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been locked in a conflict that
Syria’s President Ahmad Al-Sharaa has extended his deepest condolences to US President Donald Trump following the tragic loss of American soldiers killed in the countryside of Homs on Saturday. In a message addressed to Trump, Al-Sharaa said: “On behalf of the Syrian Arab Republic, I extend my sincere sympathy
Sudan has once again topped a watchlist of global humanitarian crises released by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) aid organization, as warring sides press on with a conflict that has killed tens of thousands of people. It is the third time in a row Sudan has headed the list, which
European leaders including Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskiy meet in The Hague on Tuesday to launch an International Claims Commission to compensate Kyiv for hundreds of billions of dollars in damage from Russian attacks and alleged war crimes. The one-day conference, co-hosted by the Netherlands and the 46-nation Council of
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A mass shooting in which 15 people were killed during a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach was “a terrorist attack inspired by Islamic State,” Australia’s federal police commissioner Krissy Barrett said Tuesday. The suspects were a father and son, aged 50 and 24, authorities have said. The
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President Donald Trump sued the BBC on Monday for defamation over edited clips of a speech that made it appear he directed supporters to storm the US Capitol, opening an international front in his fight against media coverage he deems untrue or unfair. Trump accused Britain’s publicly owned broadcaster
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The Louvre closed its doors to thousands of disappointed visitors on Monday as staff launched a rolling strike to protest working conditions at the Paris landmark, two months after a shocking robbery. Staff assembled outside the museum’s world-famous glass pyramid, blocking the main entrance and holding signs, as security
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday that talks in Berlin with US President Donald Trump’s envoys on ending the war with Russia were “not easy” but brought “real progress” on the question of security guarantees. Zelensky met for a second day with Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and
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More than a year after fleeing Syria, ousted former president Bashar Assad is living a secluded life of luxury in Moscow, with reports suggesting he has returned to studying ophthalmology while remaining cut off from political life. Assad, who trained in London as an eye doctor before assuming power in
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US President Donald Trump on Monday said the International Stabilization Force for Gaza is already running and that more countries would be added. “I think that, in a form, it’s already running,” Trump said in the Oval Office. “More and more countries are coming into it. They’re already
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Turkiye shot down an uncontrolled drone approaching its airspace over the Black Sea, the defense ministry said. The incident follows Turkiye’s warning last week of Black Sea escalation after Russian attacks on Ukrainian ports that damaged three Turkish-owned cargo vessels. In a statement, the ministry said Turkish and NATO
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Iran Between Domestic Challenges and International Setbacks: A Precarious Future
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Clashes erupted for a second night on Saturday between police and youths in the central Tunisian city of Kairouan after a man died following a police chase, according to his family, fueling authorities’ fears that protests could spread across the country. As Tunisia prepares to mark the January anniversary of
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Syria’s interior ministry said on Sunday that the gunman who killed three Americans in the central Palmyra region the previous day was a member of the security forces who was to have been fired for extremism. Two US troops and a civilian interpreter died in the attack on Saturday,
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Exposure to freezing temperatures near Morocco’s border with Algeria killed nine African migrants, a tragedy that rights groups in the North African country called deeply concerning and a violation of the right to freedom of movement. The bodies of seven men and two women were found in Ras Asfour,
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Organising awareness-raising events in Italy hopefully helps keep the issue of Iran’s repressive regime in the public consciousness. One day, hopefully one day soon, brave Iranians will earn their freedom.
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Centralising power Two or three years ago, political Shi’ism in the Middle East was at or near its zenith. With its power base in Iran and a network of armed groups ready and able to do Tehran’s bidding, the system and the strategy born after 1979 could certainly
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Excluding clerics and religious parties from the state’s executive, legislative, and judicial institutions is important if Arab and Islamic countries want to perform as well as their Western peers.
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President Volodymyr Zelensky offered to drop Ukraine’s aspirations to join the NATO military alliance as he held five hours of talks with US envoys in Berlin on Sunday to end the war with Russia, with negotiations set to continue on Monday. Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff said “a lot
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lashed out at Australia’s leader on Sunday while nations expressed shock and sympathy over a mass shooting at a Jewish holiday event, saying he had warned Prime Minister Anthony Albanese that “your call for a Palestinian state pours fuel on the antisemitic fire.” Netanyahu