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Iran executes more than 500 this year

Wednesday 07-12-2022 05:24 PM

More than 500 people have been executed by Iran this year, according to a new count by human rights activists, a big increase already on last year. Iran is one of several Middle Eastern countries ...

Taliban: Roadside bomb kills 6 people in north Afghanistan

Tuesday 06-12-2022 03:36 PM

A roadside bomb went off near a bus with government employees during rush hour on Tuesday morning in northern Afghanistan, killing six people, a Taliban official said. Mohammad Asif Waziri, the ...

Israeli aircraft hit Gaza after rocket fire

Sunday 04-12-2022 02:14 PM

Israeli aircraft struck several military sites in the Gaza Strip early Sunday, hours after Palestinian militants fired a missile into southern Israel in a move apparently linked to rising tension in ...

Iran executed 4 people it says spied for Israel

Sunday 04-12-2022 01:56 PM

Iranian authorities executed four people Sunday accused of working for Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency, the state-run IRNA news agency said. Three others received lengthy prison sentences. IRNA ...

Joint patrols resume in north Syria amid tension with Turkey

Saturday 03-12-2022 06:36 PM

U.S. troops Saturday resumed joint patrols with Kurdish-led forces in northeast Syria days after they were stopped amid Turkish threats of a new ground incursion into the war-torn country. A patrol ...

Pakistan Taliban Attacks Police After Calling Off Cease-Fire

Thursday 01-12-2022 01:45 PM

An attack claimed by the Pakistani Taliban killed at least four people Wednesday, just two days after the group announced the end of a shaky cease-fire. An explosion hit a truck carrying policemen ...

IS says leader Abu al-Hassan al-Qurayshi killed in battle

Thursday 01-12-2022 12:58 PM

The leader of the Islamic State group, Abu al-Hassan al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, was killed in battle recently, the group’s spokesman said in audio released Wednesday. He gave no further details. ...

Syria receives cholera vaccines ahead of inoculation drive

Wednesday 30-11-2022 05:39 PM

Syria has received two million doses of cholera vaccines, the first to reach the country during a months-long outbreak, the country’s health ministry said Wednesday. The war-torn country has been ...

Turkish strikes harming counter-IS operations, US, Kurds say

Wednesday 30-11-2022 05:23 PM

U.S. and Kurdish military officials said Tuesday that Turkish airstrikes and a threatened ground invasion in northern Syria are impacting their joint operations against the Islamic State extremist ...

An Egyptian treasure..On this day 100 years ago

Wednesday 30-11-2022 01:41 PM

Valley of the Kings (by runner to Luxor), Nov 29: This afternoon Lord Carnarvon and Mr Howard Carter revealed to a large company what promises to be the most sensational Egyptological discovery of ...

Ukraine nuclear boss says he sees signs Russia may leave occupied plant

Tuesday 29-11-2022 01:29 PM

The head of Ukraine’s nuclear energy company has said there are signs that Russian forces may be preparing to leave the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant. Moscow seized the vast power plant in southern ...

Somali forces free hotel from al-Shabaab militants, with at least nine dead

Tuesday 29-11-2022 01:04 PM

Somali security forces have stormed a hotel in Mogadishu, ending an occupation by al-Shabaab militants after a nearly daylong battle in which at least nine people were killed. Gunfire crackled from ...

Iranian artists call for boycott of cultural institutions with links to regime

Monday 28-11-2022 04:59 PM

Dozens of Iranian artists have called for an international boycott of cultural institutions run by or affiliated with the Islamic Republic in protest against the regime’s worsening human rights ...

Iran demands action after US drops Allah from flag ‘to support women’

Monday 28-11-2022 04:31 PM

A political row has erupted between the US Soccer Federation and Iran’s governing body before their pivotal World Cup group game. The stakes were already high, with a win for either team tomorrow ...

Pakistan arrests senator over comments about army chief

Sunday 27-11-2022 04:45 PM

Federal police in Pakistan have arrested a senator for comments critical of top military officers, colleagues from his Tehreek-e-Insaf political party said Sunday. It was the second time he was ...