Month: January 1970

Iran has executed three more men over recent protests that have rocked the country, judiciary news outlet Mizan News said on Friday.

Israel and militant factions in Gaza appear to have reached a ceasefire after a violent weekend that saw the some of the worst fighting between the two sides since 2014, … Read More

Turkey’s election board has ruled in favor of a rerun of the election for Istanbul mayor, according to the state-run Anadolu news agency, weeks after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s … Read More

There’s an old saying in Turkish politics: “Who wins Istanbul, wins Turkey.” The country’s biggest city and commercial heart is undoubtedly its biggest political prize and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan … Read More

Iran has announced it will no longer fully comply with the landmark nuclear deal it signed with the United States and five other nations in 2015, following Washington’s own reneging … Read More

Iran announced Wednesday it was partially withdrawing from a landmark nuclear deal, marking a serious escalation in Tehran’s faceoff with the United States.

All the ingredients are in place for a confrontation that could be the most significant outbreak of warfare since the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq, with some of the same … Read More

A prominent Afghan journalist and parliamentary adviser has been killed in Kabul, an Interior Ministry spokesman told CNN Sunday.

Egypt’s Parliament has approved constitutional changes that will allow President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to tighten his grip on government and stay in power until 2030, as authorities block a growing online … Read More

The US and Iran continue to trade barbs over Iranian oil exports, with the US military announcing that it will continue to keep the Persian Gulf open to international shipping.