Month: June 2021

Iranians will vote for a new president on June 18 in a poll many see as decided in advance, with ultraconservatives expected to strengthen their grip on power amid record … Read More

A political prisoner serving a life sentence in Bahrain has died after contracting COVID-19, the interior ministry and activists said on Wednesday, as the tiny Gulf state fights a surge … Read More

A massive fire on the outskirts of Jerusalem led to villages being evacuated Wednesday as dozens of Israeli firefighters and 10 aerial tankers battled the blaze.

Britain and the European Union failed on Wednesday to agree any solutions to ease post-Brexit trade with Northern Ireland, in a standoff that is not only deepening mistrust between the … Read More

Kadhimi’s dilemma is not merely a political balancing act, weighing one group against the other. It is existential, because the protesters are really calling for the primacy of state power … Read More

Screening as part of ‘To Palestine With Love,’ Elia Suleiman’s latest film displaces his understated brand of comedy from Nazareth to Paris and New York