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Iranian couple filmed dancing in Tehran are jailed for 10 years

Tuesday 31-01-2023 06:00 PM

An Iranian court has handed jail sentences of more than 10 years each to a young couple who danced in front of one of Tehran’s main landmarks in a video seen as a symbol of defiance against the ...

BBC Arabic Radio Airs Final Broadcast After 85 Years

Tuesday 31-01-2023 05:37 PM

The BBC’s Arabic Radio aired its last broadcast on Friday, ending 85 years of programming on the network’s first foreign-language service — one depended on by millions of listeners. The ...

Sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine will escalate war, Russia warns

Tuesday 31-01-2023 05:23 PM

The Kremlin has warned nations on Europe’s eastern flank that their willingness to send F-16s to Ukraine risks escalating the conflict, as Kyiv’s defence minister visited France to press for firm ...

Finland insists it will join Nato with Sweden

Tuesday 31-01-2023 05:08 PM

Finland has insisted it still wants to join Nato alongside Sweden, dismissing a suggestion from Turkey that it could enter the alliance alone amid an apparently intractable stand-off between ...

Conscription Is Not an Excuse for Iran’s Revolutionary Guard

Tuesday 31-01-2023 04:28 PM

As European Union member states and the United Kingdom consider listing Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization, the issue of Iranian conscripts in the IRGC has ...

Iran’s Regime Plays with Fire in Baluchistan

Tuesday 31-01-2023 03:56 PM

Iran’s impoverished province of Baluchistan has been disproportionately hit by protests since September. It has paid an exorbitant price in terms of deaths, casualties, and arrests in the ...

Antony Blinken to meet Palestinian leaders amid round of deadly attacks

Tuesday 31-01-2023 03:32 PM

The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, is due to meet Palestinian leaders for his final stop on a Middle East tour that comes at a critical time, with Israel and Palestine reeling from a round ...

What’s behind the Pakistani Taliban’s insurgency?

Tuesday 31-01-2023 02:27 PM

When a suicide bomber struck a mosque inside a police compound in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Monday, suspicion immediately fell on the Pakistani Taliban, also known as Tehreek-e-Taliban ...

Report of Torture and Death Sentences Raises Alarm on Iran's Judicial System

Monday 30-01-2023 06:37 PM

A report by Amnesty International has outlined the alleged torture of three young Iranian men who are facing the death penalty. This raises serious concerns about the country’s judicial system. ...

At least 32 people dead and 147 wounded in suspected suicide bomb attack in north-western Pakistan

Monday 30-01-2023 04:55 PM

At least 32 people have been killed and 147 people injured in a suspected suicide bomb attack carried out by the Pakistan Taliban at a mosque in the city of Peshawar, as the security situation in ...

EU Considers Designating Iran's Revolutionary Guard as Terrorist Organization

Monday 30-01-2023 04:22 PM

EU Policy Shift on Irans Revolutionary Guard The European Union (EU) is considering designating Iran’s Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organization. This move, which is supported by ...

China Reacts to Senior US General's Warning of War Within Two Years

Monday 30-01-2023 03:55 PM

China has accused a senior American general of being reckless after he said the two superpowers would be at war within two years. General Mike Minihan, who oversees the US Air Force’s fleet of ...

Military Strike on Iran's Space Research Center

Monday 30-01-2023 03:27 PM

Israel is believed to have carried out its first military strike on Iran since the return of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, using drones to attack a factory. Iranian officials claimed ...

West Bank and Jerusalem Violence Escalates, Resulting in 30 Deaths

Monday 30-01-2023 03:05 PM

The recent violence in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Jerusalem has left more than 20 people dead. A Palestinian man, Karam Salman, was shot outside an Israeli settlement and was found to be ...

Turkey Faces Growing Exodus of Young Turks

Monday 30-01-2023 02:39 PM

A Dutch recruiting firm recently approached Turkish data scientist Bulut Ficici for a job in the Netherlands. Ficici didnt hesitate to make the move, as he and many other young, disillusioned ...