Middle East
Saudi Arabia: UN rights experts condemn ‘repression’ of activists
January 3, 2018
Saudi Arabia: UN rights experts condemn ‘repression’ of activists
A group of United Nations human rights experts on Tuesday condemned Saudi Arabia’s use of counterterrorism and security-related laws to…
Iran’s leader blames enemies for deadly unrest, US calls that ‘nonsense’
January 3, 2018
Iran’s leader blames enemies for deadly unrest, US calls that ‘nonsense’
Iran’s supreme leader accused the country’s enemies on Tuesday of being behind days of street unrest, as the death toll…
Erdogan heads to France seeking EU thaw
January 3, 2018
Erdogan heads to France seeking EU thaw
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday visits Paris for talks with French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, seeking to start the…
Top Israeli general sees increased Iran spending on foreign wars
January 2, 2018
Top Israeli general sees increased Iran spending on foreign wars
Iran spends hundreds of millions of dollars annually to help allies fighting elsewhere in the Middle East and this outlay…
Protests in Iran: The genie is out of the bottle
January 2, 2018
Protests in Iran: The genie is out of the bottle
Be careful, Iranian Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri had said. Anyone who stirs up political protest runs the risk of losing control…
Israel raises vote threshold to tighten grip on Jerusalem
January 2, 2018
Israel raises vote threshold to tighten grip on Jerusalem
Israel on Tuesday raised the number of votes needed for any future vote on ceding parts of Jerusalem to Palestine,…
Iranian crackdown intensifies after police posts attacked
January 2, 2018
Iranian crackdown intensifies after police posts attacked
Police have arrested more than 450 protesters in the Iranian capital Tehran over the past three days, the deputy provincial…
Pence visit to Egypt remains in plans: vice president office
January 2, 2018
Pence visit to Egypt remains in plans: vice president office
Mike Pence’s office on Monday said the US vice president still plans on visiting Israel this month, despite an apparent…
Drug use, sales soar in Iraq’s Basra amid nationwide spike
January 2, 2018
Drug use, sales soar in Iraq’s Basra amid nationwide spike
The rows of self-harm scars that course upward on the teenager’s forearms from her wrists nearly to her elbows are…
Saudi Arabia, UAE introduce VAT in push to boost revenue
January 2, 2018
Saudi Arabia, UAE introduce VAT in push to boost revenue
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates welcomed the new year on Monday with a series of measures aimed at…