Paris, France (AFP): Iran said Friday an investigation into the death in custody of Mahsa Amini found she lost her life to illness rather than reported beatings that sparked three weeks of bloody protests. Amini, 22, died on September 16, three days after falling into a coma following her arrest in Tehran by the morality […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US has sanctioned senior Iranian officials, including the heads of two ministries and several security officials, for working to stifle internet access and “continued violence against peaceful protesters.” Among those blacklisted are Minister of the Interior Ahmad Vahidi and Communications Minister Eisa ...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistan’s President Arif Alvi has urged the leaders of the government and opposition parties to end the country’s ongoing political crisis and hold new elections. Addressing a joint session of the lower and upper chambers in Islamabad, the president, who is a member of former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s part...
ANKARA (AA) – Australia’s main opposition leader has opposed the government’s proposed plan to bring back its citizens from a detention camp in Syria. Opposition leader Peter Dutton, after a meeting with Australian Security Intelligence Organization (ASIO) Director-General Mike Burgess, said he believed that bringing back these women and...
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (AFP): Just a week ago, 34-year-old Ibrahim Traore was an unknown person, even in his native Burkina Faso. But in the space of a weekend, he catapulted himself from army captain to the world’s youngest leader — an ascent that has stoked hopes but also fears for a poor and chronically troubled […]
BAGHDAD (AA) – Iraqi cleric and opposition leader Muqtada al-Sadr has announced the freezing of all his armed factions across Iraq, except the northern province of Salah al-Din. Saleh Mohamed al-Iraqi, a leader of the Sadr’s movement, said the influential cleric also “banned the use of weapons in all provinces except Salah al-Din and Sam...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Thursday rejected Lebanese changes on a US proposed maritime border agreement. “Lapid made clear that he will not compromise on Israel’s security and economic interests even if it means there will not be an agreement soon,” The Jerusalem Post newspaper quoted an Israeli so...
BEIRUT (AA) – Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Thursday said that a maritime border demarcation deal with Israel is close to completion. Following his meeting with Lebanese Maronite Patriarch Bechara Al-Rahi, he said that the deal will help prevent “a definite war in the region.” Lebanon and Israel have been locked in a dispute [&...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iranian state TV television on Thursday broadcast a video showing two French nationals detained by Iranian security forces for alleged involvement in recent protests in the country. The video shows them apparently confessing to working for the French intelligence agency to “foment unrest” in Iran over the death ...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – The EU foreign policy chief on Wednesday said the bloc welcomes holding of Sunday’s general elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina, during which voters decided the presidency as well as national and regional governments. In a statement, Josep Borrell said “the elections were overall competitive and well o...
