The UK and other European countries are reportedly considering a proposal to introduce non-compulsory navigation charges in the Strait of Hormuz as diplomatic efforts involving Qatar, Iran and Oman continue to explore ways to reopen the strategic waterway. Several UK Labour...
Syria's newly elected People's Assembly convened its inaugural session on Sunday and elected its first speaker, marking the launch of the first legislative body formed since the ousting of former president Bashar al-Assad. The session comes under the Constitutional Declaration outlining...
RAMALLAH, (PIC) The Asra Media Office (AMO) has called for an urgent intervention to save the life of Palestinian prisoner Yasin Hilmi Karkari, 49, from the town of Salim east of Nablus, in light of the deterioration of his health condition...
A Sudanese court on Sunday sentenced paramilitary leader Mohamed Hamdan Daglo and 15 others to death in absentia over the killing of a regional governor and committing war crimes in Darfur, state media reported. The ruling is the first against the...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Scores of extremist Jewish settlers desecrated the Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem on Sunday morning and later in the afternoon, amid tight restrictions on the entry of Muslim worshipers to the holy site. According to local sources, at least...
GAZA, (PIC) The Hamas Movement has extended its heartfelt condolences to Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim Al Thani and his family, as well as the government and people of Qatar, and the Arab and Muslim nations, over the passing of the father...
Good afternoon and welcome to our new live page covering events in the Middle East. You can track developments from earlier today by visiting our previous live page here . These are the key events on Sunday afternoon: • Iran launched attacks across...
TEHRAN, (PIC) US forces launched a large-scale aggression on Iran, in a new escalation to which Iranian forces responded by targeting US military sites in the Gulf on Sunday. The US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced the completion of a new round of...
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who had just returned from another trip to Ukraine to pledge U.S. assistance to its war with Russia, has died of a "brief and sudden" illness. His office has not released any additional details. He was...
Iran said Sunday it was closing the Strait of Hormuz and launched missiles and drones at Gulf neighbours after the US carried out a new round of strikes as their conflict escalated . The latest exchange of fire was sparked by...
Germany's Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul has announced a joint German-French initiative for Lebanon, which he said seeks to improve the prospects for peace in the region, as analysts believe European powers are seeking a greater role in shaping the country's...
Chas Freeman summarizes the last 500 years of human history and offers some “fearless predictions” for the future. Ambassador Freeman chairs Projects International, Inc. He is a retired U.S. defense official, diplomat, and interpreter Cross-posted from Chas Freeman’s Substack Photo licensed under the...
Israeli attacks killed at least three people in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, including a nine-year-old girl, Palestinian health officials said. Medics said Israeli gunfire directed at a tent encampment on the eastern side of the Al-Bureij refugee camp in central...
Israeli attacks killed at least five people in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, including a nine-year-old girl, Palestinian health officials said. Medics said Israeli gunfire directed at a tent encampment on the eastern side of the Al-Bureij refugee camp in central...
Iraq's prime minister will visit Washington on Monday to deepen strategic ties with the United States, with oil and gas deals expected to be signed as part of a broader push for economic, trade and investment cooperation. Iraq has been seeking...
WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed last night and on Sunday morning different areas of the West Bank and Jerusalem, raiding homes and kidnaping a number of Palestinian citizens. According to local sources, the IOF kidnaped six citizens from...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) continues to escalate its targeting of Al-Bustan neighborhood in Silwan town, south of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, within a systematic policy aimed at changing the demographic and geographical reality in occupied Jerusalem. The neighborhood,...
GAZA, (PIC) Summer in the Gaza Strip is no longer just a season in which temperatures rise, but it has become a daily test of people’s ability to adapt to a harsh, relentless reality. While summer in many places is associated with...
Syria's authorities have arrested four former security and paramilitary officials linked to the ousted Assad regime in Deir ez-Zor , while appealing for victims of alleged abuses to come forward with evidence, in a move that has renewed debate over...
GAZA, (PIC) Gaza’s health ministry has warned that its ambulance and transport sector is nearing “total paralysis” amid a worsening operational crisis that threatens the continuity of medical services. Addressing a news conference held on Sunday, a spokesman for the ministry called...
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham , one of the US Congress's most influential foreign policy voices and among Israel's staunchest supporters in Washington , has died aged 71 of an alleged heart attack, ending a political career that spanned more than...
England and Argentina will meet on Wednesday in a blockbuster World Cup semi-final infused with decades of bitter rivalry after they battled past Norway and Switzerland respectively in the quarter-finals. The South Americans and their talisman Lionel Messi must defeat England...
India said on Sunday that 11 of its nationals were on a vessel that was struck east of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz as Iran and the United States exchanged a new round of strikes . "Of the 11 Indian...
Germany's parliament has backed a bill criminalising the denial of Israel's right to exist, amid growing criticism of Berlin's close ties with Israel amid its genocidal war on Gaza . On Friday, Germany's Bundesrat, the upper house of parliament, approved legislation...
The caravan enjoys a brief sanctuary in Mazar, where Darius reflects on turning sixteen and watches Weili form an unexpected new friendship. Read Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 |...
Two drugs are being trialled in the Ituri region in a programme set up just six weeks after the outbreak was declared, with hopes it will reduce mortality rates There is no approved drug to help the medical teams scrabbling to...
AL-KHALIL, (PIC) A horde of armed Jewish settlers assaulted the family of Ibrahim al‑Jabour in the Huwara area of Yatta, south of al-Khalil, beating them and attacking them with pepper spray. According to local sources, several members of the family sustained injuries...
Islam Times - The release of a US Department of Commerce document regarding incentives granted to the UAE has shed new light on Abu Dhabi's role in regional security developments, a course of action that, from Tehran's perspective, carries far-reaching...
This live blog is now closed: Head to our new page where we're continuing to track developments in the region. These were the key developments earlier on Sunday: • Iran launched attacks across the Gulf and announced the closure of the Strait...
It has been a busy week with the US making a full-break with the Mou, and it centered on the language in paragraph five of the MoU: Read Article HERE The post Larry C. Johnson: It is Ground Hog Day in the...
WEST BANK, (PIC) US Democratic lawmaker Ro Khanna said he was detained by extremist Jewish settlers armed with US-made rifles during a West Bank visit this week that he described as an “unfiltered look at the human toll of Israeli occupation.” Speaking...
A prominent Democratic US lawmaker from California, Ro Khanna, said Saturday he was "detained" by armed Israeli settlers along with other Americans during a visit to the Israeli-occupied West Bank -- and accused the military of being complicit. "Israeli settlers, brandishing...
Qatar's former emir, who revolutionised Qatar to make it a regional powerhouse, has died at the age of 74, the nation's Amiri Diwan, its top government body, said on Sunday. Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani ruled Qatar from 1995 to...
WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) assaulted a Palestinian citizen and kidnaped others during raids in the West Bank on Saturday evening. In the northern West Bank, a 25‑year‑old man was injured after Israeli forces assaulted him at the al‑Jalamah...
By: Anthony Spaeth - - - - “There’s a storm coming,” Police Superintendent Killian Tong is warned in City on Fire , Simon Elegant’s third novel, “and Hong Kong will look very different when it’s over.” Storm or fire? Whichever apocalypse one prefers, Hong Kong is...
For decades, American power rested not only on military strength, economic dominance, technological supremacy, or control of financial flows. It also rested on something less visible, yet just as decisive: the capacity to shape reality through narratives, institutions, and shared...
It has been a busy week with the US making a full-break with the Mou, and it centered on the language in paragraph five of the MoU: Upon the signing of this MoU, the Islamic Republic of Iran will make arrangements...
Typhoon Bavi was downgraded to a severe tropical storm Sunday after making landfall in eastern China, where authorities had evacuated nearly two million people in its path. Strong waves break along the coast in Yilan on July 10, 2026, as Typhoon...
The sound of pliers clicking filled a workshop in eastern China’s Hangzhou as a group of women practised stripping wires, their female instructor moving around the classroom to offer advice. This picture taken on June 28, 2026 shows a woman practicing...
The Department of Justice continues to find ways to spoil my breakfast. Consider the case of Ms Ami Chan , which was heard in the Eastern Magistrates Court earlier this week. Department of Justice. Photo: GovHK. Ms Chan was arrested in 2019...
When Chung and Terrence bought their double-decker bus from a tunnel operator in 2015, the vehicle had been used for accident simulation and training for close to two decades. Chung (left) and Terrence with their Leyland Victory Mark II bus, which...
Iran on Sunday said it closed the Strait of Hormuz after a vessel traveled on an unapproved route and was struck, warning that any retaliation over the incident would be met with a "severe response". "A vessel that had jeopardised maritime...
After meeting in then-Zaire in the 1980s, Steve Sherwood and Martha Meares became good friends. But when she planned to leave for England, he decided he wanted something more - Find more stories from the moment I knew series - It was 1986, I...
A US military delegation met with Lebanon's army in Beirut to discuss the implementation of Israel's withdrawal from a " pilot zone " in occupied territory, a Lebanese military official told AFP on Saturday. Under a framework agreement reached on 26...
RAMALLAH, (PIC) On the sidewalk opposite the headquarters of the Council of Ministers in the city of Ramallah, dozens of wounded Palestinians, families of martyrs, and prisoners continue their open-ended sit-in for two months, in a scene that reflects one of...
Islam Times - Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence has praised the massive participation in the funeral ceremonies of the martyred Leader of the Islamic Revolution His Eminence Ayatollah Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei, describing the gatherings across Iran and Iraq as a...
Iran reiterated that it will not give UN inspectors access to its nuclear facilities following a UN Security Council meeting on Friday, facing down calls from Western nations to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The meeting was called...
Good afternoon and welcome to our live coverage of the events in the Middle East. Here are the key developments today: • In the first message since Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's funeral, Iran's supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei vowed revenge for the killing of...
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