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Iran's new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei , is "safe and sound" following reports of an injury sustained during the war with Israel and the US, the son of the Iranian president said on Wednesday. "I heard news that...

The Iranian Revolution of 1979 reshaped the political landscape of the Middle East, replacing Iran’s Western-backed leader with an Islamic Republic. It transformed modern political extremism. Now, more than 40 years later, the Israeli–US attacks have killed the country’s supreme...

Originally published by ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power, this article is republished with permission. Images from the missile strike in southern Iran were more horrifying than any of the case studies Air Force combat veteran Wes J...

The perpetrators were jailed for 15 years for robbery with violence in the east African country, where homophobic attacks are increasing The sentencing of two people who attacked and robbed two gay men in Kenya has been hailed by LGBTQ+ rights...

The United States military achieved every objective it set when it went to war in Iraq in 2003. Decapitation: Saddam Hussein was captured, tried and hanged. Air dominance: total, within days. Regime collapse: The Iraqi government fell in 21 days....

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke for the first time this year on Monday in a conversation that touched upon the Iran war, the content of which Putin’s senior aide Yury Ushakov described as “very substantive” and “useful”, along...

Indonesia’s planned purchase of India’s BrahMos missile could transform its vast archipelago into a maritime barrier, reshaping regional deterrence from the South China Sea to the Indian Ocean. This month, Reuters reported that Indonesian Defense Ministry spokesperson Rico Ricardo Sirait...

A drone struck a major U.S. diplomatic facility in Iraq on Tuesday in suspected retaliation by pro-Tehran militias over the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran , the Washington Post reported, citing an unidentified security official and an...

The joint US–Israeli campaign is striking Iran’s military and internal security infrastructure across the country while continuing to eliminate senior regime figures. Amid the pressure, the regime installed a new supreme leader, expanded regional attacks while denying responsibility, and intensified...

A federal jury on Monday awarded $667,000 in damages to a group of Muslim men incarcerated in Missouri who were pepper-sprayed by state correctional officers while praying. The lawsuit in eastern Missouri's U.S. District Court alleged that...

Democratic U.S. senators expressed alarm on Tuesday about the Iran war , saying they were worried that President Donald Trump could deploy U.S. ground forces and noting the high risks given Russian support for Tehran's military. "We know...

So according to a White House official, and reported in every South Korean news portal, Trump is open to talking with Kim, “without any preconditions.” Some have been waiting for this for a while – at least Washington’s think-tanks have....

This is the oldest mistake in Washington: treating the opening move as strategy. Bomb first, define success later, and assume the political debris will somehow arrange itself into a better Middle East. That fantasy has outlived too many presidents and...

At the center of the White House justification for launching still another Forever War stands the most hideous neocon lie yet. And it’s one that blatantly betrays every campaign promise the Donald ever made on the subject. The latest Big...

For anyone looking into the history of U.S.-Iranian relations, what’s laid bare is not a history of friendship, diplomacy, and mutual respect, but rather a past marked with covert action, harsh rhetoric, and now, hot war. In 1953 the CIA...

India ordered tighter controls over natural and cooking gas on Tuesday following import disruptions caused by the Middle East war , with restaurants warning it could spark widespread closures. The world's most populous nation is the fourth largest liquefied...

California-based Planet Labs has expanded restrictions on accessing its imagery of the Middle East to prevent adversaries from using it to attack the U.S. and its allies , a sign of how the expansion of commercial space business can...

Iran and its allied militias continued launching drones and missiles across the Middle East between March 9 and 10, targeting energy infrastructure, airports, military bases, residential areas, and industrial facilities in Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab...

Britain has set out a new advisory definition of what it calls anti-Muslim hostility , a long-anticipated step in its plan to clarify how authorities should identify and address abuse targeting Muslims , which is at record levels. The...

The United States has issued a decision to label the Muslim Brotherhood in Sudan a terrorist organisation. The designation, which will be effective in a week, comes after the US in January made the same declaration for several...

GAZA, (PIC) Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem said that Israel’s continued closure of the Rafah crossing under false security pretexts constitutes a serious and blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement. In remarks on Tuesday, Qassem stated that keeping the crossing closed confirms Israel’s...

GAZA, (PIC) At least one Palestinian was killed, and two others were injured in an Israeli strike on Tuesday evening targeting a house in central Gaza. According to the PIC correspondent, one body and two wounded individuals were recovered after an Israeli...

Syria appointed a senior Kurdish military official as regional assistant defence minister on Tuesday, following a deal to integrate Kurd forces into the state. "Sipan Hamo has been appointed Assistant Minister of Defence for the eastern region," a...

An influential Israeli rabbi from the occupied West Bank with links to the far-right on Monday publicly denounced settler attacks on Palestinians in a rare intervention after four Palestinians were killed . Rabbi Elyakim Levanon wrote in an...

Volkswagen will cut 50,000 jobs in Germany by 2030, following a sharp decline in profits and mounting pressure from US tariffs, weaker demand in China and North America, and higher costs associated with electrification. Read Article HERE Photo: Wikimedia Commons The...

Algeria 's parliament on Monday approved an amended law criminalising French colonial rule , removing earlier provisions that called for official apologies and broad reparations from France after Senate demanded the changes. The law, approved by the lower...

President Donald Trump said the US Navy chose to sink an Iranian frigate, killing more than 100 sailors last week, even though the ship posed no threat, because it was “more fun” than capturing the vessel. Though death tolls vary, Iran’s state media...

‘EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has revived plans to draw on frozen Russian assets to make loans to Ukraine. Yanis Varoufakis writes for Jacobin that the idea is unworkable and incompatible with efforts to move toward a ceasefire.’ Read the article...