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After new US strikes hitting Yemen, Iran issues a warning about suspected spy ships...

Iran issued a warning Sunday to the U.S. over potentially targeting two cargo ships in the Mideast long suspected of serving as forwarding operating base for Iranian commandos, just after America and the...

Thai court rules that progressive Move Forward party must stop trying to change royal...

Thailand’s Constitutional Court ruled Wednesday that the progressive Move Forward party must cease advocating amending the law on royal defamation — a decision that leaves the party vulnerable to being dissolved.

India’s navy rescues two hijacked boats. British military warns of two pirate groups in...

India’s naval forces rescued an Iranian-flagged fishing vessel hijacked by Somali pirates and freed its 19-member Pakistani crew off the east coast of Somalia, a navy statement said Tuesday.

Israeli undercover forces dressed as women and medics storm West Bank hospital, killing 3...

Armed Israeli forces disguised as women and medical workers stormed a hospital Tuesday in the occupied West Bank, killing three Palestinian militants in a dramatic raid that underscored the spillover of deadly...

Regional group says Venezuela’s move against opposition candidate ends possibility of free election

Condemnation of the Venezuelan government for its decision to block the presidential candidacy of an opposition leader strengthened Sunday when the Organization of American States declared the move eliminates any possibility of a free...

The earthquake in Japan leaves 94 dead and 242 missing

 The local authorities of the Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa, the most affected by the 7.6 magnitude earthquake this Monday, today raised the death toll to 94 and the missing to 242, with...

The Islamic State calls for attacks against Europe and the US to “avenge” the...

The terrorist group Islamic State (IS) today called on its followers to attack various cities in Europe and the United States, and thus "avenge" the Muslims of Palestine and other Middle Eastern...

Bombings hit event for Iran’s Gen. Qassem Soleimani, a shadowy figure slain in 2020...

 For Iranians backing the country’s theocracy, whose icons since the Islamic Revolution have been stern-faced clergymen, Gen. Qassem Soleimani represented a popular figure of national resilience in the face of four decades...

Spaniard imprisoned in Iran after visiting grave of Mahsa Amini arrives home after release

 A Spaniard who spent 15 months in an Iranian prison after visiting the tomb of Mahsa Amini returned home to Madrid on Tuesday after being released.“I can’t believe it. This has been very hard,...

Hong Kong activist publisher Jimmy Lai pleads not guilty to sedition and collusion charges

 Prominent activist and publisher Jimmy Lai on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to three charges of sedition and collusion with foreign countries in a landmark national security trial in Hong Kong.Lai, a media...