Sweden charges woman with genocide, crimes against humanity in Syria
Daesh ‘tried to annihilate the Yazidi ethnic group on an industrial scale,’ prosecutor Reena Devgun says
DENMARK - Swedish authorities have charged a 52-year-old woman...
Palestinian president in Madrid to thank Spain for support
MADRID - Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas will meet with Spain’s prime minister and king during a two-day visit to the European country that begins on Wednesday, his first since Madrid formally recognized...
Iranian president pledges deeper ties with Moscow, state media says
The United States views Moscow’s growing relationships with Pyongyang and Tehran with concern and says both are supplying Russia with ballistic missiles for use in the conflict in Ukraine
Israel PM warns Yemen rebels of ‘heavy price’ after missile attack
The Houthis are among the Iran-backed groups in the Middle East that have been drawn into the conflict triggered by Hamas’s October 7 attack
Jerusalem...
UAE will not back postwar Gaza plans without Palestinian state
DUBAI: The UAE is not prepared to support a postwar plan for Gaza that does not include a Palestinian state, Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan said on X on Saturday.
Iran successfully launches satellite into space
The Chamran-1 satellite has a weight of 60 kilograms and it successfully reached a 550-kilometer orbit in space
Testing space hardware and software is the main mission...
Turkish-American activist’s family awaits body for burial
Her family is still waiting for Eygi’s body to arrive and is hoping to bury her in the southwestern town of Didim on Friday
Turkiye...
Iran threatens ‘action’ over new Western sanctions
Iran again denied it had delivered any weapons to Russia for use in the Ukraine war
TEHRAN - Iran has vowed to respond to fresh...
Polls open in Jordan’s parliamentary elections
Of Jordan’s 11 million people, 5.1 million are registered voters aged over 18
AMMAN - Polls opened on Tuesday in Jordan’s first parliamentary elections under...
Iraq, US agree on phased pullout of coalition troops
Pullout to be completed from Bagdad and other parts of federal Iraq by September 2025 and from Kurdistan by September 2026, says Iraq defense chief
The US...