Category: 3. Middle East

DUBAI, Dec 15 (Reuters) – Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi ​was taken to the hospital ​emergency room twice after suffering blows from security forces ⁠who arrested her on December 12, her family told the Narges Foundation on…

Two years after three escaped hostages were mistakenly killed by Israeli troops in the Gaza Strip, families of two of those killed in the incident decried on Sunday the planned promotion of the battalion commander involved in the deadly…

By Alasdair Pal

SYDNEY, Dec 15 (Reuters) – Like many people in Sydney, Glenn Nelson spent his ​Sunday evening watching television coverage of a deadly ​shooting on the city’s iconic Bondi Beach.

But stepping onto his front porch, flanked by…

By Kirsty Needham

SYDNEY, Dec 15 (Reuters) – The deadly attack on a Jewish festival at a famed Australian beach has deepened diplomatic tensions between Prime ​Minister Anthony Albanese and his Israeli counterpart, as domestic pressure mounted…

Chile elected its most right-wing president in 35 years of democracy on Sunday, with arch-conservative Jose Antonio Kast scoring a thumping victory over his leftist runoff rival.

Kast won some 58 percent of the vote and held an unassailable…

When she first started learning to ride a motorbike, Iranian Maryam Ghelich, now an instructor, would drive through Tehran’s empty streets at night to avoid scrutiny over her clothing or lack of a licence.

Fifteen years on, Ghelich has trained…

Father-in-law of murdered Chabad rabbi: ‘They’re looking to us to continue’

In tearful remarks delivered during morning prayers following the deadly terror shooting at a Hanukkah event at Bondi Beach in Sydney on Sunday…