Category: 3. Middle East

Iranian students chanted anti-government slogans and scuffled with counter-protesters on Saturday in the latest display of anger at the country’s clerical leaders, who also face a US military build-up aimed at pressuring them into a nuclear…

Libyans have been enjoying Ramadan with feasts and fireworks — but soaring prices, a devalued currency and political divisions have left many with little to celebrate.

Fifteen years on from the fall of longtime leader Muammar Gaddafi, the country…

Hezbollah warned Saturday that it would have no choice but to fight on after an Israeli strike on targets in Lebanon killed eight of its operatives.

Lebanon’s government has vowed to disarm Hezbollah, but Israel insists it retains the right to…

“Yellow Letters”, directed by German filmmaker Ilker Catak, won the Berlin Film Festival’s Golden Bear for best film Saturday, at a ceremony reflecting the controversy over Gaza that has dogged this year’s edition.

Festival director Tricia Tuttle…

The 76th Berlin Film Festival draws to a close on Saturday after 10 days of what its director called “stormy seas” unleashed by a controversy over the war in Gaza, which often overshadowed discussion of the 22 films in competition.

The row erupted…

“Yellow Letters”, directed by German filmmaker Ilker Catak, won the Golden Bear for best film at the Berlin Film Festival on Saturday in a ceremony reflecting the controversy over Gaza which has dogged this year’s edition of the event.

A political…

Feb 21 (Reuters) – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Saturday that his country would not bow its head to pressure from world powers amid nuclear talks with the United States.

“World powers are lining up to force us to bow our heads……

Feb 20 (Reuters) – At least 10 people were killed and 50 wounded in Israeli strikes in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley on Friday, two security sources told Reuters, after the Israeli military said it had targeted Hezbollah sites in the Baalbek area.

The…

Iran and the United States are sliding rapidly towards military conflict as hopes fade for a diplomatic solution to the current standoff over Tehran’s nuclear program, a sentiment shared by officials on both sides of the conflict, as well as…