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…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Ilker Catak’s ‘Yellow Letters’ wins Golden Bear at Berlin film festival
“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…
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Political drama ‘Yellow Letters’ wins Berlin’s Golden Bear
“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…
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Pezeshkian says Iran will not bow to pressure amid US nuclear talks
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……
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Dozens of US fighter jets moved to Muwaffaq Salti air base
The United States military has moved dozens of fighter jets to a Jordanian air force base, according to satellite imagery and flight tracking data analysed by the New York Times on Friday.More than 60 jets were pictured parked on the Muwaffaq…
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Israeli strikes in Lebanon kill at least 10, including senior Hezbollah official
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…
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U.S.-Iran Conflict More Likely Than Agreement, Officials on Both Sides Believe
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…
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Few people left at Syrian detention camp that held ISIS families after thousands flee
Fewer than 1,000 families remain at a camp where relatives of suspected Islamic State militants had been held in Syria’s northeast, the camp’s former director said this week, with thousands having fled last month as government forces…
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Ukrainians, scattered across Europe, trapped in limbo by war
By Kuba Stezycki and Ali Kucukgocmen
WARSAW/ISTANBUL, Feb 21 (Reuters) – Maryna Bondarenko says she has three suitcases packed in her apartment in Poland, waiting for the day when peace returns to Ukraine.
The 51-year-old journalist fled Kyiv with…
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Israeli officials believe US, Iran at unbridgeable impasse as they near open conflict
Iran and the United States continued to slide rapidly toward military conflict at the weekend, as hopes faded for a diplomatic solution to their standoff over Tehran’s nuclear program and regional actions, officials on both sides and…
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