Israel will take part in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest on May 12 in Vienna, according to the draw on Monday, as five countries are staying away this year over Israel’s participation.
The world’s biggest live televised music…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Eyewitnesses describe deadly crackdown across country
Roja Assadiand
Sarah Namjoo,BBC Persian
Public domainA protester holds up a picture of crown prince Reza Pahlavi in Kaj Square, north-western Tehran on Friday “I saw it with my own eyes – they fired directly into lines of protesters, and people fell…
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Iran dangles diplomacy as Trump weighs strikes amid protests
Despite the outreach, Iran doesn’t appear willing to abandon its red lines in talks with the United States.
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Trump keeping Iran air strikes on the table: White House
US President Donald Trump is considering air strikes on Iran to stop a crackdown on protesters, the White House said Monday, adding that people were being “killed on the streets.”
But a channel for diplomacy remains open, with Iran taking a “far…
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Anti-Israel activists drop lawsuit against Northwestern U antisemitism training
Anti-Israel activists at Northwestern University in Illinois dropped a lawsuit that had sought to halt the university’s mandatory antisemitism training, according to legal documents filed last month.
The Northwestern Graduate Workers for…
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Iran’s internet crackdown intensifies as Trump eyes Starlink: What to know
Iran has largely gone offline since protests over economic woes escalated into broader demonstrations against the government, with the Trump administration signaling restoring internet access could be a priority.
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From cyberattacks to airstrikes, Trump has host of options on Iran
The White House has a bevy of options to turn up the heat on Iran’s government short of regime change, former US military and intelligence officials say.
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Trump administration has revoked over 100,000 visas, State Department says
By Daphne Psaledakis
WASHINGTON, Jan 12 (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department said on Monday it has revoked more than 100,000 visas since President Donald Trump took office last year, setting what it said was a new record as his administration…
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UK pays ‘substantial’ compensation to Guantanamo inmate: lawyer
The UK government has paid “substantial” compensation to a Guantanamo detainee who was tortured by the CIA and has been held there without charge for two decades, his lawyer said Monday.
Abu Zubaydah, 54, was the first of a number of prisoners to…
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US forces in the Middle East ready for Iran operations
The US military’s plans to conduct military operations against Iran are in “the advanced stages,” an anonymous US official told Qatari-state-owned Al Jazeera on Monday.The military options for an operation against the Islamic Republic are “being…
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