Category: 3. Middle East

‘Fight against darkness’: Foreign Ministry X account appears to back Iran protests

A social media account belonging to the Foreign Ministry appears to express support for the mass cost-of-living protests in Iran, as a minister…

NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, in his inaugural address on Thursday, vowed to adhere to his far-left policy proposals and represent all New Yorkers, including Jews, Palestinians, and those who oppose him.

Mamdani is a…

The Higher Planning Committee of the Civil Administration agency gave preliminary approval on Wednesday for a new construction masterplan for the formerly evacuated but newly re-established settlement of Sa Nur in the northern Samaria…

Israeli security officials have for the first time linked weapons smuggled by drone over the border from Egypt and Jordan to specific attacks inside Israel, according to a Shin Bet security service assessment released on Thursday. The finding…

Widening demonstrations sparked by Iran’s ailing economy saw the first deaths on Thursday with at least six people reported killed — including 5 protesters and one member of the security forces — as the demonstrations spread into the…

Protesters and security forces clashed in three Iranian cities on Thursday, with six people reported killed, the first deaths since the cost-of-living demonstrations broke out.

The protests began on Sunday in Tehran, where shopkeepers went on…

Two people are reported to have been killed during growing unrest in Iran on the fifth day of protests over the soaring cost of living.

Both the semi-official Fars news agency and human rights group, Hengaw, said people had died during clashes…

For years, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia projected geopolitical and economic power across the Gulf and beyond, seemingly in tandem.

But a growing rivalry and struggle for influence has come to a head — most recently in Yemen –…

WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump blamed aspirin for large bruises on his hand and denied falling asleep while attending public meetings in an interview with The Wall Street Journal published Thursday.

In the interview defending his…