Welcome back to The Farda Briefing, an RFE/RL newsletter that tracks the key issues in Iran and explains why they matter.
I’m RFE/RL correspondent Kian Sharifi. In this edition, I’m looking at why Iran needs the results of Iraq’s upcoming…

Welcome back to The Farda Briefing, an RFE/RL newsletter that tracks the key issues in Iran and explains why they matter.
I’m RFE/RL correspondent Kian Sharifi. In this edition, I’m looking at why Iran needs the results of Iraq’s upcoming…

Zohran Mamdani was elected the next mayor of New York City this week and Guardian readers had a lot of feelings to share about the news.
Winning with more than 50% of the vote, the 34-year-old democratic socialist and state assembly member from…


John Catsimatidis talks about his run for the New York City Mayor in his Manhattan Office. (Photo By: Mark Bonifacio/NY Daily News via Getty Images)
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Big Apple billionaire John Catsimatidis planned to move his business…

Pirates try to board tanker off Somalia | The Jerusalem PostJerusalem Post/World NewsPirates tried to board a liquified natural gas tanker off the Somali coast on Friday.An Indian soldier stands guard next to captured Somali pirates after they…

Police chase crash kills six migrants in Bulgaria | The Jerusalem PostJerusalem Post/World NewsSix migrants died, and four people were injured after a Romanian-registered Skoda was carrying 10 people when it failed to stop for a check and sought…

Dutch court pushes against sanctions, boycott on Israel | The Jerusalem PostJerusalem Post/World NewsAl-Haq, a Ramallah-based Palestinian human rights organization, and nine other advocacy groups urged the Dutch government to cease exporting…

Explosion in Indonesian school hospitalizes dozens | The Jerusalem PostJerusalem Post/World News54 people hospitalized after explosion at the site in Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta, police investigating.Armed police and military personnel guard…

Qatar funds investigation into ICC’s Khan’s alleged victim | The Jerusalem PostJerusalem Post/World NewsPrivate intelligence firms target woman who accused ICC prosecutor of sexual abuse, seeking personal details about her family in an attempt to…

EMILY KWONG: You’re listening to Short Wave from NPR. Hey, Short Wavers, Emily Kwong here. Now, depending on where you live in the US, you may be enjoying some fall foliage, you know, the result of colder days, trees…