Statement by spokesman of ruling Transitional Military Council comes as generals resume talks with protest leaders. A spokesman for Sudan’s ruling Transitional Military Council (TMC) has said nine members of a paramilitary group have been dismissed and detained over the recent killing of protesters in the cities of Omdurman and El-Obeid. Speaking to reporters on […]

DUBAI (AP) – An Iranian-flagged oil tanker pursued by the US amid heightened tensions between Teheran and Washington changed its listed destination to a port in Turkey early Saturday (Aug 24) after Greece said it wouldn’t risk its relations with America by aiding it. The crew of the Adrian Darya 1, formerly known as the […]

GENEVA (REUTERS) – Iran has test-fired a new missile, the commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, Major General Hossein Salami, said on Saturday (Aug 24), according to the Tasnim news agency. “Our country is always the arena for testing a variety of defence and strategic systems and these are non-stop movements towards the growth of our […]

A 17-year-old Israeli girl has been killed in a bomb attack near a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli military says. Rina Shnerb had been hiking with her brother and father near the Ein Bubin spring outside Dolev when an improvised explosive device was detonated. It was not clear if the device […]

The Islamic State has gained ground in some areas, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo acknowledged on Tuesday, despite President Trump’s proclamation that the extremist group had been vanquished. Mr. Pompeo also conceded, in a television interview, having some frustration in dealing with North Korea. But he said he believed the administration was finding success with […]

The Islamic State has gained ground in some areas, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo acknowledged on Tuesday, despite President Trump’s proclamation that the extremist group had been vanquished. Mr. Pompeo also conceded, in a television interview, having some frustration in dealing with North Korea. But Mr. Pompeo said he believed the administration was finding success […]

Iranian tanker sought by US heads towards Greece as Tehran says any seizure attempt will have ‘grave consequences’. Iran has warned the United States against attempting to seize an Iranian oil tanker that set sail from Gibraltar after being impounded for six weeks.  The Adrian Darya 1, previously named Grace 1, headed east into the Mediterranean […]

A crisis has erupted between Iran and Western countries – in particular the UK and US – after a series of incidents in and around the Gulf, a strategically important waterway in the Middle East. Both sides are blaming the other and there are fears it could lead to war. What is the crisis about? […]

An ISIL suicide bomber killed at least 63 people and wounded scores more when he detonated explosives in crowds at a wedding feast in Kabul, in the deadliest attack in Afghanistan this year. The scale of the carnage in a western Shia district of the Afghan capital was met with shock in a city frequently […]

Thousands are struggling to survive as the two neighbouring countries’ dispute worsens over the removal of Indian-administered Kashmir’s autonomy. The blocking of trade between India and Pakistan, which followed New Delhi’s revocation of Indian-administered Kashmir’s autonomy, is having an effect on Kashmiris on both sides of the border, known as the Line of Control (LoC). […]