Minister departing from Hadi’s government says Saudi-led coalition has deviated from its objectives in war-torn country. A former Yemeni minister of state has said that the Saudi-led coalition has deviated from its objectives, adding that the sovereign Yemeni decision has been taken away from the people. Salah al-Sayadi‘s statement followed his resignation on Wednesday and came just days after […]

Opponents denounce the move saying there wasn’t the required number of legislators in the assembly for the vote. Tunisian MPs voted not to renew the human rights commission’s mandate that is set to expire in May, a move being legally challenged because not enough legislators were present in the assembly. Members of Tunisia’s parliament voted […]

Bringing in John Bolton and Mike Pompeo show the US is planning to overthrow the Islamic Republic, official says. An Iranian official has called the appointment of two hardliners in President Donald Trump’s administration evidence that the United States is planning to overthrow the country. The naming of John Bolton to the role of National […]

GAZA (REUTERS) – Israeli military aircraft bombed Hamas facilities in the Gaza Strip on Friday (March 15), hours after two rockets were launched from the Palestinian enclave at Tel Aviv in the first such attack since a 2014 war. There was no immediate word of casualties in the air strikes that hit four buildings used […]

UN-sponsored peace talks have been an important moment in the search for an end to the war in Yemen. They have also brought a glimmer of hope that the desperate situation inside the country can be alleviated. Images of severely malnourished children, outbreaks of cholera and warnings of whole communities on the brink of starvation […]

Iran has faced international condemnation after one of the country’s most prominent human rights lawyers, detained for eight months, said she had been sentenced to a total of 38 years in prison and 148 lashes, according to her husband. Security agents arrested the lawyer, Nasrin Sotoudeh, at her home in June last year. The government […]

Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot has become embroiled in a row with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the status of the country’s Arab minority. “Love your neighbour as yourself,” she said, amid wrangling over the role of Israeli Arab parties in upcoming polls. Mr Netanyahu caused a stir when he said Israel “was not […]

YEMEN (REUTERS) – Malnutrition is rife in wartime Yemen, but this aid agency has launched a campaign to distribute food to school pupils. Mona Agency is working with the country’s food bank to provide meals to students to encourage impoverished families to keep sending their children to school. “Unicef numbers state that there are more than […]

BAGHOUZ, Syria (REUTERS) – US-backed Syrian forces launched an assault against the final Islamic State enclave in eastern Syria on Sunday (March 10), aiming to wipe out the last vestige of its self-declared “caliphate” that once spanned a third of Iraq and Syria. While the Baghouz enclave represents the last shred of populated land held […]

An Iranian couple have been arrested after they got engaged in front of a cheering crowd at a shopping centre. Video of the public proposal in the northern city of Arak was shared on social media and shows the pair standing in a ring of rose petals. After the woman says yes, she can be […]