Palestinian-American who received life sentence for selling property to Jews is reportedly set to be sent to US. A Palestinian man who received a life sentence for selling property in the occupied territory to Israelis is set to be released and sent to the United States, Israeli media reported. Isaam Akel, who holds a dual […]

At least one killed, dozens injured in car bomb explosion in government stronghold of Latakia, Syrian state media says. A car bomb exploded at a busy intersection in the coastal Syrian city of Latakia, killing one civilian and wounding 14, state-run media reported. Tuesday’s blast was the second in Syria’s government-controlled areas in the last […]

Detainees include prominent figures held in anti-corruption campaign and high-profile women’s rights activists. Rights groups have called on Saudi Arabia to grant them access to detainees in the kingdom a day after British parliamentarians threatened to publish their own report detailing allegations of mistreatment unless Riyadh allows them in by next week. Amnesty International and Human Rights […]

Secretary of State Pompeo tells Turkey’s Cavusoglu forces that fought ISIL alongside US troops must be protected. The protection of allied forces who fought and died battling the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, or ISIS) in Syria must be guaranteed, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu in a phone conversation.  […]

At least three rockets struck the US embassy in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, on Sunday. One rocket hit the embassy cafeteria while two others landed a short distance away, a source told AFP. At least three people were injured, security sources told Reuters. This would be the first time in years that staff have been […]

Huge crowds have taken to the streets of Iraq’s capital, Baghdad, to demand that US forces leave Iraq. Powerful Iraqi Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr earlier called for a million people to join Friday’s march, close to the US embassy in the capital. Iranian-backed militias are among those protesting in the city. The US killing of […]

Scientists have fulfilled a mummified Egyptian priest’s wish for life after death – by replicating his voice with artificial vocal chords. Nesyamun’s voice has been reproduced as a vowel-like sound that is reminiscent of a sheep’s bleat. The priest lived during the politically volatile reign of pharaoh Ramses XI, between 1099 and 1069BC. As a […]

TEHERAN (REUTERS) – Iran will review its cooperation with the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog over any “unjust” measures, Iranian parliament speaker Ali Larijani said after European powers last week triggered a dispute mechanism under Teheran’s 2015 nuclear deal. “We state openly that if the European powers, for any reason, adopt an unfair approach in using the […]

Iran said on Saturday it was sending to Ukraine the black boxes from a Ukrainian passenger plane that the Iranian military shot down this month, an accident that sparked unrest at home and added to pressure on Tehran from abroad. Iran’s Tasnim news agency also reported the authorities were prepared for experts from France, Canada […]

TEHERAN (AP) – Iran’s supreme leader will deliver a Friday (Jan 17) sermon in Teheran for the first time since 2012, as the Islamic Republic grapples with the fallout from the targeted killing of its top general in a US airstrike and popular anger at its accidental shoot-down of a passenger plane. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei […]