Director Jamshed Mahmood Raza alleges Dawn newspaper’s Hameed Haroon raped him 13 years ago. The chief executive of one of Pakistan’s most influential newspapers has denied accusations he raped an acclaimed filmmaker, in a case that has spotlighted sexual abuse targeting men and added momentum to the country’s fledgling #MeToo movement. Director Jamshed Mahmood Raza […]

Protesters angered by recent US air strikes on an Iran-backed Iraqi militia have reportedly broken into the US embassy compound in Baghdad. US forces are said to have fired tear gas to disperse a crowd that breached the outer wall of the compound, which is in the heavily fortified Green Zone. One of the guard […]

More than 30 balloons from 13 countries to be featured at 12-day event in the Qatari capital. Doha, Qatar – Colourful balloons from around the world are set to adorn the skies of Qatar during the country’s first hot-air balloon festival.  The 12-day event kicked off just after sunset on Saturday with a dazzling display of […]

Attempted embassy storming took place after US attacks that killed 25 fighters from Iran-backed Shia group in Iraq. Hundreds of Iraqi protesters have tried to storm the US embassy in Baghdad following US air attacks this week that killed 25 fighters from an Iran-backed Shia group in Iraq. Shouting “Down, Down USA!” the crowd tried […]

An Iran-backed militia vowed yesterday to retaliate for US military strikes in Iraq and Syria that killed 25 of its fighters and wounded dozens of others. Iraq described the attacks on Kataeb Hezbollah as a “flagrant violation” of its sovereignty, and Iran said the airstrikes were “an obvious case of terrorism”. Moqtada al-Sadr, the notorious […]

Police in Turkey have detained at least 124 people suspected of links to the so-called Islamic State. At least 33 foreign nationals were detained in the capital Ankara in a joint operation by anti-terrorism police and the national intelligence agency, according to the Anadolu Agency. In Istanbul, police raided 31 houses, detaining 24 suspects, including […]

KABUL (AFP) – The Taleban Monday (Dec 30) denied agreeing to any ceasefire in Afghanistan after rumours swirled of a potential deal that would see a reduction in fighting after more than 18 years of war. “In the past few days, some media have been releasing untrue reports about a ceasefire… The fact is that, […]

The US military has carried out “defensive strikes” in Iraq and Syria against the Kataib Hezbollah militia group, the Pentagon said, two days after a US civilian contractor was killed in a rocket attack on an Iraqi military base. The Pentagon said it targeted three locations of the Iranian-backed Shia Muslim militia group in Iraq […]

WASHINGTON — The United States military on Sunday struck five targets in Iraq and Syria controlled by an Iranian-backed paramilitary group, in response to a rocket attack on Friday that killed an American contractor, the Pentagon said. The airstrikes, carried out by Air Force F-15E fighter planes, hit three locations in Iraq and two in […]

Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s comments come a month after Libya-Turkey deal that seeks to create an exclusive economic zone. Greece’s prime minister said in remarks published on Sunday that if Athens and Ankara cannot solve their dispute about maritime zones in the Mediterranean they should turn to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague to […]