James M Dorsey |
The six-month-old Gulf crisis has expanded to the Horn Africa, potentially fuelling simmering regional conflicts.
Renewed fears of heightened tension in the...
AFP |
President Donald Trump admitted the Middle East peace process was in difficulty Tuesday and threatened to cut US aid to Palestinians, currently worth...
AFP |
Nine people were killed as fresh unrest hit Iran overnight, state television said Tuesday, while hundreds have been arrested as authorities crack down...
AFP |
Despite demonstrators chanting provocative slogans against Iran's Islamic rulers, analysts say the roots of the current protests lie in the same anger at...
News Analysis |
Russian and US forces have been communicating across the "deconfliction line" in Syria despite glitches, US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told reporters...
AFP |
Video footage of stray dogs apparently being poisoned by municipal staff has sparked a public outcry in Lebanon, with politicians rushing to post...
James M Dorsey |
In supporting recent anti-government protests in Iran, both Iranian hardliners and the US State Department may want to be careful what...
AFP |
Israel has formally notified the UN's culture and education body of its withdrawal from the organisation, two months after it announced it would...
AFP |
Intense fighting killed dozens of people on the edge of the last Syrian province entirely outside government control as aid workers completed a...
