Anti-regime protests spreading across Iran, says country’s opposition
Ordinary Iranians reportedly took their grievances against the Tehran regime today to the country’s parliament as a result of what they say are the regime’s…
How Iraq crushed the Kurds’ dream of independence
We crossed the Kurdish frontline without realising. It did not amount to much on the morning of 16 October; a few lightly armed men in…
Apple Pay launches in UAE
Dubai: Leave your wallet behind when you head to the coffee shop this morning. Just remember to bring your iPhone. Apple Pay, the company’s digital…
Erdogan: Turkey’s membership will cure EU’s problems
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that Turkey’s full membership is the “cure for the chronic problems” of the European Union (EU). Turkey, which applied for bloc membership…
Israeli president accuses Netanyahu and allies of endangering democracy
Israel’s president, Reuven Rivlin, has launched a stark denunciation of the policies of the rightwing government of the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, warning that Israeli democracy…
Iran Is Flying One of America’s Most Powerful Fighter Jets
One of the ironies of the bitter relations between the Iran and the United States today is that half a century ago they were the…
Why does Israel keep attacking Syria?
Over the weekend, cross-border violence between Israel and Syria set off an exchange of heated threats between the two countries. On Saturday, the neighbours traded…
Trump’s Iran-deal move is all about restoring US credibility
Defenders of the Iran nuclear deal have settled on a narrative. From high-ranking Democratic senators to European ambassadors to Iranian diplomats and newspaper editorial pages,…
Erdogan calls for allies to ‘respect’ Turkey
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has asked allies for mutual respect in the midst of a diplomatic spat with the United…
British Isis fighters in Syria must be killed in almost all cases, says minister
The only way of dealing with British Isis fighters in Syria will be to kill them in almost every case, an international development minister has…