Sun, 2023-01-22 00:41 AL-MUKALLA: Two Yemenis kidnapped by the Houthis died after being brutally tortured inside militia prisons, Yemeni human rights advocates and local media said on Saturday. The deaths have sparked outrage, with demands for an inquiry to bring … read more
Sun, 2023-01-22 00:40 TEHRAN: Iran’s judiciary is to rule by Friday on whether to release celebrated filmmaker Jafar Panahi on bail after his conviction was overturned by the Supreme Court, his lawyer said on Saturday. Panahi, 62, who has won … read more
Sun, 2023-01-22 00:27 TUNIS: Plainclothes security officers in Tunisia detained a prominent critic of President Kais Saied in the early hours of Saturday after a military court ruling, his lawyer said. Seifeddine Makhlouf had been found guilty of insulting police … read more
Sat, 2023-01-21 23:42 LONDON: Reports from Iran suggest authorities are set to clamp down on the city of Zahedan, the site of assaults on protesters in 2022 that left multiple people dead or injured. Sixty-six people are known to have … read more
Sat, 2023-01-21 01:16 BAB AL-HAWA: The first batch of cholera vaccines reached opposition-held areas in the northwest of war-ravaged Syria, where the extremely virulent disease is spreading. Syria’s first outbreak since 2009, which the UN and local officials say has … read more