Author: Mon, 2022-05-23 23:07 LONDON: A British-Iranian charity worker who was detained in Tehran for almost six years says she was forced by Iranian officials to sign a false confession to spying before she was freed two months ago. Nazanin … read more
Author: Mon, 2022-05-23 22:51 TUNIS: Tunisia’s labor union said on Monday it would hold a national strike over wages and the economy after refusing to take part in a limited dialogue proposed by the president as he rewrites the constitution. … read more
Author: AP ID: 1653334585631274600 Mon, 2022-05-23 16:16 BAGHDAD: A sandstorm blanketed parts of the Middle East on Monday, including Iraq, Syria and Iran, sending people to hospitals and disrupting flights in some places. It was the latest in a series … read more
Author: Mon, 2022-05-23 22:30 BEIRUT: Lebanese authorities on Monday began removing concrete barriers around the country’s parliament building after the election of former protesters as MPs. The security measures had been put in place at the outbreak of massive anti-government … read more
Author: Sun, 2022-05-22 23:05 DAMASCUS: UN special envoy Geir Pedersen has welcomed a general amnesty aimed at freeing thousands of Syrians convicted on terrorism charges. President Bashar Assad has decreed several amnesties during the country’s devastating 11-year war, but the … read more