The Iraqis’ asylum claims were rejected by Hungary and they were denied food while being held in the transit zone. Hungary has kept forces on its border to fight migration, a key issue for the right-wing government [Bernadett Szabo/Reuters] Hungary has refused to provide food for four to seven days for asylum seekers whose applications have been rejected, prompting the… Read more »
Syed Mohammad Akbar Agha accuses President Ghani’s government of ‘sabotaging’ talks with attacks that kill civilians. Agha is a former leader of Taliban’s Jaish-e-Muslimeen wing, which fought against Afghan forces after the US toppled the Taliban government in 2001 [Sorin Furcoi/Al Jazeera] Kabul, Afghanistan – A return to peace is not possible in Afghanistan if its government continues to conduct… Read more »
Foreign Minister Zarif’s attempt to resign sheds light on the divisions between hardliners and moderate forces in Iran. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, right, rejected Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif’s resignation [Vahid Salemi/AP] The recent political crisis in Iran, triggered by Foreign Minister Javad Zarif’s attempt to resign, reflects a long-time rivalry between hardliners and moderate factions that is poisoning Iran’s… Read more »
Gonen Segev, who was convicted in January, sentenced to 11 years in prison for spying for regional rival Iran. A former Israeli minister has been sentenced to 11 years in prison on Tuesday for spying for regional rival Iran, the prosecutor said, after admitting to the charges last month. Gonen Segev was convicted in January when the Israeli justice ministry… Read more »
On Wednesday 27 members of Iran’s elite military members were killed in a car bombing. There were also around 10 members that were wounded from the attack. Iran’s president Eshaq Jahangiri wants this to be used as a rally cry to fight against the countries terrorism. The attack took place in Iran’s Sistan-Baluchestan province. This provence is a major opium… Read more »
Twenty-seven members of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard were killed in a suicide attack in the southeast of the country on Wednesday. At least 10 members of the Guard were also wounded in the suicide car-bomb attack, which targeted a bus transporting the security force, Iran‘s Fars news reported. “This incident will not damage the resolute will of the people in… Read more »
At Warsaw conference, seen as an attempt to isolate Iran, US vice president accuses allies of trying to break sanction US Vice President Mike Pence during his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Warsaw [Kacper Pempel/Reuters] MORE ON MIDDLE EAST Yemen FM faces backlash for smiling, sitting next to Netanyahutoday Working towards food sovereignty in Palestinetoday UK schoolgirl… Read more »
A pregnant British teenager who fled to Syria as a schoolgirl to live in the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’s (ISIL or ISIS) so-called “caliphate” could be prevented from returning to the United Kingdom, Home Secretary Sajid Javid has said. Javid told the Times: “We must remember that those who left Britain to join Daesh [ISIL] were full… Read more »
MORE ON MIDDLE EAST Yemen FM faces backlash for smiling, sitting next to Netanyahutoday Working towards food sovereignty in Palestinetoday UK schoolgirl who joined ISIL ‘could be prevented’ from returningtoday Dubai airport disrupted after reported drone sightingstoday Ramallah, occupied West Bank – The Om Sleiman farm in the village of Bil’in is part of a burgeoning movement of agroecology and community supported… Read more »
The President of Iran, Hassan Rouhani, has recently stated that in order for The United States and Iran to re-open negotiations they would have to repent for the things they have done. Since Trump has become president he has reintroduced sanctions sanctions on Iran after withdrawing from a historic nuclear deal. Trump said that the deal was not permanent and… Read more »