ISTANBUL — Three members of Iran’s security forces were killed overnight in clashes with protesters near Tehran in the latest sign of ongoing unrest despite a nationwide Internet blackout and heavy police crackdown./ Two members of the Basij paramilitary force and a commander in Iran’s elite ...
Protests in Iran triggered by petrol price hikes last week have subsided, an Iranian judiciary spokesman said on Tuesday, a day after the elite Revolutionary Guards warned of “decisive” action if anti-government protests do not cease./ FILE PHOTO: General view of the highway, after fuel price ...
Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds./ Iran has gone almost entirely offline as authorities try to stem the spread of/ Protesters took to the streets shortly after the government announced an increase in by as much as 300%. Social media images ...
These are external links and will open in a new window/ Petrol stations, banks and shops were set on fire during protests over the weekend At least 12 people have been killed in Iran since protests against fuel price rises erupted three days ago, officials have said, although reports suggest the ...
Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guards warned anti-government protesters of “decisive” action if unrest over gasoline price hikes do not cease, state media said, in a hint that a harsh security crackdown could be on the cards./ FILE PHOTO: People stop their cars in a highway to show their protest ...
The Iranian Embassy in India has said it is investigating the case of three Indian nationals who went missing in Tehran earlier this month. The men, all of whom are from the northern state of Punjab, had a stopover in Iran on 1 May, and were on their way to Australia, where they were promised ...
Barbara Plett Usher, Emma Rossiter and Yolande Knell in Jerusalem/ Watch: AFP footage appears to show a people removing sacks from UN warehouse in Gaza/ The UN's World Food Programme (WFP) says that "hordes of hungry people" have broken into a food supply warehouse in central Gaza. Two people ...
Israeli ministers said the settler outpost at Homesh will be retrospectively legalised (file photo)/ Israeli ministers say 22 new Jewish settlements have been approved in the occupied West Bank - the biggest expansion in decades. Several already exist as outposts, built without government ...
In December 2023, the Israeli military released a video that it said showed Mohammed Sinwar being driven through a Hamas underground tunnel/ Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says its military has "eliminated" Hamas's Gaza chief Mohammed Sinwar, one of its most wanted men and the ...
The UN Human Rights Office has said it believes 47 people were injured in Gaza on Tuesday when crowds overwhelmed an aid distribution centre run by a controversial new group backed by the US and Israel. A senior official said the UN was still gathering information but that most of the injuries ...
At least 35 people were killed after Israel targeted the Fahmi Al-Jargawi School in Gaza City on Sunday/ The EU's top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, has said that "Israeli strikes in Gaza go beyond what is necessary to fight Hamas" as the death toll there continues to mount. Kallas also said that the EU ...
Noura and Mohamed at their home in Gaza City before the war began, where they hoped to raise a family/ "My nerves are shattered," says Noura, a 26-year-old Palestinian woman, explaining that she has been "left with nothing". After years of IVF treatment, she became pregnant in July 2023. "I was ...
Thousands of Gazans stampede towards a food distribution centre/ Thousands of Palestinians have overrun an aid distribution site in Gaza set up by a controversial US and Israeli-backed group, a day after it began working there. Videos showed crowds walking over torn-down fences and earth berms ...
Aftermath of an Israeli strike at Fahmi Al-Jarjawi School in Gaza City on 26 May/ Hundreds of lawyers have called on the UK government to use "all available means" to stop the fighting in Gaza, including reviewing trade ties with Israel and imposing sanctions and travel bans on Israeli ministers ...
The death of Moaz al-Kasasbeh shocked Jordan (file image)/ This article contains distressing descriptions of death Swedish authorities have charged a convicted terrorist over the 2015 killing of a Jordanian pilot who was burned to death in Syria. Osama Krayem, 32 - a Swedish citizen - was on ...