Senior Iranian reformist figure Mostafa Tajzadeh submitted his candidacy Friday (May 14) for June's presidential election.
As Iran gears up for a presidential election, people from across the political spectrum are taking to the audio app Clubhouse as a rare forum for debate inside the country.
A Turkish firm has halted power generation from two barges moored off Lebanon's coast that provided as much as a quarter of its mains electricity supply, the company said Friday (May 14).
Four Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire in the West Bank on Friday (May 14), including one who attempted to stab a soldier, as clashes injured more than 100 people in the occupied territory.
A 20-year-old Iranian who identified himself as a non-binary gay person was killed by relatives due to his sexual and gender orientation, Amnesty International said on Thursday (May 13), as a viral ca
Britain on Thursday (May 13) announced sanctions on the Kaniyat militia, which is allegedly behind a spate of gruesome murders, kidnapping and torture of civilians in Libya.
Two former Iranian parliamentarians known as vocal critics of the authorities on Thursday (May 13) submitted their candidacy for next month's presidential election, AFP correspondents said.
Muslims around the world began marking a sombre Eid al-Fitr on Thursday (May 13) amid rising hostilities between Israel and Palestinians, in the second celebration in the shadow of the coronavirus pan
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday (May 12) denounced a planned French law designed to counter "Islamist separatism" as a "guillotine" of democracy.
From accusations of torture in Belarus and Syria to alleged genocide in Iraq, claimants in some of the world's most serious legal cases are increasingly turning to courts in Germany in their quest for
Iran's supreme leader will pardon or commute the jail sentences of over 2,000 convicted prisoners for the Eid al-Fitr holidays that mark the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, his website sai
Iranian ultra-conservative ex-president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad put his name forward Wednesday (May 12) as a candidate to succeed moderate President Hassan Rouhani in elections next month.
Sabriya al-Fayyad is terrified of what the Syrian regime will do to her family if Denmark sends them -- like hundreds of other Syrians -- back to Damascus Wednesday (May 12).
A new unity government in Libya had raised hopes the war-ravaged North African nation had turned a corner towards peace -- but analysts warn that major stumbling blocks remain Wednesday (May 12).
Hamas said it fired a barrage of rockets Wednesday (May 12) towards central and southern Israel, where rescue workers reported one of them killed a six-year-old boy.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi approved Tuesday (May 11) the widening and deepening of the southern part of the Suez Canal, after a stranded mega-ship crippled the critical maritime artery fo
A skirmish broke out between Turkish and Italian fishermen near the divided Mediterranean island of Cyprus on Tuesday (May 11), the Italian navy said.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Tuesday (May 11) they warned US vessels after Washington said warning shots were fired near Iranian attack boats, the latest confrontation between the rivals in the Gu
Iran on Tuesday (May 11) opened registration for candidates hoping to succeed President Hassan Rouhani, who will step down following the June 18 elections after serving the maximum two consecutive ter
Qatar's ruler Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani landed in Saudi Arabia for talks Monday (May 10), in his second visit since the countries re-established relations in January following a bitter thre