Mahsa Amini faced torture, abuse before police custody death: Cousin
Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old woman whose death in police custody has sparked nationwide protests in Iran, faced torture and psychological abuse before dying,…
Category: Middle East
Hayashi meets Egyptian foreign affairs minister
HAYASHI Yoshimasa, minister of foreign affairs of Japan, and Sameh Shoukry, minister of foreign affairs of Egypt, held a foreign ministers meeting discussing…
Iran indicts 14 in top nuclear scientist’s assassination
Iran has pressed charges against 14 people for their alleged role in the November 2020 assassination of top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, local…
Iran says US trying to violate sovereignty over unrest, warns of response
US attempts to violate Iran’s sovereignty over the issue of protests triggered by the death of a woman in police custody will not…
Lebanon expects US mediator offer for maritime border with Israel within days
Lebanon expects a written offer from US mediator Amos Hochstein concerning the demarcation of a maritime border with Israel by the end of…
Iran says 450 protesters arrested in northern province
Authorities in a northern Iran province have arrested 450 people during more than 10 days of protests following a young Kurdish woman’s death…
Japan, Jordan foreign ministers discuss Middle East peace
Japan’s Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa met with Jordan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ayman Safadi on Sept. 22….
Morocco’s appeals court sentences 12 more migrants
A Moroccan appeals court has sentenced 12 Sudanese migrants to three years in jail over violence in the run-up to a June 24…