カテゴリー: Iran
Gulf states are having to reconsider their alliances and especially whether they can still trust the US, says senior sourceThe Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan is a shattering earthquake that will shape the Middle East for many years, a senior Gulf of…
Deputy foreign minster Yevhen Yenin said plane was diverted to Iran by armed attackers, which Iran has also deniedAfghanistan – latest updatesA Ukrainian minister has claimed a passenger jet meant to evacuate people fleeing Afghanistan to Ukraine was h…
Some pay smugglers to take them to Istanbul as withdrawal of US troops rekindles fears of civil warTwenty-eight days into their journey out of Afghanistan, a woman and her five children are sitting in the shade near a bus station in Tatvan, a town on t…
Iranian foreign minister meets Taliban negotiators in Tehran, while Turkey offers troops to protect Kabul airportIran, Turkey, Pakistan and Russia have moved to fill the military and diplomatic vacuum opening up in Afghanistan as a result of the depart…
As the two countries crack down on smuggling, those forced to cross the border ‘for survival’ face a perilous journeyKarim Jan* spent the festival of Eid al-Fitr sitting in the scorching May sun as he had spent the previous five days, waiting in a long…
In One Thousand Dreams, award-winning photographer Robin Hammond hands the camera to refugees. Often reduced by the media’s toxic or well-meaning narratives, the portraits and interviews capture a different and more complex tale‘Never stop dreaming’: r…
Data reveals Nepal, Iran and South Africa among 19 countries most at risk of running out as surging Covid cases push supplies to limitCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageDozens of countries are facing severe oxygen shortages bec…
Meng Wanzhou’s team had sought more time to review new documents after Hong Kong settlement with HSBCA Canada judge has agreed to delay Meng Wanzhou’s US extradition hearings for three months, according to a ruling read in court on Wednesday, handing t…
Decades of persecution has left the Shia minority with little space left in its graveyards but prime minister Imran Khan is in no hurry to listenAhmed Shah had always dreamed of bigger things. Though just 17, the high school pupil had taken a job in th…
Government official hints China standing in way of publication, as protesters insist ‘Iran is not for sale’Iran’s ministers are being pressed by critics in the country to reveal details of a 25-year strategic partnership deal signed with China at the w…
Two tankers flying the flag of the remote Pacific archipelago are alleged to have been involved in subterfuge shipping of Iranian oilTwo tankers flying the flag of the Cook Islands have been scrubbed from the islands’ shipping registry after allegation…
At least 60 injured in explosions at Islam Qala crossing that consumed 500 natural gas and fuel trucksA fuel tanker exploded on Saturday at the Islam Qala crossing in Afghanistan’s western Herat province on the Iranian border, injuring at least 60 peop…
Destroyer moves into region one day after Revolutionary Guards seize a South Korean tankerSouth Korean forces have arrived in waters near the strait of Hormuz as pressure builds on Iran to free a South Korean tanker it seized along with its crew on Mon…
Step would allow Tehran to come back into compliance with deal, so long as US sanctions were liftedEU foreign ministers have agreed not to set fresh preconditions on a revival of the Iran nuclear deal, believing Tehran and Washington should be able to …
Scott Morrison won’t confirm Iran’s claims three bombers who tried to kill Israeli diplomats have been freed in return for academic Australia has refused to be drawn on whether it was involved in a prisoner swap deal to release academic Kylie Moore-Gil…