New york: Millions of football fans attending the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup in Canada, Mexico, and the USA risk coming face to face with troubling attacks on human rights, not least those stemming from abusive and deadly US immigration policies, Amnes…

Bab al-mandab: Iran launched waves of missiles at Israel on Monday as Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthis carried out their second attack since the start of the US-Israeli war, with the Israeli military saying two drones launched from Yemen were intercepte…

Taipei: The leader of Taiwan’s largest opposition party, Kuomintang (KMT), Cheng Li-wun, has accepted an invitation from Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit China in April. This visit marks the first time in a decade that a sitting leader of Taiwan’…

London: Sir Peter Westmacott, a distinguished ambassadorial fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Europe Center and former British Ambassador to Turkey, France, and the United States, has issued a warning regarding the British government’s involvement in…

Washington: American military reinforcements continue to arrive in the Middle East, as uncertainty persists over the possibility of US boots on the ground in Iran. President Donald Trump has warned that Washington could obliterate Kharg Island, a crit…

New york: The human rights group has sounded the alarm about risks faced by visitors to the 2026 FIFA World Cup. It goes as far as to describe the situation in the United States as a “human rights emergency.”

According to Deutsche Welle, a report re…

New york: It is still not clear whether mines, which can sink vessels of all types if activated, have been deployed in the Strait of Hormuz, as part of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. Most shipping has not been able to pass through the strate…