Tehran: Irans secretive new leader issued his first public statements Thursday, resolving to keep fighting, promising more pain for Gulf Arab states and threatening to open other fronts in a war that has already disrupted world energy supplies, the gl…

Islamabad: This year, on March 8, International Women’s Day, participants of the Islamabad chapter of the Aurat March (Women’s March) faced extreme brutality and arrests by the authorities after attempting to hold their annual rally in Pakistan’s capi…

Brussels: The EU is in a bind. EU institutions and many member states have condemned the Iranian government’s waves of repression against its own population. At the same time, the EU has said it would welcome a more democratic form of government in Ir…

Andoya: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has voiced strong opposition to the recent decision by the United States to ease sanctions on Russia, despite the ongoing rise in oil prices due to the Iran conflict. During his visit to the Andoya spaceport in…

Kyiv: Ukraine has warned that a move by the United States to temporarily lift sanctions on Russian oil to stabilize the global energy markets amid its military campaign against Iran could add around $10 billion to the Kremlin’s war chest to use agains…

Tehran: Since the beginning of the conflict in the Middle East, many merchant vessels have been stranded in the Gulf, as the Strait of Hormuz has become a high-risk area following several attacks attributed to Iran. Among them is Wang Shang, a Chinese…

Tehran: The End of Totalitarianism. He sees today’s Iran as a system in which religion has become subordinate to politics, and politics itself is increasingly subordinate to the Revolutionary Guards. In his view, the succession after Khamenei does not…