Khaled Abu Toameh The goal of Iran's mullahs is to spread their control to as many countries as possible by using their terrorist proxies, including Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and the Houthi militia in Yemen. Iran's rulers are also
By Saima Afzal LIPR Ambassador of Peace The Kashmir dispute has remained one of the main agendas of the UN Security Council. The abrogation of articles 370 and 35A of the Indian constitution by the Modi government has intensified tensions in the disputed region that have
London: Queen Elizabeth II brought the curtain down on her historic Platinum Jubilee celebrations, making another public appearance on the last of four days of festivities and vowing to maintain her record-breaking reign. The 96-year-old monarch, who has been troubled by mobility problems, appeared for the
London: Prime Minister Boris Johnson will face a confidence vote later on Monday, after a growing number of lawmakers in the governing Conservative Party questioned the British leader's flagging authority over the "partygate" scandal. Johnson, appointed prime minister in 2019, has been under growing pressure, unable
Dhaka: Bangladesh authorities accused a container depot operator on Monday of not telling firefighters about a chemical stockpile before it exploded with devastating consequences, killing at least 49 people — nine of them from the fire service. The toll from the giant blast, which followed a
Owo: Gunmen opened fire on worshippers and detonated explosives at a Catholic church in the city of Owo in southwestern Nigeria on Sunday, leaving dozens feared dead, state lawmakers said. The attackers targeted the St. Francis Catholic Church in Ondo state just as the worshippers gathered
Bangkok: Fifty-nine Rohingya people have been discovered on a Thai island, saying they were abandoned by traffickers en route to Malaysia, a senior police officer said. The group — among them five children — were found on Koh Dong island in the southern Satun province on
Pyongyang: South Korean military says the action is a demonstration of the allies readiness to respond to North Korean ‘provocations’. A missile is fired during a joint training between US and South Korea at an undisclosed location in South Korea. South Korea and the United States have
Philadelphia: Shootings in three American cities killed nine people and wounded two dozen more on Saturday night and Sunday morning, the latest outbreaks of gun violence in the wake of three mass shootings that have rattled the United States. In Philadelphia, a confrontation between two men
Yangoon: Myanmar’s military junta announced that it will execute two opposition political activists as part of its crackdown on the anti-coup resistance – in what rights activists say is the first use of the death penalty for years. In January, a military tribunal convicted veteran democracy