US sanctions on Iran violate international law: UN experts

US-imposed sanctions on Iran continue to harm Iran's civilian population

US sanctions on Iran are illegal under international law: UN special rapporteur

The UN official noted that decades of sanctions have mainly affected the low-income section of Iranian society

Israel ratifies law to revoke citizenship, deport Palestinians for criminal acts

The legislation is exclusively applied to Palestinian residents in Israel and occupied East Jerusalem

Israel expands militarization of West Bank as officials debate easing gun laws

Resistance factions from across West Asia have expressed solidarity with the Palestinian people, and also renewed warnings about an impending escalation in the region due to Israel's actions

PGA tour adds Saudi wealth fund to lawsuit against LIV Golf

PGA accused LIV of encouraging several players to breach their contracts with multi-million dollar deals

US lawmakers launch probe into Biden’s ‘disgraceful’ Afghanistan withdrawal

Hundreds of Afghans died at the Kabul airport in August of 2021 as US troops rushed to leave the country after 20 years of occupation

Saudi-funded LIV Golf accused of exploiting lawsuit to acquire data on 9/11 victims

The kingdom has previously used its resources to spy on US citizens and bolster its narratives via non-political entities

Israel deports Palestinian-French rights lawyer

Rights groups and activists, as well as the French Foreign Ministry, have strongly condemned the deportation and denounced it as illegal

US lawmakers call for tighter sanctions against Iran

The riots in Iran have been used by state actors and extremist armed groups to sow further instability in the country

US lawmaker accuses Turkish president of ‘wanting to annex’ northern Cyprus

Senator Bob Menendez says he will block a pending F-16 sale to Ankara over its attempts to annex Northern Cyprus

F1 faces legal lawsuit over Bahrain contract and sportswashing

Next year, Bahrain is set to hold the opening race of next season, but criticism of the regime is intensifying

One year after elections, Iraqi lawmakers name new president and PM

The newly named premier, Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, has 30 days to form a cabinet and present it to parliament for approval

Putin receives UAE president in Moscow to discuss energy markets, international issues

Before Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan arrived in Moscow, he visited Serbia to discuss mutual cooperation between the two countries

AIPAC-backed US lawmakers urge Biden against Iran deal

Iran has said it needs stronger guarantees from the US, and has demanded an end to the IAEA investigation into its nuclear program

US to end humanitarian relief to Afghanistan under new law

Under the new NDAA bill, the US Department of Defense cannot use its assets to transfer any goods to Afghanistan, putting the country at extreme risk of famine

US organizes international symposium to counter Hezbollah

The US-led meeting featured delegates from Israel, Saudi Arabia, several Arab states, Latin American nations, and African nations

Taliban plead with international community for assistance after earthquake

As Washington continues to withhold billions in Afghanistan's funds, the Taliban say they lack the equipment and medicine to treat the 2,000 wounded

Damascus International Airport crippled in latest attacks by Israel

Passenger and cargo flights are fully suspended under further notice once the necessary repairs are completed

Over 50 US lawmakers urge FBI to probe murder of Shireen Abu Aqla

The Israeli ambassador to Washington, Michael Herzog, has referred to the call for an investigation as 'unfair'

Taliban issues face-covering law in latest curtailment of Afghan women’s rights

The decision comes despite the absence of strict requirements in Islamic law and has reportedly become a point of discord among Taliban leadership

Lebanese parliament to review long-awaited capital control law

Banks have imposed informal capital control laws since the 2019 economic and currency collapse, denying Lebanese people access to their savings

Israeli Knesset approves law banning unification of Palestinian families

The citizenship law joins the long list of many Israeli laws that discriminate against Arab citizens

Saudi Crown Prince ‘postpones’ meeting with US Secretary of Defense, welcomes Russian lawmaker instead

The sudden cancellation of the US official's visit comes just days after Joe Biden demanded the release of classified documents pertaining to alleged Saudi involvement in the 11 September attacks

US attack on Syrian army leaves several dead, occupation base bombed in response

The US airstrikes came in response to a drone attack that killed a US contractor and injured several other troops

UK rejects use of ‘apartheid’ to describe Israel

As part of a new British-Israeli agreement, London has vowed to confront the ‘disproportionate singling out’ of Israel at the UN

Multipolarity was triggered by the 2003 US invasion of Iraq

Twenty years after the unlawful and destabilizing US-led invasion of Iraq, Washington must face the ultimate consequence of that war: UNSC powers China and Russia laying the foundation for a genuine, UN Charter-based system of multipolarism. 

CENTCOM chief decries Russian flyovers of US occupation bases in Syria

The US army controls nearly a third of Syria and has been accused of stealing 80 percent of the country's daily oil output

Russia chides EU big three for dissolving INSTEX trade mechanism for Iran

After Germany, the UK, and France shut down INSTEX, Iran blasted their 'absolute failure to be financially independent from the US'

Turkish border guards ‘torture’ two Syrians to death

According to the reports, the same guards beat up a group of youths, including a child

Syrian sanctions relief: An ‘American trick’

The temporary lifting of Washington's sanctions on earthquake-stricken and war-torn Syria is 'misleading' at best, and stands in the way of relief efforts.