Mon, 2019-11-25 00:24 BEIRUT: As Lebanon’s anti-government uprising enters its second month with no sign of losing momentum, downtown Beirut continues to wear a colorful, almost festive look. The trappings of “Thawra” — revolution in Arabic — are hard to miss … read more
Mon, 2019-11-25 00:49 GENEVA: A senior commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards has urged the country’s judiciary to mete out harsh sentences to what he described as “mercenaries” involved in protests against a fuel price hike last week, the judiciary’s Mizan news … read more
Sun, 2019-11-24 21:45 DUBAI: Machine gun fire answers rock-throwing protesters. Motorcycle-riding Revolutionary Guard volunteers chase after demonstrators. Plainclothes security forces grab, beat and drag a man off the street to an uncertain fate. As Iran restores the Internet after a … read more
Author: Sun, 2019-11-24 01:04 BEIRUT: Hezbollah and its allies in the Lebanese government on Saturday widened their attacks on the US over alleged meddling in the country’s political future. In an interview with the Central News Agency (Al-Markazia), Muhammad Fneish, … read more
Sun, 2019-11-24 00:41 WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s announcement recognizing the legitimacy of Israel’s illegal settlement movement has prompted one of the largest protests challenging Israeli policies in the US Congress. 107 members of Congress, all Democrats, signed a … read more