Fri, 2021-03-19 01:00 CHICAGO: Diplomats at a press conference Thursday hosted by the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) warned that a buildup of ballistic missiles by Iran poses a “major threat” to the Arabian Gulf, the Middle East … read more
Thu, 2021-03-18 23:49 AMMAN: Legal battles aimed at preventing the eviction of 28 Palestinian families from their homes in the Sheikh Jarrah district of Jerusalem on Thursday appeared to be heading for defeat. Israeli courts have given the residents living in … read more
Thu, 2021-03-18 23:24 CAIRO: Rival Palestinian factions ended their talks in Cairo with an agreement on a code of conduct for elections described as a major step on Palestine’s “national democratic path.” In their closing statement, Hamas and Fatah delegates … read more
Author: Thu, 2021-03-18 23:00 ANKARA: A legal case has been launched to close the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), the third largest parliamentary party in Turkey, provoking strong reactions about the downgrading of political freedom in the country. The Court … read more
Author: Thu, 2021-03-18 01:42 ANKARA: Turkey’s parliament stripped Omer Faruk Gergerlioglu, a pro-Kurdish lawmaker and activist, of his parliamentarian status on Wednesday after the country’s Court of Appeal upheld a two-and-a-half-year prison sentence. Gergerlioglu is a deputy in the Peoples’ Democratic … read more