16+ min ago   (1676+ words) Armed factions in Syria's Druze-majority Sweida province have blocked students from travelling to sit for official exams, demanding they be held instead in the areas they control, drawing condemnation from the Damascus-appointed governor on Saturday. The factions are part of…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (1339+ words) Qatar has significantly expanded its diplomatic and political presence in Libya, appearing poised to deepen cooperation and partnerships with political factions in both the east and west and forge future ties after years of strained relations, particularly with Benghazi. During…...

1+ hour, 33+ min ago   (1654+ words) Israel's far-right national security minister on Sunday boasted of worsening conditions for Palestinian prisoners as he visited female inmates. Two months before elections, Itamar Ben-Gvir posted a video in which a veiled woman, her face blurred out, said that prisoners…...

3+ hour, 12+ min ago   (1516+ words) Citing the importance of the First Amendment, a federal judge in California says the US government is unconstitutionally silencing critics of Israel's war in Gaza and others as part of the Trump administration’s quest to deport noncitizens who it says…...

2+ hour, 31+ min ago   (1516+ words) Iran's supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei on Sunday called on Muslim countries in the region to unite against the United States and Israel, in a written message issued six months on from the start of the Middle East war. Khamenei, in…...

3+ hour, 4+ min ago   (1689+ words) Russia's defense ministry on Sunday said it was gearing up for large-scale attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure in a tit-for-tat response to strikes by Kyiv. "Russian forces have begun preparations for massive strikes against facilities in Ukraine's energy sector in…...

3+ hour, 37+ min ago   (1670+ words) As a far-right regional election victory looms in an ex-communist eastern German state, many migrants are readying to pack their bags, fearful of the AfD party's threatened "deportation and remigration offensive". A week from now, the anti-immigration, Islamophobic and Russia-friendly…...

4+ hour, 26+ min ago   (1676+ words) Nepali rescuers seeking to reach hydropower workers believed trapped in tunnels swamped by flood debris resumed work Sunday after rain and rising river waters hampered efforts. Rescue operations entered their fifth day since the floods, as teams battled difficult conditions…...

6+ hour, 16+ min ago   (1687+ words) Interim leader Delcy Rodriguez assured the public Saturday that Venezuela retains control of its oil under a new agreement that allows the United States significant access to it. The United States will have majority control of 65 billion barrels of Venezuela's…...

4+ hour, 53+ min ago   (1674+ words) Armed factions in Syria's Druze-majority Sweida province have blocked students from travelling to sit for official exams, demanding they be held instead in the areas they control, drawing condemnation from the Damascus-appointed governor on Saturday. The factions are part of…...