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Tehran reportedly pressing Biden team in Vienna to remove sanctions against Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

The details of torture in an Israeli-run prison in Lebanon, including the electrocution of a female detainee and denial of medical care, have been uncovered in newly declassified Israeli documents. Arab prisoners were subjected to inhumane treatment at the Khiam Prison run by Israel in Southern Lebanon, which operated for fifteen years until the occupation […]

“Russia must stop this dangerous, irresponsible nuclear rhetoric,” NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told a press conference. “But let there be no doubt about our readiness to protect and defend the allies against any threat at any time. ” “Russia must realise that it can never win a nuclear war“, Stoltenberg said on the eve […]

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Khartoum has denied that the Russian paramilitary Wagner Group is operating in Sudan. The ministry issued its denial after diplomats from Norway, Britain and the US claimed that the group is involved in “illegal activities relating to gold mining” in the country. “The group’s activities threaten the proper administration […]

RIYADH: Bahrain condemned on Wednesday attempts by Yemen’s Houthi militia to carry out attacks in the Red Sea, Bahrain News Agency (BNA) reported. The Iran-backed militia attempted to use two explosive-laden boats for the attack but it was thwarted by the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen. The coalition said that the militia was planning […]

Libya’s political crisis has escalated since the collapse of a scheduled election in December

Coalition said the militia was planning to use the boats in attacks on oil tankers crossing the Bab Al-Mandab Strait

MOGADISHU: Somali security forces shot dead two armed attackers who tried to burst into an army base near the international airport in the capital Mogadishu on Wednesday, state television said. Earlier in the day, state TV had said security forces were battling a “terrorist incident” at the camp’s gates with a witness saying gunmen had […]

Girls in Afghanistan hoping to attend lessons beyond the sixth grade faced a new ban on Wednesday, turned away from classrooms amid a new move of the Taliban government to limit education for female students. Despite a previous green light, the Taliban-run education ministry announced that all schools will remain closed for girls beyond grade […]

Japan has marched in lockstep with Western allies to impose tough sanctions on Russian financial institutions and officials, as well as Moscow’s ally Belarus