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A mother and child are among those killed by gunmen who threw a hand grenade into the building in Zahedan. An attack on a courthouse in southeastern Iran’s Sistan-Baluchestan province has killed at least five civilians and injured 13, Iranian media report. A mother and child were among those killed on Saturday by gunmen who…
Knockback deals potential blow to US diplomat Thomas Barrack’s efforts to press on with ‘go-forward plan’ for Israel-Lebanon peace. Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem appeared to dismiss a proposal that his group disarm, as presented by the United States to Lebanon’s leadership last month. Qassem argued on Friday that the Israeli army would expand in Lebanon…
Israel has launched a series of intense strikes on Damascus, Syria’s capital, intensifying a campaign it says is in support of an Arab minority group. Syria, on Wednesday, strongly condemned Israeli attacks, denouncing the strikes as a “dangerous escalation.” The Ministry of Foreign Affairs accused Israel of pursuing a “deliberate policy” to “inflame tensions, spread…
Members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party lay down their arms after decades of war with Turkiye. It’s one of the longest-running conflicts in the Middle East – and it’s about to come to an end. Members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) have started laying down their arms at a ceremony in northern Iraq. It…
The Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda have signed a deal to end their long-running conflict. Years of fighting between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda may be at an end – thanks to a peace deal signed in the United States. Rwanda has agreed to remove thousands of troops from eastern Congo…
DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, The US and Qatar-brokered peace agreement must be followed by disengagement and the return of displaced families, DRC says. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda have signed a peace deal in Washington, DC, to end years of fighting between the neighbouring countries. Meeting in the White House in the…
Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo are expected to sign a United States-mediated peace deal on Friday following several months of conflict that has killed thousands of people and displaced millions in resource-rich eastern DRC. Neither country is formally at war, but the DRC accuses its neighbour, Rwanda, of backing the M23 rebel…
Mogadishu, Somalia – Ending the United States’ “forever wars” was a major slogan of Donald Trump’s 2024 election campaign, during which he and many of his supporters spoke out against American resources and lives being put to waste in conflicts across the globe. But on February 1, a mere 10 days after being inaugurated for…
The blast in Dweil’a on the outskirts of Syria’s capital was carried out as people were praying inside the Mar Elias Church. A suicide bomber in Syria has carried out an attack inside a church filled with people, killing at least 20 people and wounding dozens more, according to the Syria’s Ministry of Health and…
Islamabad, Pakistan – In January 2024, Pakistan and Iran fired missiles into each other’s territory in a brief military escalation between the neighbours. Yet 17 months later, after Israel attacked Iran with strikes on the latter’s nuclear facilities, and assassinated multiple Iranian generals and nuclear scientists, Pakistan was quick to condemn the Israeli action. Islamabad…
