Turkey’s PKK Peace Law Raises Hopes for Families, Angers Veterans
Turkey's parliament has passed legislation creating a framework for the disbandment of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), opening the way for Kurdish militants to...
Why Is Taiwan Calling China’s Planned Naval Drill with Indonesia Dangerous?
Taiwan has condemned planned Chinese naval drills with an Indonesian warship off the island's east coast, calling the exercise a dangerous provocation and accusing...
Four Crew, Two Rescuers Killed in Red Sea Attack as US Strikes Ship Near Oman
Four crew members were killed in an attack by Iran-backed Houthi forces on a cargo ship in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait on Tuesday, Yemen's...
Iran to Join BRICS Development Bank, Central Bank Chief Says
Iran is set to join the New Development Bank (NDB), the development lender established by the BRICS group, Iranian central bank governor Abdolnaser Hemmati...
Hormuz Shipping Traffic Falls to One-Week Low Amid Middle East Tensions
Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz fell to its lowest level in a week on Tuesday as vessel operators continued to avoid the...
Syria Sentences Assad to Death Over War Crimes
Syria's court sentenced ousted leader Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia on Tuesday, convicting him of killings, torture and arbitrary arrests committed during the...
Myanmar Military Escalates Airstrikes Ahead of Election
Air Attacks Increased Before Election
Myanmar's military intensified aerial attacks on civilians in the months before an election held in December and January, while all...
China Missile Test Raises Fears of Growing Pacific Militarisation
China's test of a nuclear-capable missile into the Pacific has exposed the growing divisions among Pacific island nations over the increasing militarisation of a...
Oil Prices Rise as US-Iran Talks Stall Over Strait of Hormuz
Oil prices rose on Tuesday as negotiations between the United States and Iran over a peace deal and the reopening of the Strait of...
Who is Iran’s new security chief Mohsen Rezaei?
Iran has appointed Mohsen Rezaei as secretary of its Supreme National Security Council, promoting a prominent hardliner and close ally of Supreme Leader Ayatollah...