It is common for leaders of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member-states to make major announcements regarding prisoner releases, pardons, succession, and cabinet reshuffles during the final days of ...
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Bahrain's interior ministry announced in 2020 the release of 1,486 prisoners, including 901 who had received royal pardons on "humanitarian grounds." ...
Iran, through its United Nations mission in New York, issued a statement that appeared to offer Israel a way to prevent further escalation if it considers the conflict "concluded." "Conducted on ...
Inflation in Iran makes Britain’s cost of living crisis look like a picnic. Price growth has been in double digits for nearly six years and averaged 35.8pc in February. In the last two years ...
Iran closed down its nuclear facilities amid fears of an Israeli attack, the United Nations has revealed. Inspectors were blocked from the sites on Sunday, Rafael Grossi, the UN’s International ...
Myanmar's junta on Wednesday announced a pardon for more than 3,300 prisoners under a regular amnesty to mark the country's traditional new year festival. Remaining prisoners will have their ...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran fired air defense batteries early Friday morning after reports of explosions near a major airbase at the city of Isfahan, the state-run IRNA news agency ...
The direct military confrontation between Iran and Israel has brought renewed attention to Iran’s armed forces. What are they capable of? By Farnaz Fassihi The start of a direct military ...
JERUSALEM — With all eyes focused on a brewing high-intensity war between Israel and the Islamic Republic of Iran, the state of Tehran’s illicit nuclear weapons program has come under the ...
Directly and through proxy groups like the Houthis in Yemen, Iran has been disrupting commercial shipping in the Persian Gulf for years. By Christopher F. Schuetze Iranian forces seized a ...