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Vahid Haghanian is a former commander in the IRGC [Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images] A former commander in Iran’s Revolutionary Guards who is under US sanctions registered his candidacy Saturday for next month’s presidential election, state media reported. Like other hopefuls, Vahid Haghanian, will have to wait to see if his candidacy is […]

Turkish drone strikes in northeastern Syria on Friday evening killed four US-backed fighters and wounded 11 civilians, the Kurdish-led force said. The strikes on areas held by the US-backed and Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces came a day after Turkey’s president said his government won’t hesitate to act against Kurdish-led groups in northern Syria if they

Dutch lawmakers are calling for a probe into Israel spying and intimidating lawyers at the ICC [GETTY] Local Dutch MPs are calling on the government to launch a probe into reports that Israel spied on and intimidated lawyers at the International Criminal Court (ICC), based in The Hague. An investigation by The Guardian, +972 and

The UK has once again concluded that it will not suspend arms exports to Israel, after reviewing a further three months of the Israeli military’s presence in Gaza. The latest review examined Israel’s bombardment of the enclave until 24 April, including the killing of three British aid workers. “The business secretary has therefore decided our

A new poll from the Pew Research Centre reveals wide discrepancies within the Israeli public over various aspects of Israel’s war on Gaza, including views of the war, the US role in the conflict, and what a post-war Gaza should look like. Most stark is the divergence in opinion between Jewish Israelis and Palestinian citizens

Hundreds of pro-Palestinian campaigners protest outside the constituency office of Labour Party leader Keir Starmer to call for a ceasefire in Gaza [GETTY] The UK Labour Party has announced that Shama Tatler will run as candidate for the London seat of Chingford and Woodford Green, following its sudden blocking of former candidate Faiza Shaheen. Shaheen

President-elect Prabowo Subianto made the announcement at the Shangri-La Dialogue [Photo by NHAC NGUYEN/AFP via Getty Images] Indonesia is ready to send “significant peacekeeping forces” as well as medical personnel to Gaza if Hamas accepts a new ceasefire proposal, President-elect Prabowo Subianto said Saturday. US President Joe Biden announced the Israeli roadmap to permanent peace

There is now an American conviction that the war in Gaza must end, said Dr. Azmi Bishara, general director of the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, following US President Joe Biden’s speech on Friday calling for a ceasefire deal. In a new interview aired Friday evening on The New Arab’s affiliated Al-Araby TV,

Iran on Saturday criticised the European Union’s imposition of new sanctions on high-ranking officials and the Revolutionary Guards for supplying drones to Russia and its Middle East allies. The EU’s measures unveiled on Friday target Iran’s Defence Minister Mohammad Reza Ashtiani and Esmail Qaani, the commander of the Guards’ foreign operations arm, the Quds Force,

The US economy grew less than initially estimated in the first quarter of this year as consumer spending cooled, the government reported Thursday. The world’s biggest economy expanded at an annual rate of 1.3 percent in the January to March period, the Commerce Department said, below the 1.6 percent figure published last month. This revision