A sharp rise in police “encounter” killings in Pakistan Punjab province has drawn scrutiny after a new human rights report alleged that hundreds of deaths may be linked to a…

Iran Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, has stated that indirect nuclear negotiations between Iran and the United States have achieved “good progress,” even as Washington reiterated that military action remains a…

More than four decades ago, US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson urged the Democratic Party to broaden its inclusivity and welcome communities that felt excluded, marginalised, or overlooked. Among those…

For years, the idea that Jordan could become an “alternative homeland” for Palestinians was largely dismissed in Amman as an unlikely scenario or a political myth. However, amid escalating tensions,…

Bangladesh prime minister-in-waiting Tarique Rahman has called for national unity following a decisive electoral victory by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in the country’s recently concluded parliamentary elections. In his…

A Palestinian journalist who witnessed the fatal shooting of Al Jazeera correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh is facing worsening health conditions while being held in Israeli custody, according to journalists’ and…

The High Court in the United Kingdom has ruled that the government acted unlawfully when it designated the pro- Palestine campaign group Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation. The judgment,…

Syrian government forces have assumed control of the strategic al-Tanf military base near the borders of Iraq and Jordan, the Syrian defence ministry announced on Thursday. According to the ministry,…

Canada authorities have identified 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar as the suspect in a mass shooting that left eight people dead in the remote community of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia. Police…

At dawn in Khan Younis, 15-year-old Mahmoud begins his day long before the sun has fully risen. Instead of preparing for school, he lifts a worn burlap sack onto his…