UPDATE: Protests Spread Across Iran Over Surge in Food Prices
Iranian security forces reportedly fire live rounds and tear gas to disperse ongoing protests in several province over rises in food prices of up to 500%.
Read MorePosted by Scott Lucas | May 20, 2022 | Iran
Iranian security forces reportedly fire live rounds and tear gas to disperse ongoing protests in several province over rises in food prices of up to 500%.
Read MorePosted by Scott Lucas | May 19, 2022 | Iran
Alena Douhan, UN Special Rapporteur on sanctions, after 12-day trip to Iran cites “devastating humanitarian impact of US sanctions”: “They are illegal.”
Read MorePosted by Scott Lucas | May 19, 2022 | MENA, Turkey, World
With threat to block Swedish and Finnish accession to NATO, President Erdoğan sets price for Sweden, Finland, US, and Europe amid Turkey’s economic problems
Read MorePosted by Scott Lucas | May 19, 2022 | Europe, Russia, World
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy claims “the complete failure of the invasion” by Russia, citing Moscow’s declared use of laser weapons as evidence.
Read MorePosted by Scott Lucas | May 18, 2022 | Europe, Russia, World
Surrendering Ukrainian fighters from Azovstal steel works, in port city of Mariupol in south Ukraine, face interrogation and possible show trials in Russia.
Read MorePosted by Scott Lucas | May 18, 2022 | Syria
Pentagon clears US commanders of wrongdoing over killing of about 80 people, including civilian women and children, in strikes in east Syria in March 2019.
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