-
By staff writer
Saudi ‘red line’ and UAE’s adventurism in Yemen
TEHRAN – Saudi Arabia has framed its national security as a “red line,” warning it will act decisively against any foreign military support for separatist groups in Yemen.
-
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Detention of Jordanian journalist Mohammad Faraj and erosion of free expression
BEIRUT—As 2025 draws to a close, the continued detention of Jordanian journalist and political writer Mohammad Faraj remains unresolved and deeply troubling.
-
By staff writer
The masked voice lives on: Abu Obaida and Gaza’s unyielding resistance
TEHRAN – The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has confirmed that its armed wing spokesperson, Abu Obaida, and then Gaza chief Mohammed Sinwar were martyred in Israel’s genocidal war earlier this year. The announcement came in a prerecorded address by the newly appointed spokesman of the Izz al Din al Qassam Brigades, who vowed that the blood of the martyrs would only strengthen the resolve of the resistance.
-
Israel to suspend over two dozen aid groups in Gaza starting January 1
Israel said it plans to suspend over two dozen humanitarian organizations working in Gaza, for allegedly failing to comply with Tel Aviv’s new vetting rules on staff, funding, and operations, including Doctors Without Borders (MSF), effective January 1, 2026.
-
Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh’s first female prime minister, dies at 80
TEHRAN — Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh’s first female prime minister and a central figure in the nation’s politics for more than three decades, passed away on Tuesday at a hospital in Dhaka. She was believed to be 80. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), which she led, confirmed her death without disclosing a cause.
-
By staff writer
Saudi ‘red line’ and UAE’s adventurism in Yemen
TEHRAN – Saudi Arabia has framed its national security as a “red line,” warning it will act decisively against any foreign military support for separatist groups in Yemen.
-
Somalia unites against Israel’s Somaliland recognition amid global backlash
TEHRAN – Israel’s unilateral recognition of Somaliland as an independent state has ignited outrage across Somalia and beyond, with furious protests denouncing the move as a dangerous violation of international law and a direct assault on Somali sovereignty. The announcement, made on December 26, marked the first time any country has formally recognized Somaliland, a breakaway region that declared independence in 1991 but has remained internationally unacknowledged.
-
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Detention of Jordanian journalist Mohammad Faraj and erosion of free expression
BEIRUT—As 2025 draws to a close, the continued detention of Jordanian journalist and political writer Mohammad Faraj remains unresolved and deeply troubling.
-
Thailand delays repatriation of captured Cambodian soldiers, alleges ceasefire violations
Thailand is delaying the release of 18 Cambodian soldiers captured in July, postponing a decision expected Tuesday amid accusations that Cambodia breached a new ceasefire, Bloomberg reported.
-
US conducts 30th lethal strike on alleged ‘drug vessel’
The U.S. military said Monday it killed two alleged “drug smugglers” in a boat strike in the eastern Pacific, but—as with 30 similar attacks—offered no verifiable evidence.
-
Gaza endures new Israeli strikes eighty-one days into ‘ceasefire’
Eighty-one days after the Gaza “ceasefire,” Israeli forces continue assaults, striking al-Maghazi Camp, Beit Lahia, and southern areas, detonating an armored vehicle, and demolishing homes in Gaza City.
-
UN team depicts Sudan's el-Fasher as a largely deserted crime scene
A United Nations team has described Sudan’s el-Fasher as a “crime scene” after gaining access for the first time since its October takeover by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Al Jazeera reported Tuesday.
-
By Garsha Vazirian
Six countries, three seas, one voracious war machine
A year of Tel Aviv’s fear doctrine—sovereignty dismantled across six nations, maritime terror targeting humanitarian aid
TEHRAN – In 2025, Israel acted as a borderless war machine, unleashing over 10,631 military attacks across six nations—Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, Yemen, and Qatar—while extending its brutality to maritime terrorism against aid ships in the waters of Malta, Greece, and Tunisia.
