Category: Middle East

IRAN’S CAPITAL FACES UNPRECEDENTED WATER SHORTAGES AND EVEN POSSIBLE EVACUATION. WHAT CHANGES COULD HELP?

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Wed 19 November 2025: Iran is facing its most severe water crisis in more than six decades. Major dams supplying drinking water to provinces with millions of residents are nearly empty, and groundwater reserves have been depleted. Many cities have endured an entire autumn without a single drop of rain. In the capital, Tehran, and in Mashhad, the country’s second-largest city, in […]

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UN SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING GAZA BOARD OF PEACE, STABILIZATION FORCE

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Tue 18 November 2025: The UN Security Council adopted a US-drafted resolution Monday establishing a new transitional Board of Peace (BoP) and authorizing an International Stabilization Force (ISF) to oversee governance, reconstruction and security efforts in the Gaza Strip. The resolution received 13 votes in favor, with China and Russia abstaining. Speaking before the vote, […]

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TRUMP SAYS HE WILL APPROVE SALE OF F-35 FIGHTER JETS TO SAUDI ARABIA

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Tue 18 November 2025: US president signals major arms deal before Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s visit to the White House. United States President Donald Trump says he will greenlight the sale of advanced F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, signalling a departure in how Washington handles sophisticated weapons transfers to Arab countries. Trump made the […]

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ISRAEL DESTROYS GAZA’S HISTORICAL PALACE, WITH OVER 20,000 ARTIFACTS LOOTED

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Tue 18 November 2025: Gaza‘s historical and cultural heritage has not been spared Israeli bombardment during Tel Aviv‘s two-year war, with over 20,000 rare artifacts spanning from prehistoric eras to the Ottoman period missing and looted. “The Israeli army has systematically and extensively destroyed Gaza’s archaeological sites as part of a policy aimed at erasing Palestinian identity,” Ismail al-Thawabteh, head of […]

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SYRIA DENIES REPORTS OF HANDOVER OF UYGHUR FIGHTERS TO CHINA

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Mon 17 November 2025: A Syrian foreign ministry has denied reports that Damascus has agreed to hand over hundreds of foreign fighters from China’s Muslim Uyghur minority to Beijing, as Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani made his first visit to the country. On Monday, AFP reported anonymous government sources as saying that that Damascus had agreed to repatriate 400 Uyghur fighters to […]

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45 MOSTLY INDIAN PILGRIMS KILLED IN SAUDI ARABIA BUS ACCIDENT

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Mon 17 November 2025: 45 people were killed after a bus carrying Indian pilgrims met with an accident in Saudi Arabia, officials said Monday. The incident occurred in Medina, and the bus was carrying Indian nationals, authorities said. “Forty-five people have died, and there is only one survivor who is currently in the hospital,” V.C.Sajjanar, a top police officer […]

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US REP. GREENE QUESTIONS ISRAELI TIES TO EPSTEIN, SAYS FEUD WITH TRUMP STEMS FROM FILES PUSH

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Mon 17 November 2025: US Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said on Sunday that a foreign government may be pressuring President Donald Trump to keep Jeffrey Epstein files hidden, specifically questioning Israel’s potential involvement with the late sex offender, Anadolu reports. “I think the question that many Americans are asking” is whether Epstein was working for Israel, Greene […]

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WHAT’S THE SHADOWY ORGANISATION TAKING GAZA PALESTINIANS TO SOUTH AFRICA?

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Mon 17 November 2025: Details have emerged about the controversial scheme to take Palestinians out of Gaza, run by Al-Majd Europe. On Thursday morning, a chartered plane carrying 153 Palestinians from war-torn Gaza – many without the required travel documents – landed at an airport near Johannesburg, leaving South African officials “blindsided”. After nearly 12 […]

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ICC PRESIDENT URGES GLOBAL COOPERATION TO ENFORCE ARREST WARRANTS

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Sun 16 November 2025: The president of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday urged UN member states to uphold their obligations under the Rome Statute and assist in the execution of outstanding arrest warrants, Anadolu agency reported. Presenting the ICC’s 2025 Annual Report to the UN, Judge Tomoko Akane told the UN General Assembly […]

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2 EX-ASSAD REGIME OFFICIALS IN AUSTRIA CHARGED WITH SEXUAL ASSAULT, TORTURE

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Sat 15 November 2025: Austrian authorities have charged two former officials from Syria’s ousted Assad regime with alleged serious crimes against civilians in detention, local media reported Wednesday. The Vienna Public Prosecutor’s Office has filed charges against two former members of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime, public broadcaster ORF reported. The former brigadier general of the intelligence […]

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