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Iran Executes Four Men Convicted of Espionage
Iran Executes Four Men Convicted of Espionage

Iran executed four individuals convicted of plotting a sabotage operation linked to Israeli intelligence on Monday, January 29. The executed men, accused of collaborating with Mossad, were arrested in July 2022 and sentenced to death in September 2023. Iran executed four men at dawn on Monday after they were convicted of collaborating with the ...

Several Daesh Fighters Killed by Local Factions in Southern Syria
Several Daesh Fighters Killed by Local Factions in Southern Syria

At least eight fighters affiliated to Daesh were killed in southern Syria on Sunday, January 28. Local armed factions opposed to the jihadist group were involved. A local leader and seven other members of a jihadist militia in southern Syria affiliated with the Daesh group were killed Sunday in Daraa province, the Syrian Observatory for Human ...

Iran Captures Foreign Vessel Transporting 'Smuggled' Fuel
Iran Captures Foreign Vessel Transporting 'Smuggled' Fuel

Iran's Revolutionary Guards captured on Sunday a foreign oil tanker transporting approximately two million liters of "smuggled fuel" near the country's southern coast, leading to the arrest of fourteen crew members. Iran's Revolutionary Guards seized Sunday a foreign oil tanker carrying around two million liters of "smuggled fuel" near the ...

British Conservative Party: A Much Needed Unity
British Conservative Party: A Much Needed Unity

Amidst the political tumult dominating this year's elections in the United Kingdom, the British Conservative Party and the government, led by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, are grappling with evident challenges, as highlighted by recent polls. These surveys, published respectively by the Daily Telegraph and the Times of London, two media strongholds ...

Deadly Attack Strikes Italian Church in Istanbul
Deadly Attack Strikes Italian Church in Istanbul

An Italian church in Istanbul was targeted in an armed attack carried out by two masked individuals during a religious ceremony on Sunday, resulting in one fatality. One man died after armed assailants opened fire in an Italian church in Istanbul during Sunday mass in an apparent assassination attempt that was swiftly condemned by Pope ...

Iran's Launch of Three Satellites Sparks Western Criticism
Iran's Launch of Three Satellites Sparks Western Criticism

Iran on Sunday announced the simultaneous launch of three satellites into orbit, occurring nearly a week after the Revolutionary Guards' launch of a research satellite received criticism from Western nations. Iran on Sunday said it simultaneously launched three satellites into orbit, nearly a week after the launch of a research satellite by the ...

Gunmen Kill 9 Foreigners Near Iran-Pakistan Border
Gunmen Kill 9 Foreigners Near Iran-Pakistan Border

Gunmen in southeastern Iran near the Pakistan border killed nine foreign nationals Saturday, more than a week after the neighbors exchanged deadly cross-border fire, Iranian news agency Mehr reported. "According to witnesses, unknown armed men killed nine non-Iranians this morning in a house in the Sirkan neighborhood of Saravan city" in ...

Alabama Conducts First Execution With Nitrogen Gas in US
Alabama Conducts First Execution With Nitrogen Gas in US

The US state of Alabama executed a convicted murderer on Thursday using nitrogen gas, marking the first use of a method criticized by the UN rights chief as potentially constituting torture. The southern US state of Alabama put to death a convicted murderer using nitrogen gas on Thursday, the first time the country has used a method that the UN ...

Questions Arise Over Russia's Plane Crash Narrative
Questions Arise Over Russia's Plane Crash Narrative

Uncertainties persisted on Thursday surrounding the military plane crash that Russia claimed resulted in the deaths of numerous captured Ukrainian soldiers ahead of a planned prisoner exchange, with Moscow and Kyiv trading accusations at the UN Security Council. Russia blamed Ukrainian forces for downing the IL-76 transport plane over the ...

US Claims It Warned Iran of IS Bombings
US Claims It Warned Iran of IS Bombings

The United States confirmed on Thursday, that it had specifically warned Iran about the threat of an attack before bombings, attributed to the Islamic State group, resulted in the deaths of approximately 90 people in southeastern Kerman. The United States said Thursday it had specifically alerted Iran to the threat of an attack before bombings ...

US, Iraq to Discuss Timeline to Reduce Coalition Troops
US, Iraq to Discuss Timeline to Reduce Coalition Troops

Iraq stated, on Thursday, that talks would begin between Washington and Baghdad over the gradual pull-out of US-led coalition troops. The Iraqi government hoped that these discussions would result in a timeline for the gradual reduction of the troops fighting the Islamic State group. Washington and Baghdad will begin discussions expected to lead ...

Suspension of Iran Nuclear Talks
Suspension of Iran Nuclear Talks

Indirect negotiations in Oman on the nuclear issue between Iran and the United States have reportedly been suspended. One might claim they were suspended by mutual agreement, but it would be more accurate to say that it was due to considerations linked to the interests of each of the two countries. Tehran is stalling and does not seem to want to ...