8+ hour, 4+ min ago   (280+ words) Yemen’s Houthi movement claimed on Sunday that it launched a missile and drone attack targeting a Saudi military base in the kingdom’s southern border region, saying the operation struck military infrastructure linked to operations against Yemen. Saree did not specify…...

8+ hour, 16+ min ago   (378+ words) An Iranian commercial vessel was struck by a projectile near Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz early Sunday, killing one crew member and injuring three others, Iranian authorities said, in the latest maritime incident to heighten tensions in the…...

9+ hour, 55+ min ago   (287+ words) An Indonesian passenger ferry carrying 243 passengers and crew has gone missing in the Java Sea after losing contact during severe weather, prompting a large-scale search and rescue operation, Indonesian authorities said. The ferry, identified as Virgo Transport 8, departed Surabaya in…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (527+ words) UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has warned that Afghanistan’s human rights and humanitarian crisis is worsening under Taliban rule, saying the international community has largely “forgotten and abandoned” the Afghan people as repression intensifies and forced returns…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (295+ words) Khaama Press RSF Condemns Detention of 12 Journalists at Book Fair in Eastern Afghanistan Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned the Taliban’s temporary detention of 12 journalists in Khost province after morality police arrested them while they were covering a public book…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (374+ words) Former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has called Pakistan’s decision to stop admitting Afghan students to medical and dental colleges “deeply concerning,” urging Islamabad to immediately reverse the policy and allow Afghan students to continue their education. Karzai said educational and…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (311+ words) Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi met Alireza Bikdeli, the acting head of Iran’s diplomatic mission in Kabul, to review bilateral relations with Afghanistan and discuss new opportunities to expand cooperation in economic, consular and cultural affairs, Iranian officials said....

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (415+ words) Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia have intensified, prompting regional security concerns and testing the resolve of the so-called Islamic NATO alliance members. Yemen’s Houthi movement has intensified missile and drone attacks on Saudi Arabia, targeting military bases, oil facilities and…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (286+ words) British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said the United Kingdom can no longer remain silent over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the continued expansion of Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, arguing that Britain had hesitated for years…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (446+ words) Israel has ordered the United Kingdom to close its consulate in occupied East Jerusalem within 30 days, marking a sharp escalation in diplomatic tensions after Britain joined France and Canada in imposing sanctions targeting Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank....