Low turnout as conservatives dominate Iran parliamentery vote | Elections News

Low turnout as conservatives dominate Iran parliamentery vote | Elections News

The elections were the first since nationwide protests broke out in 2022 over the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody. Conservative politicians will dominate Iran’s parliament, according to election results, maintaining their hold on the Islamic Consultative Assembly in a vote that saw a record-low turnout amid boycott calls….

Father describes young daughter’s killing by Israel in Gaza | Israel War on Gaza News

Father describes young daughter’s killing by Israel in Gaza | Israel War on Gaza News

Gaza City, Gaza – His voice breaking, Hussein Jaber recalls how his four-year-old daughter was killed by Israeli forces before his eyes. The photographer, who works with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), was trying to flee Gaza City on December 5 to get his…

UN rights chief says ‘powder keg’ Gaza could ignite wider war | Israel War on Gaza News

UN rights chief says ‘powder keg’ Gaza could ignite wider war | Israel War on Gaza News

Volker Turk says it is essential to avoid conflagration of conflict, which could have repercussions for region and beyond. United Nations human rights chief Volker Turk says the war in Gaza is a “powder keg” that could ignite a wider conflict with serious repercussions for the Middle East and beyond….

Ukraine hints at responsibility for Russian bridge attack | Russia-Ukraine war News

Ukraine hints at responsibility for Russian bridge attack | Russia-Ukraine war News

Kyiv publishes pictures of the damaged bridge deep inside Russia that was used to transport weapons. Ukraine has hinted that it was behind an attack on a railway bridge in the Russian region of Samara. Kyiv’s military intelligence agency boasted on Monday that the explosion on the bridge had “paralysed’…

Can Yulia Navalnaya uniteRussia’s opposition after Alexey Navalny’s death? | News

Can Yulia Navalnaya uniteRussia’s opposition after Alexey Navalny’s death? | News

Two days before his death, Alexey Navalny penned a valentine dedicated to his wife and muse Yulia. “Baby, we’re like in the song [Hope] – between us, ‘There are cities, takeoff lights of airports, blue blizzards and thousands of kilometres,’” he wrote on February 14, St Valentine’s Day. “But I…

Russia claims German military leak proves Western involvement in Ukraine | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia claims German military leak proves Western involvement in Ukraine | Russia-Ukraine war News

A wiretap recording of German military officials published over the weekend proves Western countries were participating in the conflict in Ukraine, the Kremlin has claimed. The assertion was made by a spokesman on Monday, shortly after Moscow had reportedly summoned the German ambassador. The previous day, Berlin said that the…

Israel agrees to revise lyrics rejected by Eurovision | Arts and Culture News

Israel agrees to revise lyrics rejected by Eurovision | Arts and Culture News

Public broadcaster Kan says Israeli President Herzog has called for adjustments of song due to political content. Israel has reportedly asked lyricists to revise the country’s proposed Eurovision Song Contest entries, potentially heading off a dispute with organisers over political content. In a statement on Sunday, Israeli public broadcaster Kan…

South Korea to suspend doctor licences as strike crisis escalates | Health News

South Korea to suspend doctor licences as strike crisis escalates | Health News

Some 9,000 doctors walked off the job two weeks ago over government plans to increase medical school admissions. South Korea has said it will suspend the licences of trainee doctors who have ignored an ultimatum to end a strike over government plans to increase medical school admissions. About 9,000 junior…