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Move could indicate start of a possible prisoner swap between US and Iran, though negotiations for release of the five are continuingFive US dual citizens detained by Iran have left Tehran’s Evin prison and are now under house arrest, in a move which c…
Riad Salameh accused of corrupt actions to enrich himself and associates ‘contributing to breakdown of the rule of law’The US, Britain and Canada have announced sanctions against the former governor of Lebanon’s central bank, Riad Salameh, accusing him…
The Bab al-Hawa crossing from Turkey will reopen to the UN for six months after negotiations with Assad’s governmentThe United Nations is poised to resume aid deliveries into north-western Syria, an area controlled by rebels, via a crossing that has be…
Culture minister asks general security agency to act to prevent screening as anti-LGBT rhetoric ramps upLebanon’s culture minister moved to ban the film Barbie from the country’s cinemas on Wednesday, saying it “promoted homosexuality” and contradicted…
Terakes, who plays a character whose gender is never mentioned in the film, called the decision ‘targeted and dehumanising’The hit Australian horror film Talk To Me has been banned from screening in Kuwait, reportedly solely over the casting of non-bin…
Decline in crude oil prices and less refining income trims revenues inflated in 2022 by Russian invasion of UkraineThe world’s biggest oil firm, Saudi Aramco, has announced a near-40% fall in profits after a decline in crude oil prices and weakening ma…
Senator Chris Van Hollen says president should reassess military aid to Israel in light of extreme rightward tilt of governmentA leading Democratic senator has called on Joe Biden to “get more personally engaged” in stopping “racists” in the Israeli go…
Ex-cabinet minister calls on foreign secretary to reveal how many British minors are being held in campsThe UK must urgently end its policy of funding the illegal detention of children in north-east Syria, and disclose how many British minors are being…
Italian coastguard says two bodies recovered, amid reports of at least 30 people missing from two vessels that sailed from Tunisia The bodies of a woman and toddler were recovered by the Italian coastguard after two shipwrecks overnight off the souther…
Kyiv seeks support of publicly neutral countries as China sends envoy and Moscow says it will ‘keep an eye’ on meetingRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesTalks have started in Saudi Arabia to find a peaceful settlement to Russia’s war in Ukraine.Uk…