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Ultranationalist religious rulers sworn in last week have made explicit what was previously obscured: annexationGlancing up and staring directly into the camera, the suspect who broke into the centuries-old Jerusalem cemetery appears to spot the CCTV e…
Campaigners call for greater global action after deaths of Mohammad Mahdi Karami and Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini Iran drew international condemnation on Saturday after it executed two men for killing a paramilitary force member in November during protests…
Raad, who was repatriated from Syria to Australia in 2022, was forced to surrender her passport and will appear at court again in MarchFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or dail…
Administrators jailed for 32 years, and eight years, as activists warn of ploy to infiltrate website Saudi Arabia has infiltrated Wikipedia and jailed two administrators in a bid to control content on the website, weeks after a former Twitter worker wa…
Detainment of Navab Ebrahimi is speculated to be linked to post about cutlets, a possible taunt over general’s deathIran has detained a prominent chef and Instagram influencer, known for his videos promoting Persian cooking, in its crackdown on nationw…
Rights activists express alarm over Netanyahu coalition’s plan to invalidate supreme court decisions with simple majorityCivil liberties and human rights advocates have expressed grave concerns about a plan by Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right Israeli gov…
Vandals’ clothing leads to claims they are Jewish extremists who have desecrated over 30 Christian gravesSecurity camera footage of men wearing Jewish religious clothing smashing a stone cross in a historic Jerusalem cemetery has prompted claims that I…
Publication by French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo ‘will not go without effective response’, says Tehran foreign ministerIran has summoned the French ambassador over publication of caricatures of the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei…
Critics warn changes will weaken supreme court and undermine country’s democracy Benjamin Netanyahu’s justice minister has unveiled the new government’s long-promised overhaul of the judicial system that aims to weaken the supreme court. Critics say th…
Alidoosti was arrested for support of women’s movement in Iran, including posing on Instagram without hijabThe celebrated Iranian actor Taraneh Alidoosti has been released from prison by the authorities after her friends and family provided bail. Pictu…