Demonstrators rallied in London, Paris and Istanbul on Sunday in support of protests in Iran that have been countered with a deadly crackdown by the country's security forces. London demonstrations, initially in front of the Iranian embassy and later in front of the British
Jan 11 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is scheduled to be briefed by senior officials in his administration on Tuesday on specific options to respond to the protests in Iran, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing U.S. officials. The meeting will be a
DUBAI, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Deaths from two weeks of protests in Iran have risen to more than 500, U.S.-based rights group HRANA said on Sunday. Its latest spreadsheet - based on activists inside and outside Iran - showed 490 protesters and 48 security personnel killed, plus
Turkey on Sunday prevented Iranian nationals from protesting outside Iran's consulate in Istanbul, with the area cordoned off and crowds blocked by police. Iran has been roiled by street protests since December 28 that have taken hold nationwide, challenging the theocratic
Residents of a Kurdish neighbourhood in Syria's second city of Aleppo passed through government checkpoints Sunday to find blackened walls, destroyed vehicles and debris-littered streets as they returned home after days of deadly clashes. While they picked up the pieces in the
U.S. media reports citing American officials say the Trump administration is weighing both military and non-military actions against the Iranian regime
Syria's government was in full control of Aleppo on Sunday after taking over the city's Kurdish neighbourhoods and evacuating fighters there to Kurdish autonomous areas following days of deadly clashes. Residents of the Ashrafiyeh neighbourhood, the first of two areas to fall
CAIRO, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Israeli fire killed at least three Palestinians in two separate incidents across the enclave, local health authorities said, as tension rises over continued violence. Medics said one Palestinian was killed in the Tuffah neighbourhood in Gaza City, in
A checkpoint near Al-Sawahreh al-Sharqiyeh, in East Jerusalem, once provided direct access to the city, but most residents of the neighborhood are longer permitted to use it, with no explanation from the authorities
Jan 11 (Reuters) - In a nation where opposition to almost half a century of clerical rule has long been fragmented, the son of the last shah of Iran has become a prominent voice spurring on protesters staging the biggest anti-government demonstrations in years. Reza Pahlavi,
By Parisa Hafezi, Rami Ayyub and Maayan Lubell DUBAI/JERUSALEM, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Tehran threatened on Sunday to retaliate against Israel and U.S. military bases in the event of U.S. strikes on Iran, issuing the warning as Israeli sources said Israel was on high alert for the
As global attention drifts to Caracas and Tehran, Palestinians in Gaza describe continued military incursions and air strikes, and a shifting Yellow Line that make daily life as dangerous as ever
At a hospital in Gaza, wards are filled with patients fearing they will be left without care if Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is forced out under an Israeli ban due to take effect in March. Last month, Israel announced it would prevent 37 aid organisations, including MSF, from
Iranians took to the streets in new protests against the clerical authorities overnight despite an internet shutdown, as rights groups warned on Sunday that authorities were committing a "massacre" to quell the demonstrations. The protests, initially sparked by anger over the
Iranian authorities have committed a "mass killing" in cracking down on the biggest protests against the Islamic republic in years, a rights group said Sunday, as the president warned "rioters" must not be allowed to destabilise the country. The Norway-based NGO Iran Human
At least 192 protesters have been killed in Iran's biggest movement against the Islamic republic in more than three years, a rights group said Sunday, as warnings grew that authorities were committing a "massacre" to quell the demonstrations. The protests, initially sparked by
Jan 11 (Reuters) - Israel is on high alert for the possibility of any U.S. intervention in Iran as authorities there confront the biggest anti-government protests in years, according to three Israeli sources with knowledge of the matter. President Donald Trump has repeatedly
Israeli intelligence sees a long-term erosion of Iran's regime, marked by eased hijab enforcement and deep infrastructure failures. As Trump presses for regime change, Netanyahu signals readiness to phase out U.S. military aid, reshaping Israel's strategic calculus
WASHINGTON, Jan 10 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke over the phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday, Axios reporter Barak Ravid said on X, adding they discussed protests in Iran along with Gaza and Syria. Ravid cited a U.S. source.
Jan 11 (Reuters) - The last Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces fighters have left Aleppo, Syrian state-run Ekhbariya TV said on Sunday. The SDF head said the group had reached an understanding on a ceasefire and the evacuation of trapped civilians and fighters from Aleppo's
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Bangladesh said on Saturday it has told the United States that it wants to join the international stabilization force that would be deployed in Gaza. Bangladesh said its national security adviser, Khalilur Rahman, met U.S.