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Iranian climber Elnaz Rekabi returned to Tehran on October 19, 2022, after the Asian Championships in Seoul where she competed without a headscarf. Iran requires its women athletes to wear the hijab while competing abroad. While her supporters speculated this was an act of defiance against the Iranian government, Re…
The central district of Shevchenkivskyi in Ukraine’s capital was attacked by Russian-launched “kamikaze drones” in the early hours of October 17, 2022. This came exactly a week after Moscow launched a series of missile strikes in Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities. The number of casualties from the drone attack is uncl…
Rights groups have voiced fears for inmates after a deadly fire at the notorious Evin prison in the Iranian capital of Tehran on October 15, 2022. At least four prisoners have been confirmed dead and 61 others injured in the blaze at the facility that is infamous for holding people arrested on security charges.
A new video has emerged reportedly showing 16-year-old Iranian Nika Shakarami burning her headscarf in Tehran during protests on September 20, 2022, before she disappeared and was later found dead. The teen’s family identified her in the footage, and her mother says she does not believe authorities who say Shakarami…
Beijing and Washington have crossed swords over the docking of a superyacht linked to a sanctioned Russian billionaire in Hong Kong. The Russian-flagged Nord, believed to be owned by Alexei Mordashov who is among Russian oligarchs facing penalties imposed by the United States, European Union and Britain for Russia’s…
The Iranian government has published footage to support its claim that Mahsa Amini died from a pre-existing illness while in custody, and was not beaten to death as alleged by her family. Surveillance footage aired October 7, 2022, purportedly shows the 22-year-old collapsing at a morality classroom after she was ar…
A superyacht owned by the Russian oligarch Alexei Mordashov has been moored in waters west of Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong waters since October 5, 2022. Shipping records show the Nord, reportedly worth half a billion US dollars, sailed for over a week from Russia to Hong Kong. Russian billionaire businessman Alexei…
A video circulating on social media shows schoolgirls without hijab chasing a man thought to be an education official out of their campus at Gohardasht near Iranian capital Tehran, reportedly on October 3, 2022. Officials have been visiting schools lately to meet girls following widespread protests over the custodia…
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People in the northern Iranian city of Nowshahr torched police vehicles and attacked security forces on September 21, 2022, as protests intensified days after 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died while in custody following her arrest by the country’s ‘morality police’ for allegedly violating the nation’s strict dress code r…
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Iranian women tossed their hijab onto a fire during a demonstration in Tehran on September 20, 2022, as protests intensified days after 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died following her arrest by the country’s ‘morality police’ on September 13, 2022.
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Thousands of women cheered their local teams at a stadium in the Iranian capital Tehran on August 31, 2022, after the government relaxed a long-standing ban that prevented females from watching men’s soccer matches in person. The prohibition, which dates back to the 1979 Islamic revolution, was reportedly meant to s…
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Powerful Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr announced on August 29, 2022, his retirement from political activity, sparking hundreds of his loyal supporters to storm the government palace in Iraq’s Green Zone. Following the occupation, angry Sadrists clashed with rival Shiite groups backed by Iran and Iraqi security…
With temperatures approaching almost 50 degrees Celsius (122°F) in southern Iraq, villages have started to run out of fresh water supply. Instead, families rely on mixing salty well water with government-supplied water which is only delivered by a truck once or twice a week. Authorities have blamed the drought for t…
Iran began testing new combat and reconnaissance drones on August 24, 2022, months after the US raised concern that the unmanned aircraft will be supplied to Russia use in its war with Ukraine. Iranian state media reported 150 drones will fly in the Persian Gulf during the two-day war games, in which the country’s a…
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Iran has denied involvement in the bloody attack that critically wounded British author Salman Rushdie, blaming instead the British writer and his supporters. A spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry made the claims on August 15, 2022, more than two days after the attack in New York state. Rushdie sustained multiple …
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Iran announced its first drone-carrying naval division on July 15, 2022, as US President Joe Biden made his first trip to the Middle East since taking office. The fleet includes vessels and submarines which will carry drones that can fly up to 1,000km (621 miles), according to state media. Days earlier, Washington a…
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In a rare joint press conference on July 5, 2022, the Taliban thanked China for providing a humanitarian aid package for victims affected by the June 6.1-magnitude earthquake in Afghanistan. China delivered US$8 million worth of supplies, including rice, blankets, tents and beds. Qatar, Iran, Türkiye, the United Ara…
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Some two million diamond polishers in Surat, India are at risk of losing their livelihoods because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. About 90 per cent of the world’s diamonds are cut in the western state of Gujarat, where the port city of Surat is nicknamed “Diamond City”. Russia is India’s largest supplier of uncut …
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The last stretch of track has gone into service to complete a 2,712km (1,685 miles) railway that loops around China’s largest desert, the Taklamakan. The latest section covering 825km (613 miles) went into operation in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on June 16, 2022, after three and a half years of constructio…
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Seven-year-old Raha Ghorbani goes straight for the driver's seat when she gets into her father’s car. She can barely reach the pedals, but she can already perform drifts. Because of a lack of competition her age in Iran, she races as a guest in Tehran’s events and dreams of becoming a racing champion.
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Muslim protesters in Mumbai, India took to the streets on June 6, 2022 to protest against remarks made by the spokeswoman for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Nupur Sharma was accused of making anti-Muslim insults during her comments in a televised debate. The BJP subsequently suspended Sharma and she has is…
In a television programme aired on May 28, 2022, the Iranian military unveiled a drone base located hundreds of metres under the Zagros mountain range. The base reportedly hosts 100 drones. Two new cruise missiles were also showcased; the Heidar-1 can be fired from a drone while the Heidar-2 can be launched from a h…
Speaking at the World Economic Forum, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky pushed world leaders to impose more sanctions and increase pressure against Russia over its invasion of his nation. During his May 23, 2022, address in Davos, Switzerland, Zelensky urged global business leaders to establish safe corridors f…
