IRAN’S communists joined a mass boycott of today’s “sham” parliamentary elections, calling for all democratic forces to unite in struggle against t

ALGERIAN President Abdelmajid Tebboune today warned protesters against violence as they mark a year since the start of the movement for political c

CONCERNS were raised for the safety of veteran Kurdish media-freedom campaigner Hakki Boltan after he was detained during a police raid on his home

US SPECIAL envoy for Venezuela Elliott Abrams has said that the US is “looking very carefully” at taking “measures” against Telesur, in the latest

JOURNALISTS raised concerns today after exiled Pakistani writer Gul Bukhari, a critic of her country’s powerful military, was threatened by intelli

SYRIAN President Bashar al-Assad expressed confidence in the army’s ability to take back all Syrian territory today after the military confirmed it

RESIDENTS in the Makhmur camp in northern Iraq issued an urgent appeal for an end to an eight-month blockade yesterday, warning that people are dyi

WORKERS at a factory in Turkey have issued an appeal for international support and solidarity and demanded the reinstatement of nearly 100 workers

INTERNATIONAL organisations including the UN were accused of complicity in the “conspiracy” that led to the detention and jailing of Kurdish leader