What we know about the mysterious flying objects downed by the US News

US fighter jets have shot down four flying objects in nine days. Here is what we know so far. The downing of a huge Chinese balloon off the US coast,…

Egypt media guide

Reading papers at a Cairo cafe Egypt is a major regional media player. Its press is one of the most influential and widely-read in the region, and its TV and…

Cambodia’s Hun Sen shuts down independent media outlet | Freedom of the Press News

Phnom Penh, Cambodia – Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has shut down one of the country’s few remaining independent media outlets, with human rights organizations condemning the decision as a…

Iran releases filmmaker held for 6 months over criticism

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has released an award-winning filmmaker more than six months after arresting him for criticizing the government, a pro-reform newspaper reported Monday. Mohammad Rasoulof,…

Auckland hunkers down as Cyclone Gabrielle approaches Weather News

Flights suspended and schools closed as New Zealand’s biggest city braces for second major storm in as many weeks. Residents in Auckland, New Zealand’s biggest city, are hunkering down at…

Explosions in Gaza after Israeli air raids | Israel-Palestine conflict News

The Palestinian Red Crescent says one person was killed in a pre-dawn Israeli army raid in Nablus. Israel has bombed the Gaza Strip, saying the air attacks were a response…

Iranian couple’s plea to judiciary to spare death row son falsely linked to killing of Filipino in Kuwait

A video of a couple pleading that their son be spared from execution has been circulating in Facebook and TikTok posts that falsely claim they are the parents of the…

Putin’s War Fuels a Bitter Breakup With the Russian Language

Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Reuters/Wikimedia Commons NARVA, Estonia—The quick and glorious victory Vladimir Putin expected when he launched a war in Ukraine has turned into something of a…

US fighter jets shoot down ‘octagonal object’ near Canada border | Military News

United States fighter jets have shot down an “unidentified object” flying near the Canadian border in the Midwest, the Pentagon said, the latest incident since a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon…

Iran’s Raisi to meet with China’s Xi Jinping to strengthen ties

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi is expected to pay a state visit to China this week at the request of President Xi Jinping, Beijing confirmed Sunday. The visit, scheduled from Tuesday…