DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, a force that has been instrumental in quelling recent nationwide protests in a crackdown that has left thousands dead, is “more ready than ever, with its finger on the trigger,” its commander said Saturday as U.S. warships steamed toward the Middle East. Nournews, a news … Read more
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranians have been grappling for nearly two weeks with the longest and most comprehensive internet shutdown in the Islamic Republic’s history — one that has not only restricted their access to information and the outside world, but also limited many businesses that rely on online advertising. Authorities shut down … Read more
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Hackers disrupted Iranian state television’s satellite broadcasts of footage supporting the country’s exiled crown prince and calling on security forces not to “point guns at the people,” footage showed online early Monday, the latest disruption after nationwide protests in the country. The hacking comes as the death toll in … Read more
ADEN, Yemen (AP) — Separatists in southern Yemen accused Saudi Arabia on Friday of targeting its forces with airstrikes, which the kingdom has not officially acknowledged, after it warned the forces to withdraw from governorates they recently seized. The United Arab Emirates-backed Southern Transitional Council said the strikes took place in Yemen’s Hadramout governorate. It … Read more
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia on Thursday called on Emirati-backed separatists in southern Yemen to withdraw from two governorates it now controls, a move that threatened to spark a confrontation within a fragile coalition fighting Iran-backed Houthi rebels in the country’s north. The Saudi Foreign Ministry’s statement came in an effort to … Read more