Middle East

Middle East
An image of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini, an Iranian Kurdish woman, is displayed on a pole during a protest following her death, in Los Angeles, California, US, 22 September, 2022.

Iran protests Western stance on mass protests over woman's death

Iran summoned the British and Norwegian ambassadors over what it called interference and hostile media coverage of the nationwide unrest triggered by the death of a woman detained by morality police

A picture obtained by AFP outside Iran on 21 September, 2022, shows Iranian demonstrators taking to the streets of the capital Tehran during a protest for Mahsa Amini, days after she died in police custody. Protests spread to 15 cities across Iran overnight over the death of the young woman Mahsa Amini after her arrest by the country's morality police, state media reported. In the fifth night of street rallies, police used tear gas and made arrests to disperse crowds of up to 1,000 people, the official IRNA news agency said.

Death toll mounts in Iran protests as online services cut

At least 17 people have been killed as popular unrest flared Thursday across Iran over the death in custody of Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini, local media reported

An image of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini, an Iranian Kurdish woman, is displayed on a pole during a protest following her death, in Los Angeles, California, US, 22 September, 2022.

US puts sanctions on Iran morality police, accusing unit of abusing women

Public outrage in Iran over Amini's death last week showed no sign of abating after days of protests in Tehran and other cities, with protesters torching police stations and vehicles earlier on ...

US state department spokesman Ned Price speaks on the situation in Afghanistan at the State Department in Washington, DC, on 18 August 2021

US 'deeply concerned' about violence on Syria-Turkey border

Washington is "deeply concerned" about a recent flare-up of violence along Syria's northern border with Turkey, a State Department spokesman said Monday

Tourguide Izzeldin Bukhari (C), who runs Jerusalem food tours and cooking classes, presents dishes to tourists in a restaurant during a guided tour in the Old City of Jerusalem on 26 July, 2022

Beyond hummus: Palestinians cook up new food trends

From the ancient alleys of Jerusalem's Old City to kitchens around the world, Palestinians are stirring new trends in cooking while abiding by traditions

Former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa arrived in Singapore on board a Saudia Airlines flight on Thursday

Rajapaksa arrives in Singapore, expected to fly to Middle East

Former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa who flew from the Maldives arrived in Singapore on board a Saudia Airlines flight on Thursday evening, media reports said.

US president Joe Biden on May 23, 2022

Biden aims to ‘strengthen a strategic partnership’ with Saudi Arabia

While Biden is expected to press for increased Saudi oil production in the hope of taming spiralling fuel costs and inflation at home, his visit signals a shift: an apparent abandoning of efforts to ...

A woman walks near Imam al-Abbas shrine during a sandstorm in the holy city of Kerbala, Iraq, 26 June 2022.

Rising heat drives crippling sandstorms across the Middle East

Over the past two months, Iraqis have been living, working and breathing in thick clouds of dust, as at least nine sandstorms - lasting up to several days each - have hit the country, blanketing ...

The Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies (BIPSS) and Dhaka Tribune on Wednesday jointly organised a roundtable on 'The Changing Dynamics of the Middle East: Implications for Bangladesh'.

BIPSS-Dhaka Tribune roundtable 'Whatever happens in the Middle East is crucial to us in Bangladesh'

The instabilities and turbulence of the Middle East have implications on a global scale and has an impact on Bangladesh as well

Bangladesh expatriate workers

Labour migration increases, remittance decreases

Every month on average over 100,000 migrants are going overseas, but remittance isn't increasing because it is more profitable to remit funds through 'hundi' than the banking channels

Majed al-Khalidy (R), 32, one of the activists within Iraq's black community, speaks during an interview while accompanied by a relative (L) along the waterfront of the Shatt al-Arab waterway in the southern city of Basra on 31 May, 2022

In Iraq, centuries-old black community still on the margins

Adnan Abdelrahman shows off the drums he learned to play at age 12. He belongs to Iraq’s centuries-old black minority, guardians of musical traditions but relegated to the margins of society

The seized oil tanker Pegas is seen anchored off the shore of Karystos, on the Island of Evia, Greece.

US demands Iran release seized tankers, crew

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias agreed in a call "that Iran must immediately release the seized vessels, their cargoes, and their crews

A shepherd boy tends to a flock of sheep grazing underneath a bridge by the remains of Lake Hamrin in Iraq's Diyala province.

Climate change Key Iraq irrigation reservoir close to drying out

Successive years of low rainfall and a sharp reduction in the flow of water down the Sirwan River from neighbouring Iran have reduced much of the lake to a dust bowl

Editorial

Expatriate worker deaths on the rise, yet govt remains impervious

We do not want to see a miserable scenario for the people whose remittance is boosting the country's economy. The government's nonchalance towards the expatriates must end.

Saudi foreign minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan Al Saud

Saudi foreign minister due Tuesday, meetings with PM, FM Wednesday

Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia are looking for stronger political and investment relations as Dhaka is ready to welcome the Saudi foreign minister

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