Rap and K-pop aren’t music genres you’d expect an Iranian presidential hopeful to be familiar with. And yet, during the second televised debate ahead of the countrywide poll on 18 June, one... Read more

Online sexual crimes are traumatising South Korean women and driving some to consider suicide, says Human Rights Watch The South Korean government is facing fresh calls to take urgent action... Read more

Kim Jong-un said addressing food insecurity was “a top priority” in the country, where millions died in a famine during the ’90s. North Korea is bracing itself for a possible food crisis in... Read more

The health of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has long been a source of morbid fascination in rival South Korea, which sits in the shadow of Kim’s 1.2-million-strong army and his growing ars... Read more

Nahla Abdelmonem France plays an important role in the fight against terrorism in the Ivory Coast, in its bid to reduce violence and tension in the West African region. The region suffers fr... Read more

Ahmed Adel The US Treasury Department announced imposing sanctions on a smuggling network that assists Iran’s Quds Force and the Houthis in Yemen, in a move welcomed by the Yemeni government... Read more

United Nations Special envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths has said that warring parties “could not agree” on a comprehensive cessation of military operations in the country. In his briefing to... Read more

A number of prominent Republicans in the Senate called on the US administration to shed light on the human rights violations committed by the Houthis in Yemen. The senators sent a letter to... Read more

Bracing for greater recruitment, the Iraq-based “Hezbollah Brigades” militia set up a new boot camp in Syria’s eastern governorate of Raqqa, local sources reported, revealing that its locati... Read more

Iran’s presidential election on Friday, though likely more a coronation for a hard-line candidate long cultivated by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, still carries implications for a w... Read more

A cyberespionage campaign blamed on China was more sweeping than previously known, with suspected state-backed hackers exploiting a device meant to boost internet security to penetrate the c... Read more

A South Korean military court has been accused of discriminating against sexual minorities after it found two male soldiers guilty of indecency for engaging in consensual oral sex. The rulin... Read more

Party will seek support from opposition unless government scraps or amends plans within 48 hours Sweden’s Left party has said it will seek support from the main opposition to oust the prime... Read more

Tunisia’s capital has been rocked by a week of protests against police violence that began after the death of a man in police custody and footage that went viral of officers stripping and be... Read more