Russia ready to work on Syrian oil fields, says deputy premier

ISTANBUL Russia is ready to take part in developing Syria’s oil fields and expand cooperation in energy and reconstruction, a top Moscow official said Wednesday. “Russian companies have been working in Syria for a long time, in oil fields: there...

Christian Villages Are Burning While Syrian President Speaks at UN

Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa/Abu Mohammad al-Julani, a former Syrian al-Qaeda leader and a former ISIS (Islamic State) terrorist, is now the current, self-ascribed ‘president’ of Syria. He was in New York addressing the 80th United Nations General...

Fujairah gas-fired plant built to power 380,000 homes starts operations

The 2.4-gigawatt Fujairah F3 gas-fired power plant has started commercial operations and is expected to power thousands of homes in the UAE. The independent power producer (IPP) project has been developed by Abu Dhabi National Energy Company...

The Indian Fishers Trafficked Into Illegal Operations in Oman

On April 24, 2024, at the crowded Muscat International Airport, 39-year-old Selvakumar (whose name has been changed to protect his identity) stood alone. It was his longest stay on land since he left India in a fishing vessel called Rosy in...

Palestinian bodies bear signs of field executions; Trump conditions $20 billion Argentina bailout on Milei’s reelection; 45,000 health care workers go on strike in U.S.

Israel continues attacks in Gaza despite ceasefire, killing at least two Palestinians on Wednesday and arresting 15, according to Al Jazeera. Forensic authorities in Gaza work to identify 45 bodies handed over by Israel, some bearing signs of...

Putin to meet Syria’s al-Sharaa, who reportedly plans to request Assad’s extradition

Russian President Vladimir Putin was set to meet Wednesday in Moscow with Syria’s new president, Ahmad al-Sharaa, in what is believed to be their first encounter barely a year after the two were bitter enemies on opposite sides of Syria’s brutal...

Exposed: Syria’s Assad government secretly moved mass grave to cover up killings

DHUMAIR, Syria — Bashar al-Assad’s government carried out a two-year clandestine operation to truck thousands of bodies from one of Syria’s largest known mass graves to a secret location more than an hour away in the remote desert, a Reuters...

Sinn Fein back Hamas and citzenry of Ireland responds

Allies Published Oct. 27, 2025 SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY JWR UPDATE. IT'S FREE. (AND NO SPAM!) Just click here. LONDON — Ireland, in a cautionary rebuke to the governing establishment, has voted overwhelmingly to elect an outspoken leftist to the...

Move to keep pet trade on short leash praised by health and welfare experts

Tighter controls on the movement of animals and the global pet trade have been agreed on at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Abu Dhabi. Environmentalists and scientists praised the vote on Motion 108, which calls for global guidelines on...

US envoy Morgan Ortagus to visit Lebanon as Israel intensifies strikes

Three people have been killed in Israeli strikes on southern and eastern Lebanon, with the attacks launched before US envoy Morgan Ortagus is expected to visit the country as Washington pushes for the disarmament of Hezbollah. One person was...

Syrian civilian injured by Israeli enemy fire

Damascus – Saba: A civilian was wounded as a result of being directly targeted with live ammunition by Israeli enemy forces while collecting firewood in a reserve in the northern Quneitra countryside, southern Syria. The Syrian Observatory for...

Assault on Syrian asylum seeker: Trial investigates allegations of fabricated reports and police violence

The trial of five suspended police officers began on Tuesday in Luxembourg City, where one officer is accused of brutally assaulting a Syrian asylum seeker in 2019 while four others allegedly helped falsify reports and conceal the incident, as...

‘Operation Move Earth’: Assad’s forces secretly moved mass grave to cover up killings in Syria

The Assad government carried out a two-year clandestine operation to truck thousands of bodies from one of Syria’s largest known mass graves to a secret location more than an hour away in the remote desert, a Reuters investigation has found. The...

Man shot in Manchester synagogue attack released from hospital

Police outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Crumpsall following the attack(Image: PA) A man who was shot during the attack on a synagogue in Manchester has been released from hospital. Two people died and three were taken to...

Syrian Government releases 30 detainees from Suwayda

SUWAYDA, Syria (North Press) – The Syrian transitional government released on Wednesday 30 detainees from Suwayda who had been held in Adra Central Prison near Damascus for nearly three months, according to humanitarian sources. A source in the...

Support group Ha’ikar offers a ‘brave space’ for young Jews post-Oct. 7

“On a scale of one to 10, how afraid are you?” That’s a conversation starter for the new youth discussion forum Ha’ikar, founded by two Toronto friends, which has served as a support group for Canadian Jews under 40 who have been affected by Oct....

Kashmir’s Mental Health Crisis Mirrors a Global Blind Spot

Representational photoBy Musaib Bilal When the Pahalgam attack took place earlier this year, I was full of life. I had been attending youth conferences, leading discussions, and speaking on education, women’s hygiene, and emotional well-being....

Russia Says Syria is Interested in Keeping Russian Military Bases

The Israeli military said Wednesday that one of the bodies handed over by Hamas the previous day as part of the ceasefire deal is not that of one of the hostages who was held in Gaza, adding to tensions over a fragile ceasefire in the two-year...

Collecting on investor-state arbitration awards: practical steps to enforcement without court litigation

Introduction As documented in a recent study of compliance by states with adverse awards in investor-state arbitration, a lot has changed since the architects of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) system of...

UN calls for civilian safe passage after RSF says it seized army HQ in El Fasher

The UN has called for safe passage for “trapped and terrified” civilians in Sudan's El Fasher after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces said its fighters had captured the army headquarters in the city, completing its takeover of the area. UN aid...