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Iran's dual reality: As veil restrictions ease, political crackdown deepens

FILE PHOTO: An Iranian woman walks past an anti-U.S. billboard on a street in Tehran, Iran, November 5, 2025. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS /File Photo
FILE PHOTO: An Iranian woman walks past an anti-U.S. billboard on a street in Tehran, Iran, November 5, 2025. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS /File Photo

US intel revealed Israeli officials discussing use of human shields in Gaza: Sources

FILE PHOTO: Israeli soldiers walk out from a tunnel underneath the European Hospital in Khan Younis at the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing ground operation of the Israeli army against Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, June 8, 2025. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Israeli soldiers walk out from a tunnel underneath the European Hospital in Khan Younis at the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing ground operation of the Israeli army against Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, June 8, 2025. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/File Photo

US Treasury issues Iran-related missile and drone sanctions

U.S. and Iran flags are seen in this illustration taken June 18, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
U.S. and Iran flags are seen in this illustration taken June 18, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Coalition led by Iraqi PM Sudani comes first in Iraq’s election, two sources say

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani votes at a polling station in the Green Zone during the parliamentary election, in Baghdad, Iraq, November 11, 2025. REUTERS/Ahmed Saad
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani votes at a polling station in the Green Zone during the parliamentary election, in Baghdad, Iraq, November 11, 2025. REUTERS/Ahmed Saad

Some 3,000 cattle stranded on boat off Turkish coast for three weeks

Forty-eight animals on the Spiridon II livestock carrier are thought to have died after being stranded for three weeks off the coast of Turkey.
Forty-eight animals on the Spiridon II livestock carrier are thought to have died after being stranded for three weeks off the coast of Turkey.

Verifying Iran’s enriched uranium stock is ‘long overdue’, IAEA report says

The IAEA has been calling on Iran to let inspections fully resume quickly.
The IAEA has been calling on Iran to let inspections fully resume quickly.

Gaza patients face a painful wait as hospitals sag under burden of cases

An injured Palestinian boy Mohammed Helles, who suffered from a spinal cord injury during Israeli strikes,lies on a bed at Nasser Hospital, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, November 10, 2025. REUTERS/Haseeb Alwazeer
An injured Palestinian boy Mohammed Helles, who suffered from a spinal cord injury during Israeli strikes,lies on a bed at Nasser Hospital, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, November 10, 2025. REUTERS/Haseeb Alwazeer

Tehran taps run dry as water crisis deepens across Iran

The Amirkabir dam following a drought crisis in Tehran, Iran, November 11, 2025. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
The Amirkabir dam following a drought crisis in Tehran, Iran, November 11, 2025. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Israeli defence minister says he intends to close public radio station

FILE PHOTO: Israeli soldiers from Galei Tzahal, the Israeli army radio station, are seen through a window while producing a show at the station's studio in Jaffa, south of central Tel Aviv November 10, 2013. REUTERS/Nir Elias/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Israeli soldiers from Galei Tzahal, the Israeli army radio station, are seen through a window while producing a show at the station's studio in Jaffa, south of central Tel Aviv November 10, 2013. REUTERS/Nir Elias/File Photo

Trump asks Israeli president to pardon Netanyahu in letter

US President Donald Trump meeting Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Oct 13.
US President Donald Trump meeting Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Oct 13.

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2025 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.