In Tajikistan in 2025, freedom of expression was very limited. The government continued to punish journalists and critics who spoke out against leaders or reported independently. Some journalists were jailed for many years after secret trials, and others were accused of crimes with no clear public evidence. A planned conference for women journalists was cancelled [...]
A potential military crisis erupted when a missile heading toward Türkish airspace was shot down by NATO air defense systems, according to Türkiye’s defense ministry. The Iranian ballistic missile had crossed Iraqi and Syrian airspace before it was intercepted over the eastern Mediterranean. Debris from the missile was later found in the Dortyol district of [...]
The Yemeni armed group Houthis has expressed support for Iran after US and Israeli strikes against Tehran, but has not officially announced new military operations. The United States and Israel began a campaign on February 28 that resulted in the deaths of several Iranian leaders, including Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Iran responded by launching drones [...]
The Iranian-backed group Hezbollah fired rockets from Lebanon into Israel for a second day, pulling Lebanon deeper into the war between Israel, the US, and Iran. Israel responded with heavy air strikes in southern Lebanon, the Bekaa Valley, and parts of Beirut linked to Hezbollah. Lebanese health officials said dozens of people were killed, and [...]
On Sunday (1st March) afternoon in Beit Shemesh, about 30 people were inside a neighborhood bomb shelter when Iranian missiles struck. Oren Katz, a father of four, went to close the heavy reinforced door as sirens wailed. At that moment, the shelter was hit directly. Katz and eight others were killed, including four teenagers from [...]
South Sudan, the world's newest and one of its poorest nations, is in the grip of a deep crisis, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said. Civil war erupted in 2013 after South Sudan gained independence from Sudan in 2011, and although a peace deal was signed in 2018, recent developments, including the arrest of opposition [...]
