‘State of siege’: Iran protest death toll rises to 2,000 after U.S. sanctions spawn...
Democracy Now! / January 13, 2026
Guest: Vali Nasr – professor of international affairs and Middle East studies at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International...
Palestinians are indigenous – here’s why that’s beside the point
Izzeddin Araj
TNA Staff
The New Arab / January 13, 2026
Izzeddin Araj warns against using the growing indigeneity discourse to depoliticise the Palestinian struggle for liberation.
Over...
Festival of cowardice: the cancellation of Randa Abdel-Fattah
Binoy Kampmark
Middle East Monitor / January 13, 2026
Boards of directors are a funny bunch. Often lacking expertise, claiming knowledge they do not have and...
As Trump threatens to intervene, Iranian protesters warn US, Israel ‘want entire region in...
Brad Reed
Common Dreams / January 13, 2026
“This government has shown that it is not capable of reform,” said one Iranian demonstrator. “On the other...
Iran’s protesters need our support – not another western-intervention disaster
Owen Jones
The Guardian / January 13, 2026
Previous meddling has damaged the region, and once again the US and Israel don’t have Iranians’ best interests...
Keir Starmer offered place on Trump’s Gaza ‘peace board’
Pippa Crerar
The Guardian / January 13, 2026
Prime minister is yet to receive a formal invitation, but the Guardian has been told that Starmer is...
With thousands dead, the Iranian regime may survive these protests – but not in...
Sanam Vakil
The Guardian / January 13, 2026
With fear, surveillance and brute force only set to increase, there are disturbing parallels with Saddam Hussein’s Iraq.
Iran...
Trump promises ‘help is on its way’ and tells Iranians to ‘keep protesting’
Patrick Wintour & Andrew Roth
The Guardian / January 13, 2026
US president gives clearest signal yet that he might take military action against Tehran over...
Drone strike kills 3 in Gaza as Hamas prepares to transfer governance to new...
Wafaa Shurafa & Samy Magdy
AP / January 13, 2026
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip – An Israeli drone strike Monday killed three Palestinians who had crossed...
Over 100 children killed in Gaza since ceasefire, UNICEF says
Reuters / January 13, 2026
GENEVA – The U.N. children's agency said on Tuesday that over 100 children have been killed in Gaza since the...
