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Qasem Soleimani received the Zolfaghar Order from Ali Khamenei, the 87-year-old Supreme Leader who was assassinated in the US and Israeli strikes against Iran. Photo: khamenei.ir

US/Israel war against International Law

The assassination of Khamenei was another blatant violation of international law. It was also part of a broader strategy to eliminate moderate leaders, whose absence is then used…

The devastation at the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ school in Minab, southern Iran after a US-Israel missile strike this weekend: Images: Fars News Agency

Khamenei killing puts limits of self-defence under UN Charter to the test

The United Nations Charter prohibits the use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of another state, the only recognised exception being…

The air force’s
Oryx and Rooivalk helicopters, which are manufactured
by Denel. File photo by Born/Gallo Images/The Times &
Sebabatso Mosamo/Sunday Times

SAA bailout raises more questions

As the government continues to grapple with the troubles facing the airline, it would do well to keep on eye on the impending Denel implosion

Former Nissan-Renault chairperson Carlos Ghosn refused to shed any further light on how he managed to slip past authorities and flee Japan at the end of December.

Ghosn accuses Nissan execs of ‘backstabbing’ plot

Carlos Ghosn denounced a "conspiracy" against him, saying events had been "twisted in a way to paint a personage of greed, a personage of dictatorship

Oman cherishes its principles of religious respect and and discourages the segregation of believers along Shia

Oman: A beacon of hope in the Middle East

Oman does not get involved in regional politics and places a high value on religious tolerance.

Death toll from cyclone in Oman more than 30

Cyclone Gonu, which tore through Oman this week before veering towards Iran, killed at least 32 people and left another 30 missing in the Gulf sultanate, police said on Friday.…

Oman on alert against deadly virus

Oman’s Health Ministry has put out an alert for the deadly West Nile fever following the discovery of an equine form of the virus, a newspaper reported on Wednesday. The new…