Extreme Poverty Threatens Yemenis April 20, 2024 Since the coup by the Iran -align Houthi militias in Yemen in September 2014, 75 percent of the population slid into poverty and 230,000 wer...
Gunmen Kill Brother of Iran's Collapsed Tower’s Owner July 24, 2022 A pair of gunmen opened machinegun fire on Saturday in the southwestern Iranian city of Abadan , killing the brother of the owner of a tower...
Despair and poverty fuel drug use in Afghanistan July 21, 2022 Drug addiction has long been a problem in Afghanistan, the world’s biggest producer of opium and heroin and now a major source of meth. The ...
Yemeni children are dying of hunger July 16, 2022 A truce that went into effect in April in war-torn Yemen has not improved humanitarian conditions in the country and the Russia-Ukraine war ...
Iranian pensioners back to street calling for better life July 03, 2022 Iranian pensioners held another round of nationwide demonstrations on Saturday, calling on the government to increase their pensions by 38 ...
Iranians no longer content with remaining on the sidelines June 28, 2022 Iranian pensioners and retired public employees showed no signs of letting up in their protests against what they say is the government'...
Iran on the verge of starvation June 19, 2022 Iran has been wrestling with rampant price growth for years, exceeding 30 percent annually every year since 2018, according to the Internat...
Iran's teachers to stage nationwide protests June 12, 2022 While many cities across Iran are scenes of protests by various union activists, Iranian teachers have announced a nationwide protest slate...
IRGC colonel assassinated in Tehran May 23, 2022 A colonel of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ( IRGC ) was assassinated in a gun attack in the capital Tehran on Sunday, the IRGC sa...
Will FIFA pay for Qatar's 2022 world cup victims ? April 24, 2022 A weeping father today claims his son was “worked to death” on £1 an hour in the World Cup nation of Qatar. Sanjib Raya toiled 12 hours a da...
Turks are scared for their future April 18, 2022 Turkey’s quixotic policies are putting pressure on prices, but now fallout from Ukraine is pushing the country towards crisis. Turkey is wea...
Turkey hits record Omicron cases level January 12, 2022 The highly contagious omicron variant in Turkey is leaving thousands of people in limbo, as the daily number of cases, in the meantime, rema...
ٌRich Turks take the share of the poor January 09, 2022 The latest World Inequality Report, released by the World Inequality Lab at the Paris School of Economics, found that the richest 10 percent...
Turks caught between hammer and chisel January 06, 2022 Turkey’s lira tumbled again overnight over rising inflation fears, with markets showing little faith in government’s promises that the worst...
Retirees join Iran-wide protests December 27, 2021 Iranian retirees protested in dozens of cities across Iran against inadequate pensions amid high inflation due to ongoing US sanctions and d...
Turkey's Consumer Confidence hits record low December 22, 2021 Turkey’s currency crashed to an new all-time low against the dollar, driving prices higher, making imports, fuel and everyday goods more exp...
The Turkish government emptied people's pockets December 20, 2021 Turkish citizens are frantically trying to find ways to cope as the lira continues a downward slide. The currency lost half its value agains...
Turkish Youtubers lose freedom for taking streets' pulse December 15, 2021 3 Youtubers were arrested in Turkey's Antalya province after asking strangers about their economic concerns as the value of the country&...
Ankara, Istanbul rise up against deteriorating economic situation December 13, 2021 Thousands marched through Istanbul on Sunday after trade unions denounced the rise of poverty in the country and called for an increase of t...
Turks are getting poorer, lining up for subsidized bread December 06, 2021 Threatened by a currency crisis, Turks are lining up for subsidized bread, cutting back on meat and fleeing for a better life in Europe. Th...