Global Voices

Are Iranian Schoolgirls Being Deliberately Poisoned?

Kamin Mohammadi / Truthdig Mar 16, 2023 There have been consistent reports of schoolgirls falling ill with mysterious symptoms in up to 300 schools across 25 provinces, according to local media reports, including in the capital Tehran with at least one student dead — an 11-year-old girl called Fatemeh Razaei — and some 5,000-7,000 hospitalized. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Global Voices

Iranians Find Nothing to Celebrate

Kamin Mohammadi / Truthdig Feb 13, 2023 Despite a government offer of partial amnesty, the “Woman-Life-Freedom” protests continue. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Middle East

Is Woman-Life-Freedom on Pause?

Anonymous / The Markaz Review Jan 30, 2023 A letters From Tehran, where neither young protestors nor the government are willing to return to the old status quo. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Film Review

The Dissident’s Camera

Siddhant Adlakha / Truthdig Dec 16, 2022 Jafar Panahi’s final film before his imprisonment is also his most self-reflexive. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Middle East

Woman Life Freedom

Kamin Mohammadi / Truthdig Dec 7, 2022 In the towns of Kurdistan, the regime’s security forces not only use bullets and gas in the streets, but shoot people inside their homes and cars. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

China Shuts Down Mount Everest Climbing Routes

The Associated Press Mar 12, 2020 A roundup of the latest news on the world's coronavirus pandemic. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

WHO Declares That Virus Crisis Is Now a Pandemic

JAMEY KEATEN, MARIA CHENG and JOHN LEICESTER / The Associated Press Mar 11, 2020 Citing "alarming levels of inaction" despite warnings, U.N. health agency tries to shock lethargic countries into pulling out all the stops. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Virus Hits 100,000 Cases as Its Economic Impact Snowballs

MATT SEDENSKY and ANGELA CHARLTON / The Associated Press Mar 6, 2020 The number of global infections is largely symbolic, but dwarfs other major outbreaks, such as SARS, MERS and Ebola. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

‘This Is Not a Drill’: WHO Urges the World to Fight Virus

MATT SEDENSKY and JOHN LEICESTER / The Associated Press Mar 5, 2020 With 17 times as many new infections outside China as in it, Italy and Iran close schools; travel and events are canceled; and markets yo-yo. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Companies Trim Outlooks, Travel and Staff as Virus Spreads

The Associated Press Mar 4, 2020 The coronavirus is changing the way companies do business — in the U.S. and across the globe. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Anti-Virus Measures Take Drastic Turns in Saudi Arabia, Iran, Italy

MATT SEDENSKY and LORI HINNANT /The Associated Press Mar 4, 2020 From religion to sports, countries are taking radical and increasingly visible measures to curb the coronavirus. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Virus Spreads Worldwide: Italy Cases Surge 50%; France Closes the Louvre

JOHN LEICESTER and COLLEEN BARRY / The Associated Press Mar 1, 2020 New fronts in the battle to contain the virus open rapidly, deepening a sense of crisis that has already sent financial markets plummeting. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )