Turkiye revokes operating licence of Iran’s Bank Mellat in Istanbul | Banks News
The Iranian lender has faced years of Western sanctions over alleged ties to Tehran’s nuclear programme. Published On 19 Sep 202619 Sep 2026 Turkiye’s banking watchdog has revoked the operating licence of Iranian lender Bank Mellat’s branch in the Turkish city of Istanbul. “It has been decided to revoke the operating licence of Bank Mellat,…
NAZA: Why are old Gaza allegations causing new fury in Israel? | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Israel’s bitter political divisions are particularly sharp before the country’s October elections. But the furious response to a new documentary about the military’s actions in the genocidal war on Gaza has revealed an issue that much of Israel’s political and media establishment appears united on. Few of the central allegations in NAZA, made by Israeli…
Russia’s elections are more than political theatre | Elections
Russia’s parliamentary elections offer an excellent opportunity for a new round in the information war between the West and Russia. Western politicians, experts and journalists have been given yet another convenient occasion to tell their target audiences that democracy has long ceased to exist in Russia; that the federal parliament, like any other representative body,…

