High prices in Iran’s stunted housing market leave tenants with few options
Tenants face bleak prospects as economic uncertainty persists amid a potential resumption of fighting.

Tenants face bleak prospects as economic uncertainty persists amid a potential resumption of fighting.




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Democratic officials shot back that Trump has failed to deliver the federal funds needed for rebuilding efforts.
Legal appeals by Palestinians who have lived in occupied East Jerusalem for generations were denied in the new year.
Palestinian officials condemn the actions as part of a ‘systematic policy of displacement’.
Gracie Mansion’s significance grows as Zohran Mamdani, elected on a housing justice agenda, prepares to move in.

Police say substandard fire-resistant netting was responsible for spreading the fire at Hong Kong’s Wang Fuk Court.

101 East investigates rampant alleged corruption in flood-control projects in one of Asia’s most typhoon-prone countries
At least 94 people have been killed in the blaze in Hong Kong’s Tai Po neighbourhood.

Video shows a colossal fire tearing through high-rise buildings at Hong Kong’s Wang Fuk Court, killing at least 14.

Scholar Mahmood Mamdani says Palestinian rights helped motivate his son Zohran’s run for New York City mayor.

US President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani met on Friday after weeks of trading barbs.