TEHRAN, May 31 -Hundreds of Rohingya victims have appealed to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to grant prosecutors jurisdiction to probe deportation of Muslims from Myanmar’s Rakhine state to neighboring Bangladesh.
TEHRAN, May 31 -A court in Bahrain has handed down life sentences to six more activists over their alleged role in a 2014 bombing that hit the flashpoint village of Diraz, the second such verdict in a matter of two days.
TEHRAN, May 31 - The Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) has announced its five lawmakers in the Spanish parliament will support a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, making it almost certain that he would be ousted from power.
TEHRAN, May 31 - Beijing has lambasted as “ridiculous” Washington’s claims about alleged militarization of the South China Sea, after the US military said it would confront China’s actions in the disputed waters.
TEHRAN, May 31 -The besieged Gaza Strip is facing an "epic" crisis after Israeli forces killed and injured hundreds of Palestinians during recent protests, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has warned.
TEHRAN, May 31 -The Danish parliament has approved a legislation that prohibits women from covering their faces with burqa and similar accessories in public places.
TEHRAN, May 31 -Germany’s far-right party AfD has called for an inquiry into how Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government has allegedly mishandled the country’s asylum applications since 2014 when a massive wave of refugees began hitting German borders.
TEHRAN, May 31 - The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that Lithuania and Romania were complicit in an illegal US torture program for allowing the CIA to hold terror suspects in secret jails on their soil.
TEHRAN, May 31 - Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad says the United States “is losing its cards” as the militant groups it supports have lost significant ground on the battlefield against the army, emphasizing that the Americans “should leave” Syrian soil.
TEHRAN, May 30 - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says Moscow is in favor of the ongoing talks between North Korea, South Korea and the United States to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula, noting that all parties need to be patient and follow a step-by-step approach.
TEHRAN, May 30 - At least two soldiers have been killed and three others wounded in a roadside bomb blast in Pakistan's restive tribal region bordering Afghanistan.
TEHRAN, May 30 - A senior adviser to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has put forward a number of propositions to develop the country’s nuclear capabilities and counter US breaches of the Iran deal, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), weeks after President Donald Trump pulled his country out of the agreement.
TEHRAN, May 30 - Zimbabwe announced on Wednesday it would choose a new president and parliament on July 30, in the country's first electoral test since the removal of its autocratic former leader Robert Mugabe.
TEHRAN, May 30 -Thousands of Jordanians have staged a strike against an income tax bill that they say will worsen an erosion in living standards, demanding the overthrow of the government of Hani Mulki.
TEHRAN, May 30 -The son of the Fujairah emirate of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has reportedly approached Qatari officials and sought political asylum in the energy-rich Persian Gulf kingdom.
TEHRAN, May 30 -The United States has imposed sanctions on six Iranians and two Iran-based entities, including Evin Prison and the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) over what it called “human rights abuses.”
TEHRAN, May 29 -EDL leader-turned independent journalist Tommy Robinson was jailed for 13 months for contempt of court. Leeds Crown Court blocked the media from publishing anything about Robinson’s imprisonment via reporting restrictions.
TEHRAN, May 29 -EU President Jean-Claude Juncker said Italy’s fate is not “in the hands of financial markets,” apparently replying to earlier comments by EU’s budget chief who said finance turmoil would teach Italians not to vote for “populists.”
TEHRAN, May 29 -Qatar’s new ban on Arab products signals that the year-long Saudi-led blockade aimed at keeping Doha in Riyadh’s economic and political orbit has likely backfired, an analyst told RT.