At least 56 people have been executed in Iran on national security-related charges in the past five months, including 27 in cases linked to protests at the start of the year, UN h…
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has said communication with supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of his predecessor Ali Khamenei, is “very difficult”, in an inte…
US officials say they would not accept any arrangement on the waterway that would leave Iran in control.
During my tempestuous teenage years, I was attracted to the work of Sylvia Plath. I voraciously read her poems, as well as The Bell Jar and Paul Alexander’s 2003 biography, Rough …
Growing up, my mother and I often joked that I was a thirty-year-old in a ten-year-old’s skin. That happens when you’re an only child with a tendency toward bookishness—you spend …
The newspaper 'Le Canard enchaîné' uncovered a video produced by the French embassy in Brazzaville that many social media users condemned as racist. Published in June and deleted …
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Israel said on Aug. 6 that two reservists were killed in combat in southern Lebanon a day earlier, its first military fatalities there since June 28, while U.S.-backed negotiation…
Tucked away in the western province of Manisa’s Salihli district, Adala Canyon has become a magnet for nature lovers seeking a serene outdoor escape.
Two Israeli reserve soldiers have killed in southern Lebanon and four others severely wounded, the Israeli military said, while Israeli strikes killed at least one person and woun…
The Indian government is to permit its seafarers to work aboard ships travelling through the Strait of Hormuz – with a “heightened level of security vigilance” in place. The move …
Kirkuk’s acclaimed Hawar Theater Group will represent Iraq at the International University Theater Festival in Monastir, Tunisia, kicking off the global event w