Religion: Two female journalists face charges for not covering their hair
Fresh judicial proceedings have been initiated against two award-winning female Iranian journalists immediately after their release from prison, the Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) reported on Monday. The women,…
Pastor arrested, charged for punching fast-food restaurant worker
A pastor in North Carolina, United States has been arrested following an altercation with a McDonald’s employee in which he allegedly attempted to shove the worker’s head in the restaurant’s…
Israel must pay for killing IRGC Advisor – Raisi, Iranian President vows
Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has extended his condolences over the martyrdom of a senior IRGC member in an Israeli airstrike in Syria, saying that the regime will definitely pay for…
Christmas: Pope urges end to wars in Ukraine, Gaza; calls war ‘an inexcusable folly’
PHOTO: AFP People donned Santa caps on beaches, ski slopes and streets around the globe on Monday to celebrate Christmas, as Pope Francis called for an end to the…
Israel-Hamas: Death toll now 20,258 on 78th day of war – Gaza Health Ministry
The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza has said that the total death toll from Israel’s attacks on the besieged territory since October 7 has reached 20,258, reports the Islamic Republic…
Presidential election: State Supreme Court disqualifies Trump; we’ll appeal – Trump’s camp
Donald Trump is ineligible for the US presidency because of his involvement in the January 2021 assault on the Capitol, Colorado’s supreme court ruled Tuesday, setting off a political earthquake…
Sixty-one migrants drown in shipwreck off Libya – IOM
Dec. 17, 2023 Sixty-one migrants, including women and children, drowned following a shipwreck off Libya, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in Libya said. IOM, in a post on social…
Pope Francis calls for binding global treaty to regulate AI
December 14, 2023 Pope Francis has called for a legally binding international treaty to regulate artificial intelligence, saying algorithms must not be allowed to replace human values and warning of…
Netanyahu vows to fight and finish Hamas in Gaza despite pleas
The Israeli army will keep up its air and ground campaign to crush Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, in spite of growing calls for a ceasefire…
Spike in Asia, Africa migrants turns Amazon jungle outpost into crossroads
December 12, 2023 A recent crackdown on migrant smuggling and human trafficking throughout the Americas turned up migrants from 69 countries, an indicator of the steep growth in Asians and…