A mysterious injury suffered by a 16-year-old girl who boarded a Metro train in Iran’s capital without a headscarf has reignited anger just after the… Read More »Injury of 16-year-old Iranian girl not wearing headscarf in Tehran sparks anger
Armenia and Azerbaijan accused each other of opening cross-border fire Thursday, adding to tensions between the arch-foes after Baku seized control of its breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh… Read More »Armenia, Azerbaijan accuse each other other of cross-border firing
The island nation’s highest court says the ban on gay sex does not reflect “indigenous values”.
A drone attack Thursday targeting a Syrian military academy killed at least seven army officers and wounded dozens of people, a war monitor said, with… Read More »Drone attack on Syria military academy leaves at least 7 dead
President Sisi is facing a challenge from an outspoken critic of a kind Egypt has not seen in years.
France’s tallest mountain Mont Blanc has shrunk by over two metres in height over the past two years, researchers said Thursday, measuring the Alpine peak… Read More »France’s tallest mountain Mont Blanc has shrunk by more than two metres in two years
Police deny opposition leader’s claims he was grabbed by ‘goons’ on landing
The Swedish Academy on Thursday awarded the Nobel literature prize to Norwegian playwright Jon Fosse, whose plays are among the most widely staged of any… Read More »Norwegian author and playwright Jon Fosse wins Nobel Prize in Literature
Azerbaijan confirmed Thursday it had detained an ex-president of its recently captured separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh, which agreed to reintegrate with Azerbaijan in the wake… Read More »Azerbaijan says it has detained former Karabakh separatist president Harutyunyan
Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine was arrested Thursday on his return home from a trip abroad, a top party official said.
