US senators call for UN probe into secret Iranian torture centers exposed by CNN
A committee of US senators has called on the United Nations to investigate a network of secret torture centers in Iran exposed by a CNN investigation last month.
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Medics, teacher, parents accuse Iran government of silencing victims of suspected poisoning attacks
Iran has experienced a spike in suspected poisoning attacks at girls’ schools across the country in recent days, according to state and semi-official media, as medical staff and teachers accused … Read More
Turkey’s earthquake caused $34 billion in damage. It could cost Erdogan the election
Economists say those structural weaknesses in the economy will only get worse because of the quake and could determine the course of presidential and parliamentary elections expected in mid-May.
Report: Qatar emir to transfer power to son
Qatar, a tiny but influential Persian Gulf nation, will have a new leader, according to a news outlet there.
At least 6 Palestinians killed in Israeli operation in West Bank, Palestinian officials say
At least six Palestinians were killed in an Israeli military raid into the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said.
Two dead, 16 injured in Egypt train derailment
At least two people were killed, and 16 others were injured after a train derailed north of Cairo on Tuesday, according to Egypt’s Health Ministry.
Erdogan’s ‘polar opposite’ wants to replace him as president of Turkey
Turkey’s opposition on Monday announced Kemal Kilicdaroglu as the presidential candidate to run against two-decade ruler Recep Tayyip Erdogan in an upcoming election that could change the course of the … Read More
Anti-Netanyahu protesters in Israel block roads to airport in latest nationwide demonstration
Protesters blocked the road to one of the main terminals of Israel’s central international airport on Thursday, intensifying a nationwide movement against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to weaken … Read More
Jailed American appeals to Biden in unprecedented interview from Iran’s most notorious prison
Iran’s longest-held American prisoner has appealed to US President Joe Biden to ramp up efforts to secure his release, in a rare interview with CNN from inside Iran’s notorious Evin … Read More
Blast kills Taliban governor in his office in Afghanistan
A Taliban governor in northern Afghanistan has been killed by an explosion in his office, police officials have told CNN.