Iranian teen detained over Instagram dance videos
A teenager was arrested last week in Iran for posting videos of herself dancing on social media.
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Iran executes eight men over last year’s terror attacks in Tehran
Iran executed eight men convicted of terrorism for last year’s twin attacks that left 17 people dead in Tehran, state media reported Saturday.
Russia, rebels reach interim ceasefire agreement in Syrian south
Russia and Syrian rebel groups have reached an interim ceasefire agreement in Syria’s southern province of Daraa after weeks of violence in the area, a Free Syrian Army spokesman told … Read More
West Bank village digs in as demolition looms
A hair-raising dash across a busy highway is one of two ways of reaching the West Bank Bedouin community of Khan al-Ahmar. The other is to navigate a rugged and … Read More
US pushes back on Iranian officials as spat over oil exports continues
The US and Iran continue to trade barbs over Iranian oil exports, with the US military announcing that it will continue to keep the Persian Gulf open to international shipping.
Egypt’s parliament votes to expand Sisi’s powers
Egypt’s Parliament has approved constitutional changes that will allow President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to tighten his grip on government and stay in power until 2030, as authorities block a growing online … Read More
Mina Mangal, Afghan journalist, killed in Kabul
A prominent Afghan journalist and parliamentary adviser has been killed in Kabul, an Interior Ministry spokesman told CNN Sunday.
The world is more dangerous after Iran’s nuclear deal announcement
All the ingredients are in place for a confrontation that could be the most significant outbreak of warfare since the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq, with some of the same … Read More
Iranian leader announces partial withdrawal from nuclear deal
Iran announced Wednesday it was partially withdrawing from a landmark nuclear deal, marking a serious escalation in Tehran’s faceoff with the United States.