Public executions in Iran are often witnessed by children and are meted out for offenses such as homosexuality and drug possession. (Courtesy: Iran Human Rights)/ Iran lashed out at critics of its abysmal human rights record at a U.N. hearing Friday, blaming the West for Saturday’s execution of ...
Senior Iranian official defends case of hanging of woman * Western states call for freedom of expression and religion * U.S. urges release of Washington Post journalist (Adds quotes by activists and former lawyer of Jabbari) GENEVA, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Iran defended itself on Friday against ...
Public executions in Iran are often witnessed by children and are meted out for offenses such as homosexuality and drug possession. (Courtesy: Iran Human Rights)/ On the eve of Iran's defense of its human rights record Friday before a key United Nations panel, a lawyer for the woman executed in ...
Mohammad Javad Larijani, secretary of Iran's High Council for Human Rights and advisor to the chief of the judiciary on international affairs, who is leading Iran's delegation, speaks during the United Nations (U.N.) Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group meeting to ...
Iran has rejected Western criticism of its human rights record during a meeting of a UN human rights body in Geneva. Mohammad Javad Larijani, secretary general of Iran's High Council for Human Rights, lashed out on October 31 at what he called the West's attempts to "impose your lifestyle under ...
Mohammad Javad Larijani, secretary of Iran's High Council for Human Rights and advisor to the chief of the judiciary on international affairs, who is leading Iran's delegation, speaks during the United Nations (U.N.) Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group meeting to ...
Iran faced harsh criticism of its rights record Friday, with UN diplomats highlighting soaring numbers of executions and lamenting the recent hanging of a woman who murdered her attempted rapist./ But Iran hit back at the criticism, instead slamming countries trying to impose "specific ...
Iran defended its human rights record on Friday, striking back at the West for its criticism about a woman hanged for murder in an alleged rape case. Mohammad Javad Larijani, secretary general of Iran's High Council for Human Rights, was responding to calls from Western powers, including the ...
An Egyptian soldier standing guard in a watch tower, seen from the Gaza city of Rafah (file image)/ Israel's military says it has taken control over a strategic zone along the border between Gaza and Egypt, known as the Philadelphi Corridor. A spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said ...
Russian President Putin inspects an exercise to test delivering a massive retaliatory nuclear strike, via a video link from Moscow/ (Reuters) - A senior member of a Russian think tank whose ideas sometimes become government policy has suggested Moscow consider a "demonstrative" nuclear explosion ...
More than a million Palestinians have fled Rafah since the start of the Israeli military operation in the city three weeks ago/ A senior Israeli official has said he expects the war against Hamas in Gaza to continue for at least the rest of this year. "We are expecting another seven months of ...
After a price adjustment, Collier County will move ahead with the purchase of nearly 2,250 acres near Lake Trafford in Immokalee. On Tuesday, county commissioners unanimously agreed to pay $20.77 million for the land. The decision came after the sellers accepted a lesser offer, saving a few ...
Comedian Bill Maher clashed with Jewish actress and over whether the current rise in antisemitism comes mostly from the left or the right in the United States. Bernhard, who discussed the topic with Maher during a of his "Club Random" podcast, argued that antisemitism has been spreading thanks ...
The rise in executions in Iran has given rise to protests around the world/ The number of executions recorded globally in 2023 was the highest for eight years, as some Middle Eastern states sharply increased their use of the death penalty, Amnesty International says. A total of 1,153 people are ...
The US does not believe Israel has launched a full-scale invasion of Rafah in southern Gaza, White House spokesman John Kirby has said. He spoke hours after Israeli forces reached the centre of the city and reportedly seized a strategically important hill overlooking the nearby border with Egypt ...
) — We now know the cause of death for the Ponchatoula police officer who died while on duty on Tuesday, May 28. Ponchatoula Police Chief Bry Layrisson said police and fire departments responded to a Rouses Supermarket around 10 a.m. after someone reported an unresponsive officer./ He said the ...
ICJ president Nawaf Salam (centre) stands during a ruling over the situation in Rafah/ The UN's top court, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), issued a ruling last week on Israel's military offensive in Rafah. It was the latest pronouncement by the court in a case brought by South Africa, ...
LULING, Texas (KXAN) — Travelers and residents will soon be able to visit the largest Buc-ee’s travel center in the country starting next month. The new center is located in Luling, Texas, and will open its doors to the public the morning of June 10, according to a news release from the company ...