Iranian women fined $260 for ‘bad hijabs’
TEHRAN — A court here has fined two women $260 for violating the Islamic dress code by not wearing their mandatory hijabs (headscarves) properly...
Crash accident kills 32 in Syria, mostly Iraqis
After a fuel tanker crashed Saturday into two buses and several other vehicles on road connecting the Syrian capital to Homs province, at least...
Egypt filmmaker, detained without trail for mocking president, dies in prison
Shady Habash, an Egyptian filmmaker detained without trial for over two years for making a music video that mocked President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, died...
Record number of children arrested for terrorism offences in UK
British police arrested a record number of children for terrorism offences last year and the number of women detained also soared, official figures showed...
Sepp Blatter faces judgment by FIFA ethics court he created
Sepp Blatter attempted to save his presidency on Thursday at the FIFA ethics committee he helped create and whose authority he does not recognize...
Gaza: Hamas militants die in tunnel collapse
Palestinian militant group Hamas says seven of its fighters have died after an attack tunnel they were working on in north-east Gaza collapsed.
The tunnel...
Turkey launches air strikes against PKK in Iraq and Turkey
Turkey's military carried out air strikes on Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) targets in northern Iraq and killed 26 militants in southeast Turkey, where violence...
12 hours maximum work period for private sector
The Ministry of Labor announced that amendments that have been recently adopted will enter force starting Oct. 8.
The amendments emphasize the prohibition of keeping...
U.S. raised concerns with Saudis about halting aid to Lebanese army
The United States said on Tuesday it had raised concerns with Saudi Arabia about the kingdom's cutting off aid to the Lebanese army, adding...
Israeli army says it did not target Gaza medic
The Israeli army on Tuesday said its troops did not deliberately shoot a young Palestinian medical volunteer killed last week in violence on the...
