TEHRAN: Iran has detained a member of the Shiraz city council for supporting two Iranians of the minority Bahai faith and expressing concern over their arrest, state news agency IRNA reported Friday.“Mehdi Hajjati, a

Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh - In the world's largest refugee camp, dozens of Rohingya women work diligently, their small factory a hub of activity; they're making sanitary pads and women's underwear to be distributed to

Turkey's president is in the middle of a three-day state visit to Germany, but the leaders of the two countries have not seen eye-to-eye on many issues recently. It's a critically important tour for

Facebook said it discovered a security breach affecting nearly 50 million user accounts. The social media giant on Friday said its engineering team found the security issue earlier this week, which stems from a change

A Republican-led committee approved President Donald Trump's nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court on Friday, but moderate Republican Senator Jeff Flake called for an FBI investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against

Qatar's Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani has declared that the Gulf crisis remains at a "stalemate", adding that the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is currently in a "paralysis". Sheikh Mohammed spoke

LONDON: A UN human rights mission to Yemen had its madate extended on Friday despite criticism from the internationally recognized government and the Arab military coalition that it is biased and relies on inaccurate information. The coalition battling

A town with prehistoric fossils should be able to capitalise on the world's fascination with dinosaurs. And Zigong in China - the world’s dinosaur replica capital - has for many years. But a very

An Iranian mayor apologised for a billboard in his city that mistakenly featured Israeli soldiers while attempting to mark the Iran-Iraq war. The billboard was installed in Shiraz showing three male soldiers standing on

Two thousand people accused of sorcery - most of them women - have been killed in rural India since the year 2000.