THE HAGUE: Iran told the UN’s top court Wednesday that “time is running out” for its people as they suffer economic turmoil that Tehran blames on renewed US sanctions.Iran was making its closing arguments

JERUSLAEM: Israel on Wednesday renewed its threat to attack Iranian military targets in Syria, after the two Muslim allies signed an accord on security cooperation."The accord concluded by (Syrian President) Bashar al-Assad and Iran

As Syrian forces mobilise for a final assault to retake the last rebel-held province of Idlib, an international tug of war between Turkey, Iran, Russia and the United States is taking shape that will

Speculation about tensions in Russian-Iranian relations after the collapse of the nuclear deal earlier this year has been circulating for a few months now. Tehran appears to be fearing a "betrayal", as Moscow is

The production of palm oil biofuel in Malaysia is one of the main causes of rainforest destruction. With demand for palm oil set to increase threefold by 2050, the rate of deforestation could be

Skulls and other remains of massacred tribespeople used in colonial-era experiments to push claims of European racial superiority were handed over by Germany to Namibia at a church ceremony in Berlin on Wednesday. In

Statistics are oddly flexible things and, in the case of rain gauges, tell us only about the local area. A network of rain gauges obviously gives a better representation of a region. However, long-term records

DOHA: A Nepalese laborer who died working at a World Cup stadium in Qatar fell to his death, one of the main contractors at the site said.The 23-year-old scaffolder died on August 14 at

TEHRAN: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday that his government should be ready to “set aside” the 2015 nuclear deal if it is no longer in the country’s national interests.“The JCPOA (nuclear

TEHRAN: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday that his government should be ready to “set aside” the 2015 nuclear deal if it is no longer in the country’s national interests.“The JCPOA (nuclear