Saturday, 18 July 2020_Journalist and Commentator Richard Silverstein says the city of Portland in the US state of Oregon has turned into a police state as undercover federal agents are sent in there amid anti-racism protests.
Tehran 20 January_Egypt's state of emergency is set to reach the three-year mark by April after the government announced it would extend it by another three months from Monday next week.
TEHRAN, Jun 20 - Hundreds of Sudanese have rallied to denounce a deadly crackdown on protesters outside the military headquarters in Khartoum earlier this month and urge junta rulers to cede power to civilians.
TEHRAN, Jun 14 - The leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) countries have signed a joint declaration at their summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
TEHRAN, Feb 25 -Police forces in Sudan have fired tear gas at hundreds of protesters in the capital Khartoum as demonstrators challenge a state of emergency declared by President Omar al-Bashir, eyewitnesses say.
TEHRAN, October 08 - China's principle of "one country, two systems" for Hong Kong is unchanged, Chinese state media said on Monday, refuting claims that the city's refusal to renew a work visa for a Financial Times journalist marked a move away from promised freedoms.
TEHRAN, September 05 -US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has met with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan in Islamabad, hoping to reset relations that were strained over the war in Afghanistan and a range of other issues.
TEHRAN, August 30 - Nearly 80,000 students in the US state of Washington were unable to attend the first day of school this week as thousands of teachers went on strike seeking higher salaries, teacher’s unions said.
TEHRAN, August 15 -New Jersey declared a partial state of emergency on Tuesday as forecasts for further heavy rainfall posed new danger in parts of that US state , as well as New York and Pennsylvania, where rescuers hauled people from waterways, flooded cars and homes.
TEHRAN, August 4 - Flood waters have swept through cities located along India's Ganges River, wreaking havoc for residents of the country's northern Uttar Pradesh state .
TEHRAN, August 3 - A Vietnamese-American man is being held in Vietnam for attempting to overthrow the state , his family and a US lawmaker said, calling for his quick release from the communist country that routinely jails its critics.
TEHRAN, July 31 -One of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s biggest critics is rallying opposition parties against his government after a new list of citizens excluded 4 million people from a border state in a drive against illegal immigrants.
TEHRAN, July 14 -Italy seeks to relocate 450 refugees waiting off its shores to other countries of the European Union as Rome struggles to stick with its policy of banning humanitarian rescue ships from docking at its ports.
TEHRAN, July 04 - China says it will not implement retaliatory tariffs on imports from the United States before Washington starts imposing its own taxes on Friday.
TEHRAN, June 28 - Spy chiefs of Israel and regional Arab countries have reportedly attended a secret summit hosted by the US president's senior advisor as Washington moves to conclude a controversial "peace" plan on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict without the consent of the Palestinian side.
TEHRAN, May 13 - Bahraini parliament has approved a controversial bill preventing all members of dissolved opposition groups and organizations from running for elections, a fresh step by the small Persian Gulf island country in suppressing the dissent ahead of parliamentary polls this year.
TEHRAN, May 4 - Speaking on World Press Freedom Day, US State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert preached freedom from oppression for all journalists – unless they are Palestinian and the oppressor is Israel.