TEHRAN, August 21 -Prisoners across the United Sates have started a protest where they are expected to refuse to work, hold sit-ins and even stage hunger strikes.
TEHRAN, August 21 -The top British diplomat has sought to defend US President Donald Trump against the criticisms surrounding him as London struggles to cement an alliance with Washington at a time of increased uncertainty about Brexit.
TEHRAN, August 21 -Families of the victims of the 1989 Hillsborough soccer stadium crush in the English port city of Liverpool have had their complaint against a former police officer rejected as a top court drops all charges against him.
TEHRAN, August 21 -Saudi Arabia may for the first time execute a female Shia human rights activist who was arrested some three years ago on charges of supporting anti-government protests and inciting people to disobey the regime.
TEHRAN, August 19 - Military officials are sounding the alarm inside the Trump administration about the sharp drop in admission to the United States of Iraqi refugees who have helped American troops in battle, said two US officials aware of the internal discussions.
TEHRAN, August 19 - The man who attacked people with his car before ramming into a barrier outside the British parliament last week has appeared in court to face charges of attempted murder.
TEHRAN, August 19 - The World Trade Organization (WTO) says Turkey has initiated a dispute complaint with the Swiss-based intergovernmental trade court against additional metal tariffs imposed by the United States on the Anatolian country over the detention of an American pastor.
TEHRAN, August 19 -Pakistan will bar jailed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, convicted of corruption, and his daughter Maryam from traveling abroad, the government says.
TEHRAN, August 19 - Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says European countries must be ready to bear the expenses if they want to safeguard their long-term interests in the face of the United States’ law-breaking behavior after quitting a nuclear deal with Iran.
TEHRAN, August 19 - Jailed former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has increased his support by almost 5 percentage points and would win Brazil's October presidential election if he is allowed to run, a poll by CNT/MDA showed on Monday.
TEHRAN, August 19 - Iran has removed the US Dollar from its official currency rate reporting platform and replaced it with China’s Yuan in an effort that the media in Tehran say could be a key step toward ditching the greenback in trade.
TEHRAN, August 19 - A public inquiry has opened in South Africa, probing alleged corruption under scandal-tainted former president Jacob Zuma, who is accused of overseeing widespread graft during his nine-year reign.
TEHRAN, August 19 - Several officers have sustained injuries in multiple terrorist attacks in various locations in Russia’s Chechnya Republic, the region's leader says.
TEHRAN, August 19 - China has reportedly started to use Iranian ships to transport crude oil to its refineries to avoid the impacts of US sanctions against the Islamic Republic.
TEHRAN, August 19 - Pope Francis has reacted to a recent US report on clerical child sex abuse in the US state of Pennsylvania, acknowledging “with shame and repentance” the Catholic Church’s failure to bring to justice perpetrators of the heinous act.
TEHRAN, August 19 - The former world number one Novak Djokovic has beaten Roger Federer 6-4, 6-4, in the Cincinnati Final, to become the first player to win all 9 of the Association of Tennis Professionals' elite Masters 1 thousand events.
TEHRAN, August 19 -Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the US policy is to stoke wars among Muslims, urging unity in his message to Hajj pilgrims who began marking the climax of the annual event Monday.
TEHRAN, August 19 - UK Prime Minister Theresa May could face trouble getting her Brexit deal approved by the British Parliament before exit day unless she changes her proposals, the head of an influential group of pro-Brexit lawmakers said in an interview published on Sunday.
TEHRAN, August 19 -More than a dozen Yemeni fishermen have lost their lives and several others sustained injuries when Saudi fighter jets targeted their fishing boats off the coast of the western province of Hudayadah as the Riyadh regime continues its atrocious military campaign against its crisis-hit southern neighbor.
TEHRAN, August 19 - Italy's far-right interior minister threatened Sunday to send "back to Libya" nearly 180 people stranded for three days on an Italian coastguard ship if the EU did not step in to resolve another refugee row with Malta.