Jailed Catalan politician Raul Romeva hopes the upcoming trial of separatist leaders at the Supreme Court in Madrid will refocus attention on the region's push for independence from Spain.
TEHRAN, Feb 01 - Iranian people have started the 10-Day Dawn celebrations to mark the 40th anniversary of the country’s 1979 Islamic Revolution, which overthrew the monarchy of the US-backed Pahlavi regime in Iran.
The US government secretly shipped a large amount of weapons-grade plutonium from the East Coast state of South Carolina to the Western state of Nevada months ago despite the state’s protests.
TEHRAN, Jan 31 - The brother of detained Saudi women's rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul has detailed in an opinion piece the abuse his sister has endured in prison.
TEHRAN, Jan 31 - The European signatories to the 2015 Iran deal formally announce the launch of a long-awaited direct payment mechanism meant to safeguard their trade ties with Tehran in the face of the "toughest ever" American sanctions.
TEHRAN, Jan 31 - Lebanon's presidency has announced the formation of a new national unity government, putting an end to a nine-month stalemate on the political stage that fueled the Arab country's economic woes.
TEHRAN, Jan 31 - A court in Bahrain has sentenced an anti-regime activist to death and passed life imprisonment against nearly two dozen other political dissidents as the ruling Al Khalifah regime presses ahead with its heavy-handed clampdown on pro-democracy protesters in the Persian Gulf kingdom.
TEHRAN, Jan 31 - A highly critical report has found extensive flaws in the British government’s arms sales strategy, urging a reduction in weapons exports to Saudi Arabia and other states involved in human rights abuses.
TEHRAN, Jan 31 - The UN says nearly 30 internally displaced Syrian children have lost their lives because of freezing temperatures and lack of basic needs at a refugee camp in northeastern Syria over the past two months.
TEHRAN, Jan 31 - Russia has warned that members of the so-called White Helmets civil defense group are making preparations to film scenes of staged chemical attacks in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib in a bid to implicate Syrian government forces and invent pretexts for possible acts of aggression on army troops.
TEHRAN, Jan 31 - The European parties to the 2015 nuclear deal have finalized a much-awaited transactions channel with Iran aimed at protecting trade ties with Tehran against American sanctions, German media say.
TEHRAN, Jan 30 - More than 130 African refugees were missing off Djibouti after two overloaded boats capsized in rough seas on Tuesday, the United Nations migration agency said.
The British army’s controversial recruitment policy has sparked fresh criticism as minor children interested in video games have been encouraged to join the military.
TEHRAN, Jan 30 -Press TV anchor Marzieh Hashemi, who was jailed in the US without charge for days and later freed amid public outcry, has arrived in the Iranian capital Tehran.
TEHRAN, Jan 29 - Lawmakers in the British parliament have been warned that powerful drug gangs which operate through the so-called “county lines” on the telephone network are exploiting vulnerable children at a very young age.
TEHRAN, Jan 29 -The 37th edition of Iran’s Fajr Film Festival, the Islamic Republic’s most prestigious cinematic event, has been officially inaugurated in the capital Tehran.
TEHRAN, Jan 29 - A Palestinian man has died four days after being critically injured during clashes between Israeli troopers and a group of Palestinian protesters participating in an anti-occupation rally along the border fence between the besieged Gaza Strip and the Israeli-occupied territories.
TEHRAN, Jan 29 - The British parliament is preparing to vote on seven crucial proposals or amendments that could decide the future of a process to leave the European Union after a divorce deal by Prime Minister Theresa May was roundly rejected in the chamber.
TEHRAN, Jan 29 - Press TV anchor Marzieh Hashemi, who was released after spending 10 days in US detention without charge, is set to arrive back in Iranian capital, Tehran, on Wednesday.