TEHRAN (AA) – At least five people were killed and nine others were injured as flash floods wreaked havoc in parts of northern and western Tehran, Iran’s capital, early Thursday. Many people are also reported missing. According to emergency officials, the worst affected area is the mountainous Imamzadeh Davood locality in northwest Tehra...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Like any other sector, sports in Iran have directly or indirectly faced the heat of US sanctions, undermining the functioning of local sports federations, affecting the performances of players, and in some cases destroying the careers of young and promising athletes. Hatam Shiralizadeh, a prominent Iranian sports journalist...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – A court in Bangladesh on Thursday sentenced six men to death for “committing crimes against humanity” in 1971. Five of the convicts were present for the sentencing in the capital Dhaka. One of the accused has died since the case was launched in November 2015. A three-member tribunal convicted the defendants...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran said Thursday it had arrested a spy network accused of working for Israel’s intelligence service Mossad. “The Iranian police have arrested the chief and members of an espionage group affiliated with the Zionist regime,” the Intelligence Organization of the Law Enforcement Command said in a statement cited by the state ...
HATAY, Türkiye (AA) – The UN on Thursday sent 14 truckloads of humanitarian aid through Türkiye to Idlib, an opposition-held province in northwestern Syria. The trucks crossed into Syria through the Cilvegozu border gate in Türkiye’s southern Hatay province. The aid will be distributed among people in central Idlib and rural areas. In Septembe...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Bangladesh, one of the most climate-vulnerable countries in the world, is struggling to develop climate adaptation capacity to address the rush of climate-driven internal migration, especially along the coastal belt, as the globe marks World Nature Conservation Day this Thursday. Overall, the number of Bangladeshis dis...
HEBRON, Palestine (AA) – Israeli settlers on Thursday seized a Palestinian-owned home in Hebron in the occupied West Bank, according to a local Palestinian official. The home of Jraiwi family south of the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron’s Old City was taken by settlers, Emad Hamdan, the head of Hebron Reconstruction Committee, said in a statement. [...
LONDON (AA) – Over 104,000 Ukrainians have settled in the UK through special visa schemes, British government figures showed on Thursday. The two visa initiatives are the Ukraine Family Scheme and the Homes for Ukraine Scheme. In a statement, the British government thanked the British public for their “generosity and goodwill.” “We would not b...
GAZA, Palestine (AA) – The international community marks July 28 as World Nature Conservation Day to acknowledge that a healthy environment is the foundation for a stable and healthy society. According to the American forester and politician Gifford Pinchot, “conservation means the wise use of the earth and its resources for the lasting ...
TRENTON, Canada (AA) – Canada’s top health official said Wednesday that an “urgent global response” is needed to combat monkeypox. “Our understanding of this virus is still evolving, and this declaration makes clear that the situation requires urgent global response,” Theresa Tam said at a news conference. C...
