Two women in Iran were arrested after a man threw yogurt on them for not wearing the hijab at a store in the northeastern city of Shandiz, according to a video and report published by the Mizan News Agency, the state-run media for Iran’s judiciary.
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President Joe Biden emphasized Friday afternoon that the US will “forcefully protect our people,” a day after approving retaliatory airstrikes in response to a drone attack by an Iranian-backed group in Syria that left one American dead and more injured.
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Iranian authorities have used torture methods including sexual violence against imprisoned children as part of a crackdown on recent protests, according to rights group Amnesty International.
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A dozen US senators unveiled bipartisan legislation Tuesday expanding President Joe Biden’s legal authority to ban TikTok nationwide, marking the latest in a string of congressional proposals threatening the social media platform’s future in the United States.
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At least 63 people including children and women died after a wooden boat carrying migrants from Turkey broke apart on rocks off the coast of Calabria on Sunday, Italian authorities said.
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[bc_video video_id=”6203719223001″ account_id=”5728959025001″ player_id=”rJpklujDf” embed=”in-page” padding_top=”56%” autoplay=”” min_width=”0px” playsinline=”” picture_in_picture=”” max_width=”640px” mute=”” width=”100%” height=”100%” ] Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe said Wednesday both Iran and Russia have obtained US voter registration information in an effort to interfere in the election. “We would like to alert the public that we have identified that two foreign […]
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Michael White, an American detained in Iran, was released on Thursday after more than a year in custody. His mother, Joanne White, confirmed in a statement that he has been freed, saying “the nightmare is over.” White traveled to Iran in July 2018. In January 2019, the Iranian government confirmed that White had been arrested in […]
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(CNN) — The US-led military coalition is leaving some of its smaller bases in Iraq following multiple rocket attacks on coalition bases in the country. Two Americans and one British service member were killed and around a dozen others injured in an attack on al-Taji base last week. “As a result of the success of Iraqi Security […]
