World May 10 As more women defy hijab laws, Iran’s government pushes back More women are choosing not to wear the mandatory headscarf, or the hijab, publicly in Iran.
Politics Mar 24 U.S. launches airstrikes in Syria after suspected Iranian-made drone kills U.S. contractor The Pentagon says a strike Thursday by a suspected Iranian-made drone killed a U.S. contractor and wounded five American troops and another contractor in northeast Syria.
World Mar 16 UN nuclear watchdog says 2.5 tons of uranium has gone missing in Libya The International Atomic Energy Agency said its inspectors "found that 10 drums containing approximately 2.5 tons of natural uranium" had gone missing from an unnamed site in Libya.
World Mar 13 Iran announces pardoning of more than 22,000 arrested during protests The protests began in September over the death of a 22-year-old woman named Mahsa Amini after she was detained by the country’s morality police.
World Mar 10 Iran and Saudi Arabia agree to resume ties with China’s help after years of hostility Iran and Saudi Arabia have agreed to reestablish diplomatic relations and reopen embassies after years of tensions.
World Mar 05 Iran says suspected schoolgirl poisonings occurred in more than 50 schools A crisis over suspected poisonings targeting Iranian schoolgirls escalated Sunday as authorities acknowledged over 50 schools were struck in a wave of possible cases.
World Feb 28 Iran investigating suspected poisonings of hundreds of schoolgirls For months, hundreds of young girls attending different schools in Iran have become overpowered by what are believed to be noxious fumes wafting into their classrooms, with some ending up weakened on hospital beds.
Politics Feb 15 Elon Musk hopes for new Twitter CEO by end of year with platform in ‘financially healthy place’ Billionaire Elon Musk says he anticipates finding a CEO for Twitter "probably toward the end of the year."…
World Feb 05 Iran pardons some protesters, revealing ‘tens of thousands’ detained The decree by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, part of a yearly pardoning the supreme leader does before the anniversary of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution, comes as authorities have yet to say how many people they detained in the demonstrations.
World Feb 05 Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan’s ex-president who aided U.S. war in Afghanistan, dies at 79 Gen. Pervez Musharraf, who seized power in a bloodless coup and later led a reluctant Pakistan into aiding the U.S. war in Afghanistan against the Taliban, has died, officials said Sunday.