Iran’s supreme court has agreed to suspend the executions of three men sentenced to death for their participation in anti-government protests in November, whose sentences sparked an online protest last week. The men’s lawyers, Saeed Tamjidi, 26, Mohammad Rajabi, 28 and Amirhossein Moradi, 26, said in a statement on Sunday …
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In recent weeks, the United States has announced a series of economic policies aimed at China. This includes imposing sanctions on Chinese officials for violations of the human rights of Uighur Muslims, ending preferential trade treatment for Hong Kong, and passing the Hong Kong Autonomy Law, which allows for new …
Read More »France, Germany and Italy threaten arms sanctions for Libya
PARIS (Reuters) – The leaders of France, Germany and Italy on Saturday threatened for the first time to apply sanctions against countries that continued to violate a United Nations arms embargo against Libya. French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte called on “all …
Read More »Turkey’s Erdogan says Egypt’s actions in Libya are ‘illegal’ | News
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan denounced Egypt and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for supporting forces based in eastern Libya, after Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi met with men. from the Libyan tribe that urged Cairo to intervene in the war. Turkey has been providing military aid to the United …
Read More »At least 16 dead after border clashes in Armenia and Azerbaijan | World News
At least 16 people, including an army general, have been killed in fighting between the Armenian and Azerbaijani forces in the worst outbreak of hostilities in years. Skirmishes on the volatile border between the two southern Caucasus nations began on Sunday. Azerbaijan said it has lost 11 service personnel and …
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