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DUBAI: Iran's clerical rulers are clamping down on dissent ahead of the anniversary of the death of a young woman in morality police custody, fearing a revival of nationwide protests that rocked the Islamic Republic for months.Journalists,…

The usually very active Facebook account for Prime Minister Hun Sen of Cambodia appeared to have been deleted on Friday, a day after the oversight board for Meta, Facebook’s parent company, recommended that he be suspended from the platform…

A U.N. resolution that calls on Afghanistan's Taliban rulers to swiftly reverse their increasingly harsh restrictions on women and girls and condemns their ban on Afghan women working for the United Nations is set to be voted on Thursday by…

Iranian university students pressed ahead with sit-down strikes on Tuesday in support of some of the biggest protests since the 1979 revolution, ignoring harsh warnings by elite security forces and a bloody crackdown. The Islamic Republic…

The state of Rajasthan is known for the splendour of its heritage. With its splendid forts and opulent palaces, the ‘Land of Kings’ is one of India’s most culturally rich destinations. Lakhs of tourists visit Rajasthan to experience its…

Issued on: 06/06/2022 - 22:23 Sudan's civilian bloc on Monday rejected UN-facilitated talks with the army to resolve a crisis sparked by last year's military coup, saying the…

BEIRUT, Lebanon — The king and queen of Jordan had secret Swiss bank accounts worth hundreds of millions of dollars, according to a major data leak from one of Switzerland’s largest banks. So did the sons of Hosni Mubarak, the ousted…

<!-- -->Dubai ruler's daughter Sheikha Latifa had said she was being held captive in a barricaded villa. (File)Geneva: An Emirati princess, who last year said she was being held "hostage" in a palace, has assured the UN rights chief…

OSLO: The Norwegian government would be unable to prevent a transfer of customer data from telecoms operator Telenor's Myanmar unit to the Asian country's military rulers, Norway's industry minister said on Wednesday. Telenor, which is…

French envoy Joel Meyer was summoned earlier Monday by the West African country's foreign ministry and instructed to leave over "hostile and outrageous statements" by French authorities targeted at the junta, a military spokesman said in a…