Iranian security forces have killed an opposition activist in Ahwaz, the capital of Khuzestan Province, and handed his body to his family on Thursday, a week after he was detained for allegedly pursuing a secessionist agenda of ethnic Arabs in the region,
Syrian army and security officers have detained and tortured children with impunity during the past year, a rights group claimed in a report Friday, as it urged the U.N. Security Council to act on Syria.
Children as young as 13 are a particular target in the “rampant” use of torture by Syrian government forces battling opposition protests, Human Rights Watch said in a report released Friday. The United Nations says hundreds of children
Iran on Friday launched an observation satellite into orbit above Earth, its third since 2009, the official IRNA news agency reported. “The Navid satellite was launched successfully.... It will be placed into an orbit (at an altitude) be
أظهرت نتائج الاقتراع في انتخابات مجلس الأمة (البرلمان) الكويتي الجديد، فوز المعارضة التي يقودها الإسلاميون بنحو 68 في المائة من مقاعد المجلس
Opposition secures 34 out of 50 seats in snap parliamentary elections held after anti-corruption protests in December.
نتائج الانتخابات الكويتية تظهر فوز الإسلاميين بأغلبية كبيرة في مجلس الأمة الجديد، وخسارة الليبراليين والمرأة وأنصار الحكومة.
وكالة الانباء الايرانية الرسمية تعلن ان طهران اطلقت يوم الجمعة قمرا اصطناعيا للارصاد في مدار حول الارض، وهو ثالث قمر تطلقه طهران منذ عام 2009.
Early results of a snap election in Kuwait pointed to solid gains by the Islamist-led opposition candidates in the wealthy Gulf state’s fourth parliament in less than six years. The vote, which followed an especially tense campaign marred by violence,
US military chiefs downplay remarks by defence secretary that Washington could end combat role a year early, in 2014.