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In this 2015 file photo, Ensaf Haidar, wife of the jailed Saudi Arabian blogger Raif Badawi, shows a portrait of her husband as he is awarded the Sakharov Prize, in Strasbourg, France. Saudi Arabia ordered Canada’s ambassador out of the country after Canada criticized the recent arrest of women’s rights activists.  (CHRISTIAN LUTZ / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) OTTAWA […]

Policemen stand by as rescuers search for survivors at a mosque in Lombok Island, Indonesia. © Beawiharta Beawiharta / Reuters At least 347 people have been confirmed dead after a 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia, according to local media, citing an emergency official. The death toll was reported at a meeting of […]

Iran’s rial has strengthened 20 percent since Sunday after the government relaxed foreign exchange rules [Ebrahim Noroozi/AP] Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has held talks in Tehran with North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho in a show of defiance, as the United States reimposed economic sanctions on the Islamic republic. The meeting on Tuesday between […]

Rescue workers search for victims in a mosque which was damaged in Sunday’s earthquake in Tanjung, North Lombok, Indonesia August 7, 2018. (Antara Foto via Reuters) Soldiers have pulled a man alive from the rubble of a large mosque flattened by an earthquake on the Indonesian island of Lombok, while thousands of homeless locals waited […]

US President Donald Trump has warned that any country trading with Iran will “not be doing business with the United States.” The threat comes as sanctions against the country came into effect at midnight. The announcement came via the president’s usual medium of communication, Twitter, where Trump announced that the sanctions taking hold were “the most […]

A woman carries a child past the ruins of a building that was damaged when a magnitude-7 quake struck West Lombok district in East Nusa Tenggara on Sunday evening (05/08). (Antara Photo/Ahmad Subaidi) Jakarta. At least 91 people have died and thousands have been displaced after another powerful earthquake hit Lombok Island in West Nusa Tenggara […]

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, shakes hands with North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho, as South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha, back right, looks on during the opening of the ASEAN Regional Forum in Singapore, Saturday. Ri accused the U.S. of dragging its feet in building mutual trust for Pyongyang’s denuclearization in return […]

A tanker truck exploded on a motorway just outside the northern Italian city of Bologna on Monday, engulfing the area with flames and black smoke, the fire service said, with local media reporting one person killed. Police said they had closed off the motorway where the crash took place as well as the surrounding area […]

AP Photo Tens of thousands of people rallied in Tel Aviv on Saturday to protest a new law that declares Israel the exclusive homeland of Jewish people. Minorities and many Jewish Israelis alike have criticized the law, adopted last month, for recognizing Israel as a Jewish state and saying “the right to exercise national self-determination […]

Image:James said he thought the president had used sports to ‘divide’ the US Donald Trump has taunted NBA player LeBron James over his intelligence, claiming it “isn’t easy” to make him “look smart”. In an interview with CNN, James said he thought the president had used sports to “divide” the US, adding it was something […]