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HUMAN RIGHTS

Obama sued over drone strike in Yemen

President Barack Obama was sued by families of two Yemeni men killed in a drone strike in 2012.

11 YEARS AGO

ARTS

Spanish filmfest awards Iranian actress

Spain’s Imaginindia International Film Festival awards Iranian actress Mahtab Keramati.

11 YEARS AGO

SYRIA

Girls traded for cigarettes in ISIL markets

Teenage girls kidnapped by the ISIL Takfiri terrorists in Syria and Iraq are traded in slave markets "for as little as a pack of cigarettes," says the UN envoy on sexual violence.

11 YEARS AGO

PALESTINE

Israel used dirty bombs in Negev desert

Israel detonated dirty bombs in the Negev desert, which is home to large numbers of Bedouin Palestinians.

11 YEARS AGO

CULTURE

Iranian scientists create hybrid heart valve

Two Iranian scientists have successfully created the first hybrid tissue-engineered heart valve.

11 YEARS AGO

SAUDI ARABIA

Rights situation ‘dire’ in Saudi Arabia

An activist from an anti-arms trade group has called the human rights situation in Saudi Arabia “dire”.

11 YEARS AGO

SOCIETY

These hospitals charge patients 10-fold

A new study shows that 50 US hospitals charge uninsured patients around 10 times more than the normal care cost.

11 YEARS AGO

AFGHANISTAN

‘1K Afghans killed, 2K injured in 4 months’

A senior UN official says nearly 1,000 civilians were killed and almost 2,000 more injured across Afghanistan in the first four months of this year.

11 YEARS AGO

POLITICS

Iran urges political dialogue in Lebanon

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif urges dialogue among Lebanese political factions to resolve the country's problems.

11 YEARS AGO

SOCIETY

Gun violence raging on against US kids

According to a new study, in every four American children, more than one is exposed to gun violence before 18.

11 YEARS AGO

SOCIETY

Amputees can 'feel' this lifelike artificial leg

The world’s first prosthetic leg that can simulate feeling has been unveiled by Austrian researchers.

11 YEARS AGO

EGYPT

Egypt cabinet reshuffle looming: Reports

Press reports in Egypt widely speculate a potential cabinet reshuffle by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi after he openly criticized his prime minister and several ministers.

11 YEARS AGO