TEHRAN (Iran News) – Reports of clashes in Baghdad and southern Iraq indicate that at least seven people were killed and dozens wounded in the latest spate of ongoing protests against economic hardships and corruption, police and medical sources said Sunday. In the southern town of Nasiriyah in Iraq, security forces clashed with demonstrators and […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Hong Kong is a part of China “no matter what happens” in the community-level elections that were held in the semi-autonomous city at the weekend, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Monday. “Any attempt to mess up Hong Kong, or even damage its prosperity and stability, will not succeed,” Mr. […]

TEHRAN (Iran News)- Around 10,000 people took part in a protest march in Brussels on Sunday calling for an end to violence against women, police announced, a day after similar demonstrations in France and Italy. The protesters in the Belgian capital paid homage to women killed by partners or ex-partners, then marched to the Palace […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – HRW (Human Rights Watch) condemned Tel Aviv’s decision to expel the rights group’s Israel director from the occupied territories over his support for the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement. In a statement on Sunday, HRW Executive Director Ken Roth said that American citizen Omar Shakir, the US-based rights group’s […]

A watchdog group asked Israel’s top court on Sunday to order Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to step aside after his indictment on corruption charges, adding to pressure he is already facing from within his ruling party. Netanyahu, a conservative premier, has denied charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust and said he will stay […]

France’s defense minister said on Sunday that a French naval base in Abu Dhabi will serve as the headquarters for a European-led mission in what she claimed would be aimed at protecting the Persian Gulf waters.

China has said a self-confessed spy who is seeking asylum in Australia is a convicted fraudster wanted by Shanghai police.

TEHRAN (Iran News)- The Yemeni Minister of Public Health and Population announced it is estimated that every 10 minutes a child under the age of five dies from extreme hunger in the conflict-plagued and impoverished Yemen, warning that the ongoing Saudi-led blockade is also taking a heavy toll on newborn babies. Speaking at an event […]

According to a survey of recent graduates, 95% of those who chose to come to Shincheonji did so because of the excellent teaching of the scriptures.

TEHRAN (Iran News) – A 23-year-old man has been charged with human trafficking offences in connection with the deaths of 39 Vietnamese whose dead bodies were found in a refrigeration truck in Britain, police said. Christopher Kennedy, from County Armagh in Northern Ireland, is due to appear at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court in Essex over 39 […]