A top national security aide to former President Barack Obama is expected to be tapped as U.S. envoy for Iran this week, several people familiar with the matter said ... ( read original story ...)
Exclusive: Iran diplomat says ‘window is closing’ for Biden to rejoin nuclear deal
Iran's ambassador to the United Nations tells USA TODAY the "window is closing" for Washington to lift economic sanctions before Tehran's deadline. ( read original story ...)
Iran says U.S., not Tehran, should act first to resolve nuclear deal row
The United States should act first by returning to world powers' 2015 nuclear deal with Iran that it ditched in 2018, the Iranian foreign minister tweeted on Thursday after Washington demanded Tehran ... ( read original story ...)
Iran disappointed over Biden administration’s refusal to lift sanctions
New US secretary of state says Tehran would first need to fully comply with 2015 nuclear deal ... ( read original story ...)
Turkey to receive remainder of second Sinovac vaccine consignment by on Friday
Turkey will receive the remaining portion of a second consignment of 10 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by China's Sinovac Biotech by Friday morning, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca ... ( read original story ...)
Vietnam official says should prepare for scenario of 30,000 coronavirus cases – state TV
Vietnam should prepare for a scenario of up to 30,000 COVID-19 cases, state television said, citing the coronavirus taskforce chief, after the country reported its biggest daily number of new ... ( read original story ...)
Daniel Pearl: Pakistan’s top court rules to free men previously convicted of kidnapping and murdering Daniel Pearl
In April last year, a high court in Sindh province, where Karachi is located, overturned the convictions of three of the four men and reduced British national Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh's sentence to ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. Ready to Prosecute Man Acquitted in Pakistan of American Reporter’s Murder: Blinken
The U.S. is prepared to prosecute in the United States the man acquitted by Pakistan's top court of the murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday. ( read original story ...)
Two men publicly caned 77 times for having sex in Indonesia
It’s the third time that Indonesia's conservative Aceh province has caned people for homosexuality since Sharia law was implemented there in 2015. ( read original story ...)
Indonesia’s Aceh flogs two men for having sex
Two men have been publicly caned in the conservative Indonesian province of Aceh for having sex.The pair each received 77 lashes from a masked officer in front of a crowd in the capital Banda ... ( read original story ...)