Iran’s state TV is reporting that the country’s authorities has executed a wrestler for allegedly murdering a man after President Donald Trump asked for the 27-year-old condemned man’s life to be spar ... ( read original story ...)
Iran Executes Wrestler Trump Had Asked Authorities to Spare
Iran has executed a wrestler and alleged murderer whose life President Trump had asked the country’s leaders to spare, Iranian state TV reported. ( read original story ...)
Iran Executes Wrestler Accused of Murder After He Took Part in Protests
Many suspected that the charges against Navid Afkari were false, and international sports groups had campaigned for clemency. ( read original story ...)
Iran says US-brokered deal makes Bahrain partner to Israel ‘crimes’
Iran on Saturday angrily accused Bahrain of stirring instability after US President Donald Trump announced Manama and Israel were opening ties in a landmark deal that reinforces America's push to ... ( read original story ...)
Iran executes young athlete, ignoring plea from Donald Trump: State TV
Donald Trump pleaded for Iran to cancel the execution of the 27-year-old wrestler in a case that drew international attention. ( read original story ...)
Iran’s coronavirus death toll surpasses 23,000
Iran’s coronavirus death toll rose by 116 to 23,029, a health ministry spokeswoman told state TV on Saturday. The total number of identified cases spiked by 2,139 in the last 24 hours to 399,940 in ... ( read original story ...)
Greek PM to detail defense program amid Turkey tensions
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is preparing to outline Saturday the details of a program to boost Greece’s defense capabilities, amid heightened tensions with neighboring Turkey over rights ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: England will not exempt children from ‘rule of six’; Philippines reports record daily deaths – live updates
Cases continue to surge in western Europe; Victoria sees one of its lowest totals for months; Brazil deaths climb past 130,000. Follow all the developments ... ( read original story ...)
REFILE-Philippines reports 186 more coronavirus deaths, record daily toll
The Philippines' health ministry on Saturday reported 186 more deaths related to the novel coronavirus, a new daily record and the highest single-day fatality rate recorded so far in Southeast Asia. ( read original story ...)
Philippines reports almost 5k new COVID-19 cases, total nears 258k
The number of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in the Philippines increased to 257,863 on Saturday after the Department of Health (DOH) reported 4,935 new infections, the second consecutive ... ( read original story ...)