
HUMAN RIGHTS
Supreme Court backs execution drug
The US Supreme Court has upheld the use of a drug used in executions, saying it does not violate a ban on cruel and unusual punishment.

The US Supreme Court has upheld the use of a drug used in executions, saying it does not violate a ban on cruel and unusual punishment.

The UN expresses hope that Libya's two rival parliaments would endorse its plan for a unity government later this week.

The creation of Israel by Zionist Jews in 1948 was a “direct rebellion” against God and contrary to the teachings of the Torah, an American orthodox rabbi says.

Iraqi army soldiers and volunteer forces purge the oil city of Baiji of ISIL militants.

Newly published figures suggest that car imports to Iran have significantly dropped in the first quarter of the current Persian calendar year (starting on March 21).

The French foreign minister says no new target date will be set for Iran nuclear talks.

Tel Aviv decides to erect a barrier along the Jordan border to allegedly secure a new airport near Eilat.

US Secretary of State John Kerry says it is still too soon to tell if a comprehensive nuclear deal with Iran is within reach.

A senior British politician is to stand in the dock over child sex abuse.

Suspicious fires have damaged or destroyed at least six predominantly black churches in four Southern states since Charleston massacre.

At least 15 civilians, among them women and children, are killed in multiple fresh Saudi airstrikes on Yemen.

Stocks markets around the world have sharply declined amid growing fears that Greece may default on debts and leave the eurozone.

Syrian army retakes key neighborhood in the northeastern city of Hasakah from ISIL militants.

The US military is currently training fewer than 100 so-called “moderate” rebels in Syria to fight the ISIL terrorist group.

A Taliban ambush kills at least 11 soldiers in Afghanistan's western province of Herat.

A mortar shell lands in central Damascus in the second such attack on the capital in as many days.

Egypt's state prosecutor dies from wounds he sustained in a bomb blast in Cairo.

House Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul says Americans must remain alert to possible terrorist attacks during July 4 events.