
HUMAN RIGHTS
US prosecutor rapped over Rice ruling
US protesters picket an Ohio prosecutor’s home over his controversial ruling in the murder case of a black boy.

US protesters picket an Ohio prosecutor’s home over his controversial ruling in the murder case of a black boy.

Indian security forces repel an attack by gunmen on an airbase in Punjab.

Russia pumped a record 534 million tonnes of crude oil last year in 2015 despite oil price slump blamed on a global supply glut.

A group of anti-Daesh hackers has claimed responsibility for the recent cyber-attack on the BBC’s website.

Syria’s army inflicts heavy losses on the al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Nusra Front terrorists and other militants in Dara'a Province.

Protesters march in the Qatif region of Saudi Arabia in protest at the execution of Sheikh Nimr.

Head coach of Iran’s national under-23 football team announces the roster for the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship in Qatar.

Iran summons the deputy head of the Saudi mission in Tehran to protest Sheikh Nimr’s execution.

A senior Iranian cleric says Saudi Arabia seeks to trigger sectarian strife between Shias and Sunnis.

Iran is to host the Takhti Cup international wrestling tournament in Tehran on January 14 and 15.

The Saudi regime executes Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr in defiance of international calls for the release of the cleric.

Russia names the United States as a threat to its national security for the first time.

The FBI has launched an investigation into a fire outside the US consulate in Mexico.

A political analyst says an uprising is bound to occur in Saudi Arabia over recent execution of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr.

Saudi Arabia officially declares the end of a shaky truce brokered by the UN on Yemen war.

Hezbollah slams Saudi Arabia's execution of top Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr as an 'assassination.'

Iran says it will raise its oil production based on the market needs after the lifting of international sanctions.

Iran’s Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani says Tehran is determined to continue developing its missile program.