India approved on Thursday a tougher new law to punish sex crimes, including death for repeat rape offenders, after the fatal gang rape of a student in December sparked unprecedented protests over the treatment of women in the country.
The Criminal Law (Amendment)...
Iran will “annihilate” the Israeli cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa if it comes under attack by the Jewish state, the Islamic republic’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned on Thursday.
“Every now and then the leaders of the Zionist regime threaten...
Experts on infectious diseases Thursday warned people to stay away from bats worldwide after the recent death of an eight-year-old boy bitten in Australia.
The boy last month became the third person in the country to die of Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV), for which there...
Twelve people were killed when a car packed with explosives blew up inside a refugee camp in northwestern Pakistan.
At least another 20 people were injured when the device exploded as hundreds queued for food today at Jalozai camp on the outskirts of the northwestern city...
Yerevan, Armenia – Ambassador Heffern met today with U.S. citizen Narine Esmeli and discussed her current legal case which has come about following Ms. Esmeli’s report of election violations she observed during the voting process on February 18. The Ambassador will continue...
As our closest living relatives, chimpanzees are expected to have a lot in common with humans.
However, this unfortunate chimp has picked up one of our worst human habits.
The chain-smoking chimp was caught red-handed indulging his weakness for cigarettes at a zoo in Ürümqi,...
Norway’s biathlon squad is facing an indecency probe after they stripped off to wave their genitals at female contestants in the sport’s World Cup in Russia.
Furious race organisers in Khanty-Mansiysk, Northern-Russia have reported the athletes to police after...
A Bulgarian man set himself on fire to protest against poverty in his country – becoming the sixth person to do so in the past month.
Proclaiming that he could no longer afford to even buy bread for his one child and that he ‘could not stand it anymore’...
Dear representatives of the Kurdish community of Armenia,
I cordially congratulate you on the occasion of Navroz.
Let this beautiful spring holiday bring happiness to our entire Kurdish community. I wish you success in your work, cultural and other achievements.
We...
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