Indonesian woman jailed for reporting harassment to seek amnesty
An Indonesian woman sentenced to prison for reporting her employer for sexual harassment said on Monday she will ask President Joko Widodo for an amnesty....
Iran’s Zarif calls on UK to immediately release captured oil tanker
The capture of an Iranian oil tanker by Britain has set “a dangerous precedent and must end now”, Iran’s foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said...
British Airways faces record $230 million fine over data theft
British Airways-owner IAG is facing a record $230 million fine for the theft of data from 500,000 customers from its website last year under tough...
Pope defends migrants after clashes between Italy and rescue ships
Pope Francis said on Monday that “no one is exempt” from helping migrants, in an indirect rebuke of Italy’s hardline interior minister Matteo Salvini who...
Putin, Erdogan discuss supply of S400s as deal being implemented: Kremlin
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkey’s Tayyip Erdogan discussed by phone on July 6 the supply of Russian S-400 defense systems to Turkey as a...
EU calls on Iran to stop any steps against international nuclear deal
The European Union is “extremely concerned” about Iran’s announcement on enriching uranium above internationally-approved levels and calls on Tehran to “stop and reverse” any action...
U.N.’s Bachelet ‘appalled’ at U.S. treatment of migrants and refugees
U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Monday that she is appalled at the conditions in which the United States is keeping detained migrants...
ICC convicts Congo’s Ntaganda of war crimes
Judges at the International Criminal Court on Monday convicted Bosco Ntaganda, a former Congolese military leader, on charges of atrocities including murder, rape and conscripting...
Former Erdogan ally Babacan resigns from ruling AK Party
Former Turkish deputy prime minister Ali Babacan said on Monday he was resigning from President Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party over “deep differences” with the party’s...
Afghans, Taliban talk in Qatar about a peaceful future as war rages at home
Wary representatives of Afghan society met Taliban officials in Qatar on Monday for a second day of talks, with bloody insurgent attacks back home casting...
