Strait of Hormuz, ‘a graveyard for trespassers’: imam
The temporary imam of Friday prayers in Tehran, Muhammad Javad Ali Akbari says the Strait of Hormuz is a “special area belonging to our land”...
Uzbek chief prosecutor sacked over graft probe: report
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has sacked Prosecutor General Otabek Murodov after he was targeted in a corruption probe, news website Gazeta.uz quoted Mirziyoyev as saying...
Russian hermit seeks peace in remote Siberia
Viktor, 62, turned his back on society 16 years ago and moved to the remote forest wilderness of Russian Siberia where he lives in seclusion...
Vendors plan to seek compensation from German government over thwarted toll: report
The companies that were set to operate the German motorway vignette scheme scuppered by a European Court ruling earlier this week plan to demand 300...
FDA declines to approve Daiichi Sankyo’s blood cancer treatment
Japan’s Daiichi Sankyo Co said on Friday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has declined to approve its drug quizartinib as a treatment for adults...
Huge fire rips through Philadelphia refinery
Fire ripped through a Pennsylvania oil refinery early on Friday, triggering a huge explosion that local media said rocked homes several miles away. Havovi Cooper...
Nuclear waste, rising seas and Trump: Marshall Islands struggles to stay above water
The Marshall Islands is literally struggling to stay above water but its President Hilda Heine told Reuters she had saved her breath rather than try...
Picture perfect: Chinese tourists flock to lake to recreate viral photos
Chinese tourists are flocking to a lake in southwest Yunnan province to recreate photos that have gone viral on social media, the country’s latest selfie...
UK minister suspended for grabbing protester by neck
A junior minister has stirred anger and calls for him to quit after he grabbed a female protester by the neck and shoved her. Greenpeace...
UK junior minister suspended after grappling with eco-protester
A junior foreign office minister has been suspended pending an investigation after grabbing a female demonstrator by the neck and pushing her when a climate-change...