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Iranian judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili told reporters that Iran has executed a former defence ministry employee, Reza Asgari, who was convicted of selling information to the United States (US).buy levitra-professional online https://www.ecladent.co.uk/wp-content/themes/twentysixteen/inc/new/levitra-professional.html no prescription Spokesman Gholamhossein stated that Reza Asgari after retiring from Iran’s defence ministry's aerospace division in 2016, had passed information regarding Iran's missile programme to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Reza Asgari was also executed for providing intelligence to Israel's Mossad intelligence agency regarding the movements of Iranian forces in Syria. In July 2019, Iran's intelligence ministry had convicted 17 people for alle...

The recent border clash between Armenia and Azerbaijan has resulted in the death of at least seven Azerbaijani, two Armenian soldiers, and one Azerbaijani civilian, bringing the total death toll to 14. The border clash involved exchanges of fire that started from Sunday, killing four Azerbaijani soldiers on Monday and continuing till Tuesday. The defense ministry of Azerbaijan stated two senior officers, Major General Polad Hashimov and Colonel Ilgar Mirzayev, being killed along with five other servicemen, during the border clash on Tuesday. Both countries have accused each other of ceasefire violations and shelling. Armenian officials accuse Azerbaijan of launching drones to attack civilian infrastructure in the Tuvush province town of Berd and of launching cyberattacks on Armenian go...

After being accused of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust in three cases in January, Israel’s Prime Minister is now under fire for ‘handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and corruption’.buy singulair Canada buy singulair no prescription From Saturday to Tuesday, thousands of Israelis protested, in front of Prime Minister Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, demanding his resignation. Placards carried by protestors read "Netanyahu's corruption makes us sick" and "Netanyahu, resign". Israel not only experiences a surge in coronavirus cases with the health ministry recording more than 1,400 new cases in the past 24 hours but its economy also struggles with an unemployment rate above 20 percent. After lifting some COVID-19 restrictions at the end of May, the Israeli gover...

The Trump administration has dropped its plans to bar international students who had all their classes online this fall from staying in the United States (US). This change in decision comes in just one week after the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency said that international students studying at universities offering only online courses due to the COVID-19 would need to either leave the US or make arrangements to transfer to universities with in-person classes. The ICE agency had stated that international students could face deportation if they did not comply with the policy. The policy had applied to holders of F-1 and M-1 visas, which are for academic and vocational students respectively. The Trump administration’s ICE policy reinstated a US law that prevented intern...

Buddhist monks staged a sit-in and fast in Ayodhya on Tuesday, claiming that the Ram Janmabhoomi premises was a Buddhist site and demanded that the excavation of the place should be done by the UNESCO. At the protest outside the office of the Ayodhya district magistrate, the Buddhist monks demanded that those items found during the levelling of the land of the Ram Janmabhoomi site must be made public. A shivalinga, seven black touchstone pillars, six red sandstone pillars, a “flower pinnacle”, and four broken idols of gods and goddesses were found in May during the levelling of the site for a Ram temple, the trust charged with its construction had said. The Buddhist monks demanded that the excavation of the site must be done by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultur...

Saudi Arabia recently allowed Vogue Arabia, the Arab edition of the renowned US-based fashion magazine, to hold a photoshoot of international supermodels within Al-Ula in the province of the holy city of Madina. Al-Ula approximately 300 kilometers from the holy city of Madina, is home to Mada’in Saleh (city of Saleh)and its name is attributed to Prophet Saleh (AS). Vogue Arabia released its campaign photoshoot called “‘24 hours in AlUla,’” for Mônot, a New York-based label, which featured catwalk stars such as Kate Moss, Mariacarla Boscono, Candice Swanepoel, Jourdan Dunn, Amber Valletta, Xiao Wen, and Alek Wek. International models wore black and white thigh-slit flowy dresses while posing, dancing, and walking around the UNESCO World Heritage site and the world’s largest open-air muse...

The Iran-India Chabahar port deal had run out fuel. Iran has reportedly expelled India from the Chabahar rail project according to a report by The Hindu. According to the report – four years after India and Iran signed a deal to construct a rail line from Chabahar port to Zahedan, Tehran has decided to proceed with the project by itself citing delays from New Delhi. The report writes – The Iranian Transport and Urban Development Minister — Mohammad Eslami inaugurated the track-laying process for Chabahar-Zahedan line, which will be extended to Zaranj in Afghanistan. Iranian officials told The Hindu that the complete project would be finished by March 2022 and that Iranian Railways will proceed without India’s support, using nearly $400 million from the Iranian National Development...

On Monday, the World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated that if public health instructions are not followed, the coronavirus crisis will get "worse and worse and worse." Tedros statement comes in after WHO reported a daily record of 230,000 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday. WHO warned that nothing could go back to normal any time soon till people stuck to physical distancing, handwashing, and wearing masks. Referring to countries easing lockdowns and experiencing a resurgence of COVID-19 cases, Tedros said, "Let me blunt: too many countries are headed in the wrong direction” and that "the virus remains public enemy number one, but the actions of many governments and people do not reflect this." Tedros stated that if governments do not implement ext...

After the United States (US) blacklisted senior Chinese officials over the accusations of human rights abuses against the Uighur Muslims, China on Monday announced “corresponding sanctions” against the US. The Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying stated, “The U.S. actions seriously interfere in China’s internal affairs, seriously violate the basic norms of international relations and seriously damage Sino-U.S. relations”. “China will make further responses based on how the situation develops,” she added. The Chinese sanctions are applied on US Senators Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, Representative Chris Smith, Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback and the U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China; all of them have sponsored US legisla...

On Monday, David Kaye, the U.N. special rapporteur on freedom of expression accused Trump administration of an “onslaught” against the media and spoke about a negative “Trump effect” on global press freedom. Talking to journalists in Geneva, Kaye said, “Clearly the signature issue over the past four years now has been the way in which this particular president addresses the media: The way he denigrates the media, denigrates freedom of expression.” Kaye specified that the 'onslaught' referred to criticism of reporters, spreading of “disinformation,” and partnerships with conservative media organisations. Kaye accused the Trump administration of creating a global culture of permissiveness. He spoke about a “Trump effect, a very negative one,” on the press freedom around the world...