Thai court orders release of Bahrain refugee soccer player

Credit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 09:37:15 +0000

Thai court orders release of Bahrain refugee soccer player

A Thai court ordered the release of a refugee soccer player on Monday after prosecutors said they were no longer seeking his extradition to Bahrain in a case that had drawn worldwide attention.

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Torture still scars Iranians 40 years after revolution

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2019 07:39:22 +0000

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The surviving inmates who suffered torture at the hands of Iran’s police and dreaded SAVAK intelligence service still bear both visible and hidden scars.

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 Iran newspapers, official criticize US arrest of newscaster

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2019 10:04:29 +0000

Iran newspapers, official criticize US arrest of newscaster

Iranian hard-line newspapers and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif are criticizing the arrest in the U.S. of an American anchorwoman from Iran’s state-run English-language TV channel.

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Trump administration to roll out new missile defense plan

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2019 02:50:06 +0000

Trump administration to roll out new missile defense plan

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration will roll out a new strategy Thursday for a more aggressive space-based missile defense system to protect against existing threats from North Korea and Iran and counter advanced weapon systems being developed by Russia and China.

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