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Emergency personnel transport the injured following a shooting attack at Iran's Shah Cheragh mausoleum in the Fars province capital Shiraz, on August 13, 2023. (MOHAMMADREZA DEHDARI / ISNA / AFP)
September 21, 2023, 5:44 pm
Iran hands 2 death sentences to Tajik man for deadly attack on Shiite shrine
Islamic State member Rahmatollah Nowruzof to be executed over shooting at Shiraz’s Shah Cheragh mausoleum in August, in which 2 were killed
By AFP
Syrian President Bashar Assad, center, waves to his supporters at a polling station during the Presidential elections in the town of Douma, in the eastern Ghouta region, near the Syrian capital Damascus, Syria, May 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
September 21, 2023, 11:00 am
Assad seeks funds in China on first visit since war started in Syria
China one of only a handful of countries Syrian leader has visited since 2011; Beijing has pledged $2 billion in investments in Syria, but funds ‘yet to materialize’
By AFP
File: This video grab made from the online Neuralink livestream shows a drawing of the different steps of the implantation of a Neuralink brain implant device seen during a presentation on August 28, 2020. (Neuralink/AFP)
September 20, 2023, 10:12 pm
Musk’s Neuralink starts recruiting volunteers to test brain implants
Firm seeking individuals with mobility diseases for first human clinical trial of technology that aims to use brain to control computers, and one day treat neurological disorders
By ToI Staff and AFP
In this photo taken from video released by the Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, smoke rises over an area which Azerbaijan says hosts Armenian forces' positions in the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. (Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan via AP)
September 20, 2023, 4:34 pm
Azerbaijan halts operation in breakaway region as Armenian separatists vow to disarm
Ceasefire announced day after Azeri forces launch offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh; director of Israel’s Defense Ministry, a major arms supplier to Baku, visited just before fighting
By AFP and ToI Staff
Women walk along Enghelab Square in central Tehran on September 10, 2023. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
September 20, 2023, 3:19 pm
Iran MPs advance bill to toughen penalties for women who violate Islamic dress code
Along with prison time for violators, legislation calls for punishment for ‘mocking the hijab,’ following protests sparked by death of woman accused of breaching rules
By AFP
Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi holds up a Quran as he addresses the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, September 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
September 20, 2023, 2:43 am
Addressing UN, Iran president calls on US to show ‘goodwill’ and revive nuclear deal
Raisi also accuses Washington of worsening Ukraine war; Israeli envoy stages walkout for second straight year, holding sign reading, ‘Iranian women deserve freedom now’
By ToI Staff, AFP and Jacob Magid
US journalist Evan Gershkovich, arrested by Russia on espionage charges, stands inside a defendants' cage before a hearing to consider an appeal on his extended pre-trial detention at the Moscow City Court in Moscow on September 19, 2023. (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA / AFP)
September 19, 2023, 4:03 pm
US reporter Evan Gershkovich appears in Russian court to appeal detention
Wall Street Journal correspondent has been held for 6 months on espionage charges that Moscow has not backed up with public evidence
By AFP
This handout picture provided by the media office of Iranian soccer club Persepolis FC on September 18, 2023 shows Saudi soccer club al-Nassr's Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo (front) arriving at Tehran's Imam Khomeini International Airport, a day ahead of the AFC Champions League group E match between Persepolis FC and al-Nassr FC. (Persepolis FC / AFP)
September 19, 2023, 12:27 am
Iranian soccer fans delight as Ronaldo’s Saudi team arrives in Tehran
Al Nassr to face local club in 1st game since countries mended ties; Israeli diplomat quips she hopes star won’t be arrested ‘in light of Iranian habit of kidnapping foreigners’
By AFP and ToI Staff
Then-US president Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order to increase sanctions on Iran, in the Oval Office of the White House, June 24, 2019, in Washington. Trump is accompanied by then-treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin, left, and then-vice president Mike Pence. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
September 18, 2023, 8:49 pm
The multilayered US sanctions encumbering Iran’s leaders, oil and trade
A rundown of the measures imposed over the decades by succesive presidents on Tehran, from the Islamic Revolution to the current administration
By AFP
US citizen Siamak Namazi (C) disembarks from a Qatari jet upon arrival at the Doha International Airport in Doha, Qatar, on September 18, 2023, after being released by Iran in a prisoner swap. (Karim JAAFAR/AFP)
September 18, 2023, 8:15 pm
US prisoner freed from Iran praises Biden for ‘incredibly difficult decisions’
Siamak Namazi, detained for eight years, thanks US president for prioritizing American lives over politics, stresses no easy way to deal with Islamic regime
By AFP
Palestinian ambulance workers and paramedics protest against the Israeli blockade, not allowing them to bring some medical equipment to Gaza hospitals, east of Gaza City, Jan. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
September 18, 2023, 11:44 am
World Bank: Israeli restrictions on West Bank, Gaza hinder Palestinians’ healthcare
International lender decries ‘lengthy, bureaucratic regime of permits,’ saying many Palestinians die before they can obtain treatment
By AFP and ToI Staff
North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un waves before boarding a train during a farewell ceremony at the end of his visit to Russia at the Artyom railway station near Vladivostok, in the Primorsky region, on September 17, 2023. (Photo by Handout / Government of Primorsky region / AFP)
September 18, 2023, 9:56 am
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un ends Russia trip with ‘heartfelt thanks’ to Putin
Official news agency says leader’s visit consolidates two countries’ ‘militant unity,’ amid Western concerns Pyongyang could supply Moscow with weapons to use in Ukraine
By AFP
This handout photograph released by Ukrainian presidential chief of staff Andriy Yermak on September 17, 2023, shows Ukrainian servicemen posing for a photo with Ukrainian national flags in front of a destroyed building in the village of Klyshchiivka, Donetsk region.(Photo by Handout / Ukrainian Presidential Chief of Staff Andriy Yermak / AFP)
September 18, 2023, 5:40 am
Ukraine claims control of key town on eastern front
Kyiv says forces have retaken Klishchiivka, a tactically important town south of the key frontline city of Bakhmut
By AFP
Egyptian politician Gamila Ismail (C) speaks during a press conference of executives of the Free Current opposition vovement in Cairo, on August 28, 2023, as they respond to the detention of Hisham Kassem. (Khaled Desouki/AFP)
September 17, 2023, 7:43 pm
Egyptian opposition movement to boycott election after its leading candidate jailed
Free Current coalition says it will not take part in next year’s expected presidential contest: ‘Political atmosphere will not allow for free, fair and just elections’
By AFP
Illustrative: International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors (2nd and 3rd left) and Iranian technicians at the Natanz nuclear power plant, south of Tehran, on January 20, 2014. (Kazem Ghane/IRNA/AFP/File)
September 17, 2023, 6:26 pm
‘Highly concerned’ EU urges Iran to reaccredit inspectors barred from nuclear sites
European bloc says it’s ‘particularly worrying’ that the move will hamper the UN watchdog’s ability to monitor Iran’s nuclear program
By AFP
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