Two leading human rights groups have condemned a nine-year prison sentence upheld by a Tehran court for prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Mohammad Ali Dadkhah. Dadkhah also received a 10-year ban on practicing law. Dadkhah, who has defended a number of political prisoners in Iran, including ...
Mohammad Ali Dadkhah, lawyer of Yousef Nadarkhani who was sentenced to death for apostasy, is interviewed by Reuters in his office in Tehran./ Prominent human rights advocate and attorney Mohammad Ali Dadkhah, who represents the Christian pastor sentenced to death in Iran in a case that sparked ...
Judge Salavati has upheld the nine-year prison sentence for prominent lawyer and distinguished human rights activist Mohammad Ali Dadkhah. Dadkhah told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that he was only informed of the decision when he went to court to follow up on a client’s ...
President Donald Trump listens to a question as he speaks at his Mar-a-Lago club, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)/ President Donald Trump speaks at his Mar-a-Lago club, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)/ President Donald Trump ...
Metals have had a record year with recent surges in gold ( ) prices, but there’s a third metal hitting its own record highs. Copper prices have rallied by more than 35% this year, poised for the biggest annual gain since 2009, driven higher by rising tech demand, supply constraints, and ) prices ...
"Volatility is the price you pay for long-term returns in the market"/ Frances Horodelski, who has held senior roles in Canada's investment industry for decades, says she is not seeing a broad move into cash despite persistent headlines about volatility, geopolitics, and stretched valuations. ...
The artificial intelligence boom isn't cooling off — it's getting bigger, Bank of America analyst Vivek Arya contends. While AI skeptics have pointed to eye-popping valuations as a reason to run, Arya said the industry is only at the "midpoint" of a decade-long transformation, and it's being led ...
Law enforcement respond to a location where children were found dead inside of a condo in the Palomino Ranch Point complex, Dec. 19, 2023, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold/The Gazette via AP, File)/ woman suspected of killing two of her young children during a custody dispute with her ...
Three teens were charged with the sexual assault of their classmate during a graduation party in June./ Each of the suspects was charged with criminal sexual assault and taken into custody this month./ A judge ordered one of the suspects to remain in jail while the other two were released./ ...
Zahra Tabari was sentenced to death after a trial that lasted less than 10 minutes, her family says/ UN experts and 400 prominent women have urged Iran not to execute Zahra Tabari, a 67-year-old electrical engineer and women's rights activist. Ms Tabari was arrested in April and accused of ...
Al Jazeera was forced to close its office in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, in September 2024/ Israel's parliament has extended an order allowing the government to shut down foreign broadcasters operating in the country. The legislation, passed by 22 votes to 10, expands temporary powers ...
Siwar Ashour spent six months in Jordan after being evacuated from Gaza/ A one-year-old Palestinian girl evacuated from Gaza with severe nutritional problems is back in hospital in the territory after being returned there from Jordan. Siwar Ashour, whose story the BBC has followed for several ...
MSF said it would be "a disaster for Palestinians" if international NGOs are forced to stop operations in Gaza/ The UN and other aid agencies fear new Israeli registration rules for dozens of international non-governmental organisations (INGOs) risk the collapse of the humanitarian response in ...