Iranian authorities granted human rights activist Narges Mohammadi bail amid growing concern over her poor health in prison.
Category: 2. World
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Ailing Iran Nobel laureate given bail and hospital transfer
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Why Eurovision's fallout over Israel may change the competition forever
With Eurovision facing its biggest boycott in 70 years, questions are growing over the competition’s future.
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BBC speaks with civilians inside Iran struggling with impact of war
Inside Iran, the BBC has been speaking to people struggling with the impact of the war.
The authorities have imposed an internet ban, but using trusted sources, special correspondent Fergal Keane has been hearing from those traumatised by…
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Iranian activist tells BBC how fear of war restarting intensifies trauma of repression
A dissident in Tehran says she feels helpless and under immense psychological pressure.
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Iran calls for lifting sanctions and Lebanon ceasefire
“Iran’s response, sent through a Pakistani mediator, contains a clause related to a ceasefire in Lebanon,” the source told Lebanese Al-Mayadeen TV on Sunday afternoon.
The source also said that the ceasefire is a redline in Iran’s response.
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Argentinian tourism hotspot denies causing hantavirus outbreak
The National Ministry of Health, meanwhile, has not put forward a definitive theory. “We cannot rule out, in principle, that the infections occurred in Tierra del Fuego, but there is an important fact to consider: since Hantavirus became a…
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US Democrats call for acknowledgment of Israel's nuclear arsenal
A group of 30 Democrats in the US House of Representatives has called for the acknowledgment of Israel’s nuclear arsenal, challenging a long-standing bipartisan consensus influenced by the Israeli lobby.
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His father had just been buried. Then West Bank settlers forced him to dig up the body
The UN human rights office condemns incident as “‘appalling and emblematic of the dehumanisation of Palestinians” in the West Bank.
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French national shows symptoms on return from hantavirus-hit ship
Five passengers of the MV Hondius will be quarantined in Paris “until further notice”, France’s prime minister says.
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How hotels are stopping the 'dawn dash' for sunbeds after man wins payout
Some resorts enforce allocation rules from check-in to prevent people reserving loungers with towels in the “sunbed wars”.
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