Human rights groups said Bahrain’s police forces have beaten children they arrested on the anniversary of the 2011 pro-democracy uprising, threatening them with rape and electric shocks. Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the London-based Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) said in a joint statement on Wednesday that Bahraini ...
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that restoring balance and safeguarding the nuclear deal is the goal of Iran’s compensatory steps taken. Speaking in a telephone conversation with his Finnish counterpart Pekka Haavisto on Thursday, Zarif pointed to law-breaking of the United States and imposition of oppressive and illegal ...