Valiollah Seif, who headed the Central Bank of Iran between 2013 and 2018, was charged with disturbing the order in the forex market and paving the way for illegal purchase and sale of foreign currency.
Seven people died and dozens were wounded when violence erupted Thursday following a rally by Shia Muslim protesters demanding the dismissal of the judge investigating last year's devastating Beirut port blast.
Lebanese government declares day of mourning following Beirut’s deadly armed clashes that killed six people amid one of the world’s worst economic crises of the past 150 years.
UN’s deputy humanitarian chief tells the Security Council up to 4 million people could see their food aid reduced in the coming weeks as agencies are running short of money to keep going at the current scale.
To a question on whether the US side had raised the issue during the visit of Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, who met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and other top officials in Washington, a senior Israeli official told reporters, "Yes".
Lebanese TV aired images of men carrying rifles and heavy weaponry as the army reported “bursts of gunfire in Tayouneh–Badaro,” a few blocks from where protesters had gathered moments earlier to demand Judge Bitar’s removal.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Iran's responses to our willingness to return to nuclear talks have not been “encouraging” despite the fact that "time is running short" for Tehran.
At least 250 prisoners held by Israel start a hunger strike to protest their relocation to isolated cells, officials say.
Syrian air defences confronted "hostile targets" south of Palmyra in Homs province, regime-owned Al-Ikhbariya TV reports. One Syrian soldier killed, several wounded.
A military criminal court in June 2019 handed down life sentences to the 32 suspects on charges of plotting to kill President Abdel Fattah el Sisi and a former Saudi crown prince.
Without Muqtada al Sadr, Iraq's kingmaker, no coalition government can be formed, experts say. And if it is formed, Sunni bloc’s Halbousi and Kurdish leader Barzani are likely to be in the new government.
Iran-backed Hezbollah has accused the United States of meddling in the probe into last year’s Beirut port blast which killed more than 200 people.
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