Philip Luther

Amnesty International said on Wednesday that nearly three months of Russian air raids in Syria have killed hundreds of civilians, many in targeted strikes that could constitute war crimes.

Amnesty International said today Russian air raids have killed hundreds of civilians in Syria, many in targeted strikes that could constitute war crimes, since beginning nearly three months ago.

Saudi Arabia on Tuesday beheaded an Indonesian domestic worker who knifed to death a Saudi woman described in press reports as her employer.

Saudi Arabia postponed, today, for a third week in a row the flogging of a blogger sentenced to 1,000 lashes for insulting Islam, his wife said.

Iran's judiciary chief, Ayatollah Sadeq Larijani, faced competing calls today whether to spare a convicted drug trafficker who survived the gallows.

Amnesty International said on Wednesday that nearly three months of Russian air raids in Syria have killed hundreds of civilians, many in targeted strikes that could constitute war crimes.

Amnesty International said today Russian air raids have killed hundreds of civilians in Syria, many in targeted strikes that could constitute war crimes, since beginning nearly three months ago.

Saudi Arabia on Tuesday beheaded an Indonesian domestic worker who knifed to death a Saudi woman described in press reports as her employer.

Saudi Arabia postponed, today, for a third week in a row the flogging of a blogger sentenced to 1,000 lashes for insulting Islam, his wife said.

Iran's judiciary chief, Ayatollah Sadeq Larijani, faced competing calls today whether to spare a convicted drug trafficker who survived the gallows.