Netherlands Hikes Defence Spending to Face New Threats From Iran, China, Russia
AMSTERDAM, Sept 5 (Reuters) - The Netherlands will increase defence spending by more than 10% next year, investing in new tanks, fighter jets, frigates and air defence systems in a push to strengthen its forces in...
German Supreme Court Upholds Four-Year Sentence for Iranian ISIS Member
By Kayhan Life Staff
Germany’s Federal Court of Justice (BGH) has upheld the conviction of an Iranian man connected to ISIS, who was accused by authorities of “acquiring cyanide to carry out a terrorist attack...
US Charges Hamas Leaders Over Oct. 7 Attack on Israel
Sept 3 (Reuters) - The United States announced criminal charges on Tuesday against Hamas' top leaders over their roles in planning, supporting and perpetrating the deadly Oct. 7 attack in southern Israel.
The charges against Yahya Sinwar,...
Iran Summons Australian Ambassador Over ‘Norm-Breaking’ Content Online
DUBAI, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Iran summoned Australia's ambassador in Tehran overthe publication of online content it deemed "norm-breaking", the semi-official ILNA news agency said on Tuesday, a day after state media said the post "promoted homosexuality".
The post on the embassy's official Instagram...
Pro-Monarchy Iranian Campaigner Faces Jail, Says Human Rights Group
By Natasha Phillips
Shakila Monfared, an Iranian activist advocating for monarchy in Iran, has been sentenced to seven years and seven months in prison as well as 10 lashes, according to the Washington-based Abdorrahman Boroumand...
US Military Says Islamic Republic-Backed Houthis Attacked Two Vessels in Red Sea
By Jonathan Saul and Kanishka Singh
LONDON/WASHINGTON, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels attacked two crude oil tankers - the Saudi-flagged Amjad and the Panama-flagged Blue Lagoon I - in the Red Sea on Monday,...
Iran’s Uranium Enrichment Rolls On, Key Issues Stalled, IAEA Reports Show
By Francois Murphy
VIENNA, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Iran's production of highly enriched uranium continues and it has not improved cooperation with the U.N. nuclear watchdog despite a resolution demanding this at the agency's last board meeting, watchdog reports...
Iran Operated Fake Human-Resources Firm to Root Out Unfriendly Spies, Researchers Say
By Christopher Bing
Aug 28 (Reuters) - An Iranian hacking group ran a fake professional recruiting business to lure national security officials across Iran, Syria and Lebanon into a cyber espionage trap, according to new research by U.S. cybersecurity...
Two Dead in Gas Leak at Iranian Guards Facility
Aug 29 (Reuters) - Two people have died after a gas leak at an Iranian Revolutionary Guards facility in Isfahan, the judiciary's Mizan news agency reported on Thursday.
"Captain Mojtaba Nazari and Lieutenant Colonel Mokhtar Morshedi were martyred in the...
Germany Expels Iranian Head of Banned Muslim Association
FRANKFURT, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Germany has told the Iranian head of the recently banned Islamic Centre Hamburg (IZH) that he is being expelled from the country and has two weeks to leave, authorities in Hamburg...
