Iran has reportedly sentenced Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani – the 43-year-old Iranian woman who faces execution after being convicted of adultery – to 99 lashes in
Iran election unrest an example of US ‘naked political scheming’ behind free speech facade, says Communist party editorial Tania Branigan in Beijing and agencies guardian.co.uk,
British lawyers for 16 Palestinians are seeking to obtain an international arrest warrant for the Israeli defence minister, Ehud Barak, in a London court over