TEHRAN, IRAN - Four assailants were killed on Saturday after blasting their way into an Iranian police compound, leaving one officer dead in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan near the Pakistani border, state media said. "Four unidentified armed individuals attacked and entered police station Number 16 of Zahedan", the capital of...
French president announces measures to quell riots
French President Emmanuel Macron announced measures including more police and urged parents to keep minors off the streets as he battled to contain nightly riots over a teenager's fatal shooting by an officer. There had been "unacceptable exploitation of a death of an adolescent" in some quarters to justify the...
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards officer killed in Israeli strike on Syria
Tehran, Iran--An officer from Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guards was killed in Israeli air strikes on Syria early on Friday, a website affiliated with the Guards said. During more than a decade of civil war in Syria, Israel has launched hundreds of air strikes on Syrian territory, primarily targeting Iran-backed forces and Lebanese Hezbollah...Jordan arrests 44 after deadly fuel protests
AMMAN, JORDAN - Jordan has arrested dozens of people accused of involvement in protests against rising fuel prices in which a senior police officer was gunned down, the country's security agency said Saturday. Colonel Abdul Razzaq Dalabeh, the deputy police chief of Maan province, died of a gunshot to the head...
Firm seeks professional to taste test 3,500 candies
The new hire will get an annual salary of $78,000. Since the Chief Candy Officer is required to taste thousands of candies, the job comes with an 'extensive dental plan'
Iraq bombing targeted officer who was probing activists’ deaths
At least four civilians were killed and four others wounded in Tuesday's motorcycle bombing near a hospital in central Basra. The office, who was amongst the deceased, worked for the intelligence, and was investigating targeted killings of activists.
