Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi on Friday strongly condemned the recent crimes and atrocities of the Saudi-led coalition in bombarding houses in Sana'a, the capital of Yemen, which claimed lives of civilians.

Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations reiterated Tehran’s opposition to any escalation of tensions in the Middle East, which he described as a lose-lose game involving all countries.

Israeli forces injured 65 protestors as thousands of Palestinians staged massive protests along the Gaza border and the West Bank to mark the 71st anniversary of Nakba (catastrophe) Day, which commemorates the displacement of Palestinians in 1948.

San Francisco on Tuesday became the first US city to ban use of facial recognition technology by police or other government agencies.

Amnesty International has released a report marking the first year since the Saudi regime launched a campaign of suppression against women’s rights activists, detailing how the kingdom indulged in arrests and torture of activists as well as mass executions in “the year of shame.”

Reports of suspected modern slavery in Britain rose by more than a third in 2018, according to government data released on Tuesday, but campaigners said even that was likely only "the tip of the iceberg."

A Palestinian campaign has called on people to deactivate their Airbnb accounts on May 15, because the home-sharing platform continues to list rental properties in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.

Three journalists who published leaked military documents on the use of French-made weapons in Yemen were to face a hearing over compromising national defence in the France’s domestic intelligence agency on Tuesday and Wednesday.

A Palestinian family has denounced a plea deal to clear an Israeli settler from murder charges in a 2015 arson attack in which a Palestinian baby and his parents were burned alive in the occupied West Bank.

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) is investigating allegations of civilian casualties following US airstrikes in Farah and Nimroz provinces, according to a report.