By Alia al-Hathloul, the sister of the jailed Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul.

A human rights organization revealed names of Saudi activists tortured inside Saudi prisons.

The rate of deaths from drug overdoses among US women has soared in recent years as the country continues to combat its opioid epidemic, according to new data from the US government.

Lebanon’s Druze Party leader Talal Arslan, in a meeting with Iranian Ambassador to Beirut Mohammad Jalal Firouznia, thanked Tehran for keeping the entire region safe from the devastating danger of terrorism.

Thousands of anti-government demonstrators marched in cities across France on Saturday in a new round of "yellow vest" protests against President Emmanuel Macron's economic policies.

The partial government shutdown became the longest closure in the history of the United States when the clock ticked past midnight on Friday as President Donald Trump and nervous Republicans scrambled to find a way out of the mess.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry called in Poland’s charge d’affaires to voice protest at the European country’s decision to host a conference that the US is going to hold against Iran next month.

Secretary of Supreme National Security Council of Iran Ali Shamkhani referred to the US decision to hold an anti-Iran meeting in Poland as its latest desperate move against the Islamic Republic, IRNA reported.

Iranian Foreign Minister in a message referred to Iran support of Poland in WWII, expressing regret over Poland hosting an anti-Iran meeting, IRNA reported.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi on Friday described the efforts to impose false interpretations of Resolution 2231 on Iran’s missile program as irresponsible, saying that the resolution has never banned Iran's conventional and defensive missile program, IRNA reported.