Iran sanctions: Rouhani condemns US 'psychological warfare'
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has hit out at the United States over its reinstatement of economic sanctions.
He described the measures, which came into effect overnight, as "psychological warfare" which aimed to "sow division among Iranians".
The sanctions take aim at various sectors, with further punitive action planned against Iran's oil trade.
The European Union has spoken out against the measures, vowing to protect firms doing "legitimate business".
It follows the US withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, also known as the Iran nuclear deal, earlier this year.
Indonesia earthquake: rescuers pull people alive out of rubble as aftershocks hit
Relief efforts focus on collapsed mosque close to epicentre of Sunday’s quake as tourists flee Gili islands
Rescuers in Lombok are still pulling people out alive from the rubble two days after a deadly earthquake struck the Indonesian island, causing widespread damage and panic.
The 6.9-magnitude quake that struck early on Sunday evening killed 98 people, injured more than 236 others, and destroyed thousands of homes.
Search and rescue teams have been working to access those in the worst-affected areas, close to the epicentre in northern Lombok.
German couple who sold son to paedophiles on the dark web given jail terms
A 48-year-old woman and her 39-year-old partner have been jailed in Germany after offering her 9-year-old child for sex on the dark net.
The couple were also convicted of repeatedly raping the boy, now 10, and filming the abuse.
Freiburg state court sentenced the woman on Tuesday to 12 years and six months in prison and her partner to 12 years. It ruled that the man must remain in preventive custody after serving his sentence.
Domino effect could heat up Earth by 5 degrees Celsius — despite Paris climate deal
Even if the Paris Agreement is successfully implemented, the planet could still heat up by 5 degrees Celsius, scientists warn. This "hothouse" climate would make parts of the world uninhabitable.
A joint study by international climate scientists from Germany, Sweden, Denmark and Australia presents a bleak prognosis: Even if the goals of the Paris climate agreement are achieved and global warming is limited to maxiumum 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) compared to pre-industrial levels, the climate system could still pass a devastating tipping point.
"Human emissions of greenhouse gas are not the sole determinant of temperature on Earth," said Will Steffen, lead author of the study and climate researcher at the Australian National University and the Swedish research institute Stockholm Resilience Centre.
Suspicion of vote fraud revives Mali's ethnic tensions
The first round of voting in Mali's presidential election gave outgoing President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita a conclusive lead over his rival -- but unresolved anger and finger-pointing over the results have highlighted some of the country's divisions.
Eighteen of the 24 candidates in the election joined forces Monday to demand the resignation of the minister of territorial administration and decentralisation, Mohamed Ag Erlaf.
They accused him of being to blame for an "electoral robbery" and urged people in the capital Bamako to rally on Tuesday.
Keita won 41.42 percent of votes in the July 29 presidential poll in the sprawling west African nation, easily ahead of opposition leader Soumaila Cisse, in second place with 17.8 percent.
Israel and Gaza may be on the verge of war. It could be worse than in the past.
“I’m honestly surprised we haven’t seen a full-blown war yet,” one expert said.
Months of low-level conflict between Israel and Gaza seem to be reaching a boiling point — and experts worry the two sides may be hurtling toward all-out war.
Since March, thousands of Gazans have been protesting nearly every week at the Israeli border. They’re calling for the “right of return” for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians and their descendants who fled or were displaced from their homes after the creation of the state of Israel, as well as an end to Israel’s crippling 12-year land, sea, and air blockade of Gaza.
The terrorist group Hamas, which has ruled Gaza since 2007, organized most of these protests. And though the vast majority of protesters were peaceful, some have used violence, setting fire to Israeli land with flaming kites and balloons, launching rockets and mortars into Israel, and shooting at Israeli soldiers, killing one.
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