Iran announces official end to 10-year-old nuclear agreement
Tehran terminates 2015 deal under which sanctions were lifted in return for curbs on country’s nuclear programme
Sat 18 Oct 2025 11.23 BST
Iran announces official end to 10-year-old nuclear agreement
Tehran terminates 2015 deal under which sanctions were lifted in return for curbs on country’s nuclear programme
An international deal with Iran designed to keep the world safe from the spread of atomic weapons has officially ended, with Tehran announcing the termination of the decade-old agreement.
Iran said on Saturday that it was no longer bound by the 2015 agreement, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), under which international sanctions were lifted in exchange for limitations on Tehran’s nuclear programme.
South Koreans held in Cambodia return home under arrest
Dharvi Vaid AFP, AP and Reuters
Over 60 South Korean nationals accused of being involved in cyberscam schemes in Cambodia have been repatriated to their country. South Korea has placed them under arrest and launched a criminal investigation.
Dozens of South Koreans who had been detained in Cambodia over allegations of being involved in cyberscam operations have returned home under arrest and will now face a criminal probe.
Cambodian Interior Ministry spokesperson Touch Sokhak had said earlier that 64 South Koreans were to be repatriated from his county.
Rape: Assad's weapon of war during the Syrian revolution
In 2011, when many Syrians rose up to contest Bashar al-Assad's unchallenged power, the regime arbitrarily arrested thousands of men, women, and children. In notorious detention centres, the regime used rape and sexual violence as weapons of war against Syrian women.
“The first rape was the worst. I remember every second of that first night. It lasted four hours."
Asma was arrested in 2016 for delivering aid to the besieged population of Eastern Ghouta, an opposition stronghold suburb of Damascus. She was detained for a year in Bashar al-Assad's prisons. And repeatedly raped.
Japan's fractured politics could ensnarl Takaichi's economic plans
By Makiko Yamazaki and Leika Kihara
REUTERS
After a wild week, Sanae Takaichi may have found the political support she needs to become Japan's next prime minister — but the new cross-party alliances come with risks that her economic plans get mired in an increasingly fragmented legislature.
Japan's Lower House of parliament is set to select a prime minister to replace Shigeru Ishiba on Oct. 21, and Takaichi is likely to win amid a lack of any strong alternative bids.
Israel kills 11 Palestinian family members in Gaza’s deadliest truce breach
Israeli forces have killed 11 members of a Palestinian family in Gaza, the deadliest single violation of the fragile ceasefire since it took effect eight days ago.
The attack happened on Friday evening when a tank shell was fired by Israeli forces at a civilian vehicle carrying the Abu Shaaban family in the Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza City, according to Gaza’s civil defence.
Troops on standby as more than 2,500 anti-Trump protests expected nationwide
Republican governors in several US states have placed National Guard troops on standby in preparation for a nationwide protest to oppose Donald Trump and his policies.
The organisers of the "No Kings" protests say that gatherings will take place at more than 2,500 locations around the US. Trump allies have accused the protesters of being allied with the far-left Antifa movement.
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