Siamak Namazi, freed in a U.S.-Iran prisoner swap, issued a dire warning about those who are still trapped in Evin Prison, and what the future might hold if Iran is allowed to keep using foreign nationals as diplomatic hostages.
Officials have warned that a disease outbreak in Libya's northeast, where floods have killed thousands, could create "a second devastating crisis" as diarrhea spread among those who drank contaminated water.
Iran and the United States will exchange what is expected to be five prisoners each after some $6 billion US once frozen in South Korea reached Qatar, a key element of the planned swap, officials said Monday.
Despite Beijing’s near-monthly attack drills against Taiwan — and its oft-repeated claim that the island will be reunited with the mainland, by force, if necessary — many Taiwanese just don’t buy it.
