Iranian state media reported that they received lengthy first-instance jail sentences, without naming them. The only two French nationals known to be held in Iran, Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris, ...

For two years, Israeli authorities have continued to prevent the Red Cross from visiting Palestinian prisoners.

SEOUL, South Korea — The chief executive of a South Korean lithium battery maker where 23 workers were killed in a fire last year was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Tuesday in the toughest ruling ...