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BEIRUT (Reuters) - The son of former Iranian president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani presented himself at Tehran's Evin prison on Sunday to begin serving a ten year sentence on charges linked to embezzlement, bribery and what state television called "anti-security issues". Mehdi Hashemi Rafsanjani read out a statement disputing his sentence before entering the prison. The sentence is “not fair or legal but has political purposes,” he said, according to Fars news agency. He also asked that state TV play video footage of his trial.

Benedict Cumberbatch hurries outside to catch a ride home after leaving the Groucho Club n Friday night (August 7) in London, England. The 39-year-old actor just began his 12-week run in Hamlet at the Barbican Centre. After a recent performance, Benedict went outside to ask fans not to use their phones during the show. “I [...]

Incredible as it may sound, there is a close connection between war in the military theatre and "economic warfare," Professor Michel Chossudovsky notes, adding that US-NATO military campaigns are coordinated with American powerful financial institutions.

Governments and companies issue record sums of long-dated bonds as investors bet on low growth

Amy Duggar almost didn’t plan a traditional wedding day. The bride-to-be said she originally wanted her nuptials with Dillon King to be in a courthouse. However, her uncle, “19 Kids and Counting” patriarch Jim Bob Duggar, and her mother Deanna Duggar weren’t about to let that happen.

From scoring a wonder goal to being booked 60 seconds after coming on - the weekend's best and worst top-flight debuts.

A surprising number of couples live apart by choice or by necessity. Here’s how they handle the two-household tango.

What your phone behaviour says about your character (yes, even if you’re listening to someone unbearably boring).

A Fremont police dog in training was found Sunday morning hours after he escaped from his yard in San Jose, officials said. Niko, a 16-month-old, 85-pound German Shepherd police K9, escaped his secured yard in San Jose’s Willow Glen area sometime between 10 p.m. Saturday and midnight, the Fremont Police Department said in a press release. He was found in a creek bed by San Jose police officers, who were searching for Niko along with Fremont police, on Sunday. Before he was found... Читать дальше...

A.J. Allmendinger discusses the pressure he put on himself driving with Team Penske and the disappointment he felt in letting Roger Penske for violating NASCAR's substance abuse policy.

Donald Trump isn't sorry for his "blood" comment about Megyn Kelly. The Republican presidential candidate recently sparked controversy by saying in a CNN interview that...

Gov. Pete Ricketts shared the national conservative stage last week with most of the Republican presidential candidates at the big RedState Gathering in Atlanta.

Artistic director who aimed to make Stratford, Ontario, the 'heart' of English-language theatre

The United Kingdom condemned Spain for illegally trespassing its territorial waters near the British overseas territory of Gibraltar, the Foreign Office announced Sunday.

Gibraltar has declared itself "astonished and appalled" at the "outrageous" behaviour of Spain, after a coastguard boat and helicopter illegally enteres the waters around the Rock to chase drug smugglers - one of whom escaped

A decomposed carcass of a tiger on Sunday was found in Kurai Range of the Pench Tiger Reserve near here, an official said.

Lionel Messi would struggle to faze 16-year-old West Ham defender Reece Oxford, according to Hammers boss Slaven Bilic.

HMMWV (Humvee) US military vehicles have turned into a problem for the Ukrainian army, media reports.

TEQUESTA, Florida - The families of two Florida boys who disappeared at sea say they've called off their search.

It depends on where you’re from

Author who worked for Ian Fleming, befriended Rostropovich and finished Jane Austen's last novel

Tsipras concessions win over eurozone sceptics

Zero points after the first match has put Arsene Wenger in a depressed mood.