Lithuania and Romania violated the rights of two terror suspects by helping the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to torture them in “secret rendition,” the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on Thursday.

The Head of the High Council of the Libyan State, Khalid Al-Mishri, stated that he does not recognise Khalifa Haftar as commander of the Libyan army, because he is a de facto force rather than the legitimate leader.

A mass demonstration was held in Istanbul yesterday to commemorate eight years since ten unarmed activists were killed at the hands of Israeli occupation forces in international waters onboard the Mavi Marmara aid ship.

The European Parliament yesterday condemned human rights violations in Saudi Arabia and called for the immediate release of all detainees including activists Nawaf Al-Rasheed and Raef Badawi and stop discrimination against minorities, Al Jazeera reported.

Iraq’s Independent High Electoral Commission has received 1,875 complaints from candidates and political blocs against the parliamentary elections results held on 12 May.

Right-wing Australian minister Eric Abetz yesterday called on the country to cut its aid to Palestinian authorities until ‘martyr payments’ cease.

Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir told the Khartoum State government yesterday that Sudan was still suffering from a politically motivated economic embargo and was being deprived of international debt cancellation, the Sudan Tribune reported.

Kuwait blocked a US-drafted UN Security Council statement that strongly condemned Palestinian resistance forces in the Gaza Strip.

The EU considers Egypt it’s most important trading partner in the Southern Mediterranean, head of the EU delegation to Egypt Ivan Surkos said at the commission’s annual iftar event on Wednesday, according to Daily News Egypt.

Palestinians on Friday gathered along the Gaza-Israel security fence — for the 10th consecutive Friday — to take part in ongoing rallies against Israel’s decades-long occupation.

Israel and Myanmar have signed a cooperation agreement on educational programmes including curricula on teaching about the Holocaust, Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely said on Twitter .

The United States has vowed to veto a proposal put forward to the UN Security Council which requests “international protection” for Palestinian civilians.

Israeli opposition leader Avi Gabbay has called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to step down over reports that he spied on a number of security officials, Israeli media has reported.

Five art museums in Japan are to exhibit illustrations of Iranian artists.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) called for providing surgical and medical needs to the Gaza Strip yesterday, after thousands of demonstrators were injured during peaceful protests since 30 March.

Iranian researcher from Environmental Research Institute, affiliated to Jahad Daneshgahi has introduced a new anti-deposition polymer to improve function of water purification units.

"Iran and Japan are to boost their academic cooperation and in the first step, the MoU between Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Japan’s Juntendo University will soon be implemented," said the official link between Tehran University of Medical sciences and Japanese universities.

Amid exchange of fire between Israel and Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Hamas announced resistance groups have admitted ceasefire in the coastal silver as long as Tel Aviv stays committed to it.

The Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) has announced that more than 253,000 tons of dates were exported to 86 foreign countries during last Iranian year.

On the eve of the passing anniversary of Imam Khomeini (RA) Iranian Jews meet in a ceremony to pay tribute to the late founder of Islamic Revolution.