Cracks appeared yesterday in the support base for a proposed Hong Kong law to allow extraditions to China, while opponents of the bill said they would stage more demonstrations after hundreds of thousands took to the streets.
New York yesterday eliminated the religious exemption to vaccine requirements for schoolchildren, as the US's worst measles outbreak in decades prompted states to reconsider giving parents ways to opt out of immunisation rules.
A Russian Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft which crashed in May, killing 41 people, lost autopilot after a lightning strike and came in to land at excessive speed, according to crash investigators, Russian news agencies have reported.
Conservative Party leadership race front-runner Boris Johnson has claimed it is "perfectly realistic" to renegotiate the Withdrawal Agreement to allow Britain to leave the European Union in October.
Donald Trump called Iran "a nation of terror" yesterday after accusing the country of being behind attacks on two tankers in the Gulf of Oman.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange told a British court yesterday that "175 years of my life is effectively at stake" as a judge ruled he would face a full extradition hearing in early 2020.
In its 40-year struggle with the United States, Iran has never been under any illusion about the strength of a foe it has imbued with supernatural powers.
