Hundreds of runners took part in Tehran’s first-ever marathon yesterday, but many women were outraged to find they could only run a short distance in a closed-off stadium, reports AFP from Tehran. While men ran through Iran’s capital in the morning, women were allowed to run just 10 kilometres…

European Parliament head Antonio Tajani has banned a top Syrian official from a conference on the conflict after the suspected chemical attack on a rebel-held town earlier this week., reports AFP from Brussels. Tajani sent a message to leftwing MEP Javier Couso warning that Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister…

Air India has revoked a flight ban on a lawmaker who beat one of its employees, after government intervention, reports BBC. The move came shortly after the airline cancelled tickets booked by Ravindra Gaikwad, from the Hindu hard-line Shiv Sena party, yesterday. Mr Gaikwad wrote to the civil aviation…

In the Syrian town of Khan Sheikhun, site of an alleged chemical weapons attack, residents still mourning their dead yesterday welcomed US strikes as…