TEHRAN/BAGHDAD: Iran announced late Friday that it will not allow a new Swedish ambassador into the country amid a row over Stockholm permitting protests in which the Qur’an was desecrated. “The Swedish ambassador’s term in Tehran has ended and, according to the president’s order, until the Swedish government takes a serious action over the desecration …
AL-MOUKALLA: Yemeni government negotiators say they will boycott any further talks with the Houthis over UN-mediated prisoner swaps until the militia reveals the whereabouts of politician Mohammed Qahtan detained, and allow his family and government officials to visit him. In a message posted on Twitter, Hadi Haig, head of the government delegation in charge of …