Iranian director freed on bail after going on hunger strike

DUBAI – Acclaimed Iranian director Jafar Panahi was released on bail Friday, two days after going on hunger strike to protest his six-year sentence, his supporters said. Panahi was arrested last July and ordered to serve a previous sentence dating back to 2011 — on charges of propagandizing against the government — that had never … Read more

Olympic flame to take seaborne journey to 2024 Paris Games

The flame will depart Greece for the French city of Marseille, a former Greek colony founded 2,600 years ago. MARSEILLE, France — The Olympic flame is going for a sail. Instead of arriving overland, the symbolic flame alighting the 2024 Paris Games will take to the seas from its birthplace in Greece, arriving aboard a three-masted … Read more