AGRA A 61-year-old French tourist allegedly died after falling off a 5-ft-high platform when the wooden railing she was leaning on collapsed near Khwabgah memorial inside Fatehpur Sikri fort, about 40 km from Agra. “The tragic incident took place at the palace of Turkey Sultana near Khwabgah on Fatehpur Sikri premises on Thursday afternoon. It took 45 minutes for the …
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has detained a French tourist for nine months, his lawyer said on Wednesday, the latest in a series of detentions of foreigners at a time of heightened tensions between Iran and the West. The detainee’s lawyer, Saeed Dehghan, described the charges against the French tourist held in Iran as “paradoxical,” involving murky security-related accusations. An official …