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Reuters
January 7, 2025

UN: Iran executed over 900 in 2024, including dozens of women

Most of the executions were for drug-related offences, but political dissidents and people connected with mass protests in 2022 over the death in police custody of a 22-year-old woman were also among the victims, the UN statement said.

Reuters
August 16, 2024

Negotiators seek Gaza ceasefire deal as death toll passes 40,000

“Enough is enough, we want to get back to our homes in Gaza City, every hour a family is getting killed or a house getting bombed”.

Reuters
July 31, 2024

Venezuela: Protesters oppose Maduro claim of election victory

Opposition party Voluntad Popular’s national coordinator Freddy Superlano had been detained, the party said on X.

DW
July 20, 2024

Bangladesh: Nationwide curfew declared as protests turn deadly

Critics say the proposals are discriminatory and will benefit those groups aligned with the Awami League party of Hasina, who has ruled Bangladesh with an iron fist for the past 15 years.

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WEB DESK
February 9, 2024

Israeli forces intensify strikes on Rafah in southern Gaza

UN aid agency for Palestinians said it has been denied access to bring food to Palestinians,

Zafar Ali
August 9, 2023

Iraq’s 50C heat shows ‘era of global boiling’ has begun: UN rights chief

UN human rights chief Volker Turk say the extreme summer heat and pollution of southern Iraq has made it clear “that the era of global boiling” has begun