Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Friday, defending Israel’s right to security and its fight against terrorism amid growing criticism over his handling of the nearly year-long war against Hamas in Gaza and escalating tensions wi
Four family members of Pakhshan Azizi, a Kurdish political prisoner facing the death penalty in Iran, have been sentenced to prison terms.
Several Afghan families have reported that it is increasingly hard for them to enrol their children, despite having papers certifying their refugee status.
Iranian hackers sent emails containing stolen material from Republican former President Donald Trump's campaign to people involved in Democratic President Joe Biden's then re-election campaign, part of an alleged broader effort by Tehran to influence the US election, US agencies said
The two-year anniversary of the death of Mahsa Jina Amini in police custody was marked Sunday by a strong military presence and a general strike by tradespeople and shopkeepers in Kurdish cities across numerous provinces of Iran — along with protest rallies in cities worldwide.
Iran marked two years after the “Woman, Life, Freedom” uprising on Wednesday, with rights organization Amnesty International issuing a statement commemorating the anniversary and highlighting human rights abuses that have occurred in the protests’ aftermath.
Iran must rescind its death sentence against Kurdish women’s rights activist and social worker Pakhshan Azizi, a group of 26 human rights organizations said in a joint statement this week.
Israel has intensified airstrikes on Iranian-linked targets in Syria, inflicting civilian casualties on at least three occasions, an independent UN commission said Tuesday.
Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has warned Tehran that shipments of ballistic missiles to Russia would severely damage Ukrainian-Iranian bilateral relations.
The Islamic Republic of Iran executed at least 81 people in August, bringing the number of people who ended up in the hands of the executioner in 2024 to more than 400.
