Iran: over 2,000 protesters arrested, rights group says
Protests sparked by economic hardship have spread across Iran, in the biggest wave of dissent in three years....
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Protests sparked by economic hardship have spread across Iran, in the biggest wave of dissent in three years....
Hundreds of protesters have been killed in demonstrations over the past two weeks, according to rights groups and local sources in Iran, FRANCE 24 Observers journalist Ershad Alijani reported, noting ...
Protests sparked by economic hardship have spread across Iran, in the biggest wave of dissent in three years....
Iran executed at least 1,500 people last year, the Norway-based Iran Human Rights group said on Thursday, in what it called an “unprecedented” hike in the use of capital punishment. “It is very alarmi...
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Israel has been tightening oversight of humanitarian groups in Gaza, warning that dozens of organizations face suspension for failing to submit lists of their Palestinian employees....
Iranians took to the streets in new protests against the clerical authorities overnight despite an internet shutdown, as rights groups warned on Sunday that authorities were committing a "massacre" to...
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The possible deployment of Bundeswehr troops to Ukraine has become a topic of debate in Germany, the prospect drawing criticism from both the left and the right....
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The former CFTC commissioner and Donald Trump’s first pick to chair the agency will join investment company SUI Group's board and support the company’s treasury strategy....
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The raids came a day after three police officers and six suspected Islamic State (IS) members were killed in a gunfight in northwest Turkey....