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At least 24 people arrested in Iran face execution for their involvement in the anti-government protests that have swept the nation as demonstrators demand women’s rights. Iranian daily news outlet Etemad reportedly posted a list Friday complied by judicial authorities that accused 25 demonstrators of “waging war against God” – …

The Qatari government has provided some more details regarding American sports journalist Grant Wahl’s death, promising to repatriate the body “in accordance with the family’s wishes.”  “We are deeply saddened by the death of the U.S. journalist Grant Wahl,” a spokesperson for the Qatari Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy …

Jimmy Lai, media mogul and opponent of the Chinese Communist Party, has been sentenced to 69 months in prison after an extensive trial period. Lai was sentenced on two counts of fraud related to leases for the offices of his newspaper, Apple Daily. In addition to the prison sentence, Lai …

The day after the United States conducted a prisoner swap with Russia, Ukraine called for Russia to return “all prisoners of war and deportees” held in its country to be safely returned.  The comments came amid a nightly address by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who said the safe return of …

JERUSALEM — Left-wing and progressive groups are waging a campaign to demonize Israel’s longest-serving Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, after his stunning comeback in last month’s election, according to some experts on the Middle East’s only democracy. Amid Netanyahu’s efforts to cobble together a complex coalition of religious, conservative and ultra-nationalist parties, …

Schools across Sri Lanka were closed on Friday as health and environment officials said the air quality in most parts of the island nation was unhealthy partly due to extreme weather conditions. Polluted air from neighboring India was aggravating the problem, authorities said, as a storm in the Bay of …

Bulgarian lawmakers on Friday approved the country’s first military assistance package to Ukraine involving a classified list of weapons prepared by the government. The National Assembly voted 148-46 with one abstention in favor of the weapons to Kyiv following months of political squabbling on the issue in the Balkan NATO …

Peru’s recent impeachment of President Pedro Castillo represents an opportunity for the U.S. to reset its geopolitical and economic relations with one of its most important allies in Latin America. Peru has enjoyed an impressive track record of economic growth based on free-market reforms, and a particularly close relationship with the …

Convicted Russian arms dealer Vitkor Bout said Friday that it is too early to say what is next for him now that he has been returned home in a prisoner swap for WNBA star Brittney Griner. “It’s too soon to ask those questions, let’s not talk about it,” he said in …

Portugal’s parliament voted for the third time in almost two years Friday in favor of allowing euthanasia, though as happened in the previous attempts the country’s Constitutional Court or president could stop the bill becoming law. Lawmakers passed a bill permitting euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in Portugal, the Speaker of …