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The woman from southwestern Iran had attracted attention as part of the nationwide protests when the authorities had her shop shut. A shop owner in Iran has been sentenced to...

According to the Hamas-controlled health authority, the number of Palestinians killed has risen to 22,438, the vast majority of them civilians. UN emergency relief agency OCHA says aid organisations have...

The number of people missing after a massive earthquake struck the west coast of Japan on New Year’s Day rose to more than 240 on Friday. The number of people...

Two elderly women were pulled from the rubble on Thursday, but hopes of finding other survivors after the 7.5 magnitude quake on New Year's Day were fading with rain, snow...

Having served more than half his sentence, the 37-year-old double-amputee was quietly whisked out from the Atteridgeville prison on the outskirts of the capital Pretoria, avoiding the hordes of media...

An Iraqi security official said two people were killed and seven wounded in the drone strike, which the government dubbed a "blatant aggression". A US strike in Baghdad on Thursday...

The shooting at around 7:30 am (1330 GMT) triggered a major police response as emergency vehicles and armed units rushed to the Perry High School, where classes had not yet...

Police have not made the document public. South Korean opposition party leader Lee Jae-myung, who was stabbed in the neck, is recovering well but still needs close monitoring to avoid...

During his second stint, he was in charge of electricity, renewable energy, environment and sustainable development. Vietnamese police on Thursday arrested a former deputy trade minister who was responsible for...

Emanuele Pozzolo, a lawmaker for Meloni's far-right Brothers of Italy party, has admitted owning the mini revolver but says he did not fire it. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced...