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Iran executed a ‘staggering’ total of at least 834 people last year, the highest number since 2015 as capital punishment surged in the Islamic Republic, two rights groups said Tuesday.     At least 22 women were executed, marking the highest number in the past decade, the report said.      …

Ecuador descended into chaos this week as a powerful gang leader disappeared from jail, uprisings broke out in several prisons, and guards were kidnapped and threatened by inmates in what has quickly escalated into a major crisis for the South American country. The unrest continued on Tuesday afternoon, when masked …

A fundraiser for a French policeman who ‘executed’ a teenager during a traffic stop has reached more than €1million (almost £900,000), while donations for the victim’s devastated family have only gathered €189,000.   Nahel Merzouk, a 17-year-old with an Algerian background, was shot at point blank in the Paris suburb …

Brasilia, Brazil CNN  —  Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro returned to the country on Thursday for the first time since his election defeat that culminated in thousands of his supporters rioting in protest at the result. The far-right politician flew back to Brasilia from Florida, where he stayed for three …

The federal government has warned that it would no longer allow strikes or riots around airports in the country.    The warning was issued hours after Aviation workers under the aegis of the National Union of Air Transport Employees, Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria and Air Transport Services …

France advanced to the final of the 2022 World Cup with a 2-0 win over Morocco on Wednesday. The defending champions will face Argentina for the world’s most coveted trophy on Sunday. French and Moroccan fans clashed all over the country after the match. Warning, some of the following videos …

Political tensions have been hitting dangerous levels since the FBI raided former President Donald Trump’s Florida home at Mar-a-Lago. The President has been accused of holding sensitive documents which he supposedly should have turned over after becoming a private citizen, according to a highly redacted DOJ affidavit. Now, as hostile …