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Iran says it has publicly hanged a 23-year-old in what is the second execution linked to the recent anti-government protests.

China has announced it will deactivate a phone app that has tracked people's movements during the pandemic.

A South African winner of a whistle-blowing prize who is now in hiding has said that her efforts to expose...

The US and Russia have exchanged jailed US basketball star Brittney Griner for notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout, held in...

Nigeria’s central bank has limited weekly over-the-counter cash withdrawals by individuals and corporates to 100,000 naira ($225; £186) and 500,000...

The Taliban have carried out what is thought to be their first public execution since their return to power in...

Indonesian lawmakers unanimously passed a sweeping new criminal code on Tuesday that criminalizes sex outside marriage, as part of a tranche of...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has said his fate is in his party’s hands, in his first comments since an official report on a...

China's former leader Jiang Zemin, who came to power after the Tiananmen Square protests, has died at 96.

Writer E Jean Carroll has sued Donald Trump in the US state of New York for allegedly raping her in...