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Live: UN rights chief 'horrified' by Iranian crackdown amid reports of hundreds killed

UN ​human rights chief Volker Turk said Tuesday he was "horrified" by the violence in Iran as a government crackdown continued. The Human Rights Activists News Agency estimated the death toll at 646 w...

1dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

WATCH: Single mom tells David Muir about moment high school students surprise her with car

For the past 8 years at Louisa County High School in Mineral, Virginia, students have been using skills learned in their auto tech class to refurbish cars – and donate them to single mothers in need....

20hABC Newssociety

Uber and DoorDash delivery workers missed $550 million worth of tips in New York City, a city report estimates

Changes to how customers tip on Uber Eats and DoorDash have led to lower earnings for gig workers, according to a report from New York City. Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images Uber Eats and DoorDas...

16hBusiness InsidereconomicsImpact

How US sanctions crippled lives of Iranians Trump says he wants to ‘help’

US sanctions have damaged Iran's economy, which was the reason the protests broke out in the first place....

22hAl JazeeraPoliticsImpact

Senate passes a bill that would let nonconsensual deepfake victims sue

The Senate passed a bill that could give people who've found their likeness deepfaked into sexually-explicit images without their consent a new way to fight back. The Disrupt Explicit Forged Images an...

13hThe VergePoliticsImpact

Australia: Writers' festival called off amid boycott

The Adelaide Writers' Week retracted an invitation to an Australian-Palestinian author, citing the the Bondi Beach attack. Dozens, including the event's director and the former PM of New Zealand, with...

22hDeutsche Welleculture

Teen suspect in Mississippi synagogue fire indicted on state hate crime charges

The suspect allegedly set the fire due to the building’s “Jewish ties,” the FBI said in a charging affidavit....

14hABC Newscrime

Death of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's son sheds light on Nigeria's quality of care

An investigation has been ordered into the circumstance under which the toddler son of the award-winning Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie died at a leading hospital in Lagos. The writer has b...

22hFrance 24HealthImpact

Case on whether Myanmar committed genocide against Rohingya opens at UN court

The Gambia filed the case at the International Court of Justice in 2019, arguing a so-called "clearance operation" by Myanmar's military in 2017 violated the 1948 Genocide Convention....

1dEuronewsPoliticsImpact

At least 2,000 protesters killed in Iran, with footage suggesting summary executions

The death toll from nationwide protests in Iran spiked January 12 to at least 2,000 people killed, activists say. With the Internet down in Iran, gauging the demonstrations from abroad has grown more ...

19hFrance 24world_newsImpact

UK launches investigation into Musk's Grok amidst global backlash

Grok - the AI chatbot developed my Elon Musk's company - is facing growing international backlash for being misused to generate sexually explicit and nonconsensual images. Malaysia and Indonesia have ...

20hFrance 24TechnologyImpact

US, for 1st time in 50 years, experienced negative net migration in 2025: Report

The U.S. experienced negative net migration in 2025 for the first time in at least half a century, according to a report released by the Brookings Institution....

11hABC Newsworld_news

Iran protests: 646 killed, activists say, as Trump weighs military action

The death toll over 16 days of mass anti-government protests in Iran reached 646 as of Monday, according to data published by the the U.S.-based HRANA....

21hABC NewsPolitics

Iran updates: Tehran warns of fast trials, executions

The leader of Iran's judiciary has said there will be rapid trials and executions for those arrested in nationwide protests. Washington has threatened military action over the crackdown. DW has the la...

1hDeutsche WellePolitics

Can EU exert more pressure on Iran with sanctions?

The European Union is contemplating more sanctions against Iran amid a deadly crackdown on anti-government protests that has killed thousands. But could the bloc apply more pressure on the Islamic Rep...

13hDeutsche WellePoliticsImpact

Photos emerge from Iran’s protests, veiled by government blackout

Iranians across the country have taken to the streets at great risk, facing a violent government crackdown....

11hWashington PostPoliticsImpact

Hong Kong activist loses legal fight over prison shorts ban for female inmates

A jailed activist has lost a judicial review against a Hong Kong Correctional Services Department rule that prohibits female inmates from wearing shorts in summer, with the court ruling that the women...

21hSouth China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

Trump tells Iranian protesters 'help is on its way'

Iranians can call the outside world again after over four days of a communications blackout and a brutal security crackdown that has killed hundreds of people. Follow DW for the latest....

1dDeutsche WellePoliticsImpact

Indonesia hails ‘99.9% successful’ free meals scheme amid food safety, oversight concerns

Indonesia’s ambitious free nutritious meals programme has fed more than 55 million people in its first year, a scale-up President Prabowo Subianto has hailed as a major step in tackling childhood maln...

21hSouth China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

Trump tells Iranian protesters 'help is on its way' and cancels talks with officials

US President Donald Trump said on January 13 he’s cancelled talks with Iranian officials amid a protest crackdown, telling Iranian citizens “help is on its way.” Trump did not offer any details about ...

18hFrance 24PoliticsImpact