Soaring executions in Iran suggest use as 'tool of state intimidation,' UN says
At least 47% of executions carried out in Iran in 2025 had been related to drug offences, the UN human rights office said....
At least 47% of executions carried out in Iran in 2025 had been related to drug offences, the UN human rights office said....
US House Rep. Ro Khanna. The Washington Post/Getty Images Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna plans to introduce a resolution Thursday called the "Creator Bill of Rights." The progressive congressman is...
A man jumped into action after spotting two toddlers wandering in the middle of a busy road in Brevard County, Florida....
US sanctions have damaged Iran's economy, which was the reason the protests broke out in the first place....
UN âhuman 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...
Exiled in France since 1986, Mahmoud Moradkhani is a doctor and an opponent of the Iranian regime. The nephew of Iran's ayatollah tells Euronews that the security crackdown will not end the demonstrat...
A Beckham family falling-out has spilled further into public view in a series of social media posts from Brooklyn Beckham alleging that his parents David and Victoria Beckham have tried to sabotage hi...
January 22 marks the ninth edition of La Nuit de la Solidarité à Paris (A Night of Solidarity in Paris), an initiative from Paris's City Hall to raise awareness about the needs of homeless people and ...
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It's been 25 years since the launch of Wikipedia on January 15th, 2001, and it's come a long way from housing just 100 pages to becoming a behemoth of online knowledge with more than 65 million articl...
Following the proliferation of the nonconsensual sexual deepfakes on X, the platform has detailed changes to the Grok account's ability to edit images of real people. They match the changes reported o...
AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton warned that rapid advances could upend jobs, power, and humanity itself. JORGE UZON/AFP via Getty Images Geoffrey Hinton said he's very sad that the AI he helped create has ...
Yuval Noah Harari was a speaker at the 2026 World Economic Forum Chris Jung/NurPhoto via Getty Images The author of "Sapiens" Yuval Noah Harari said AI is going to cause two crises for every c...
Mark Owen welcomes Aida Tavakoli, co-founder of We Are Iranian Students, who offers a window into the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Iran under a blanket of state-imposed darkness. Her voice, urgent...
War-related violence in Ukraine killed 2,514 civilians and injured 12,142 last year, a 31% rise in the number of victims from 2024, a UN monitor said....
Authorities said Grok was being misused to generate sexually explicit and non-consensual AI images....
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Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, and his wife Usha Vance arrive to speak at a campaign rally, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in St. Cloud, Minn. Alex Brandon/AP JD Vance, Donald...
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...