US sanctions Iranian officials accused of repressing protests against the government
The Treasury announcement comes a day after Trump that he’d been told "on good authority" that plans for executions in Iran have stopped....
The Treasury announcement comes a day after Trump that he’d been told "on good authority" that plans for executions in Iran have stopped....
The UK is weighing an Australia‑style ban on social media for under‑16s, as regulators ramp up enforcement of the Online Safety Act....
Ugandans head to the polls on Thursday for presidential elections with President Yoweri Museveni seeking to extend his 40 years in power amid repression and internet blackouts....
Erfan Soltani, 26, was detained at his home in Fardis on 8 January. Four days later, authorities notified his family a death sentence had been issued and confirmed....
Iranian authorities have intensified their crackdown on nationwide unrest, blaming alleged "terrorists" and releasing graphic descriptions of violence to justify severe legal measures against those th...
Protesters are putting their lives on the line in Iran as the state mounts a coordinated and brutal response to the unrest. As death toll grows, hopes of outside help seem faint....
Three men robbed a Pokémon store in Manhattan on Wednesday, stealing $1,000 in cash from a register, an unknown amount of merchandise and a cell phone, according to the New York Police Department....
With the last stage of Jimmy Lai's national security trial drawing to a close, Hong Kong's High Court is set to decide on the sentence for the pro-democracy tycoon. Will Lai get life in prison?...
A federal immigration agent shot a man in the leg in Minneapolis on Wednesday night after reportedly being attacked with a shovel and a broom handle, as tensions between ICE agents and protesters cont...
In tonight's edition, a report highlights how Russia lures young Africans to fight in Ukraine. Also, widespread delays in Uganda's presidential election. And the official draw for the Women’s African ...
Tesla CEO Elon Musk Reuters Tesla shifts its full self-driving service to a subscription-only model. Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the company will end outright purchases of FSD in February. The lesson: Yo...
President Donald Trump holds an image showing the scale of Meta's new data center under construction in Louisiana. MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images ICE arrested two drivers on Wednesday near a Meta co...
Ashley St. Clair, the mother of one of X owner Elon Musk's children, is suing his company for enabling its AI to virtually strip her down into a bikini without her consent. St. Clair is one of the man...
Two open letters are directed at Apple CEO Tim Cook and Google CEO Sundar Pichai. | Photo: Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images X is awash with nonconsensual sexual deepfakes that blatantly violate Apple's ...
The author left San Francisco over a decade ago. Courtesy of the author I crave going home to the Bay Area, but long visits remind me why Spain feels right. The Bay Area feels car-bound, expensive, ru...
French farmers on Tuesday drove hundreds of tractors to stage a protest outside the National Assembly. Farmer anger in France and other European countries has escalated over a rash of challenges. The ...
Jean-Philippe Riopy at his piano Courtesy of Greg Williams At 18, Jean-Philippe Rio-Py escaped a brutal cult that wrecked his childhood. He suffered hardship in his 20s and early 30s, but was determin...
The nationwide protests challenging Iran’s theocracy appeared increasingly smothered Thursday, a week on from authorities shutting the country off from the world and escalating a bloody crackdown that...
Elon Musk’s platform X on Wednesday announced measures to prevent its AI chatbot Grok from undressing images of real people, following global backlash over its generation of sexualised photos of women...
Despite the ceasefire, conditions in Gaza remain perilous for many residents, with UNICEF reporting that more than 100 children have been killed by military action since the truce began. Large numbers...