Iran hanged at least 582 people in 2022, a 75 percent rise in the number of executions over the previous year as protests shook the country, two rights groups said Thursday.

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan said his government would hold a National Security Council meeting on the launch

January to March 2023 was the deadliest first quarter for migrants crossing the central Mediterranean since 2017, the United Nations said yesterday, with 441 lives lost attempting to reach Europe.

Four small rooms, a gym and a lot of red sand -- Nasa unveiled on Tuesday its new Mars-simulation habitat, in which volunteers will live for a year at a time to test what life will be like on future missions to Earth’s neighbour.

New Israeli-made spyware resembling the notorious Pegasus program has been used to target journalists and opposition politicians in several countries, a Canadian watchdog said Tuesday.

Ukraine compared Russia to Islamic State yesterday, after a video emerged online showing apparent Russian soldiers filming themselves beheading a Ukrainian prisoner of war (POW) with a knife.

US President Joe Biden urged political compromise in Northern Ireland yesterday, using a brief visit to promote benefits of enduring peace and investment, but faced criticism from pro-UK hardliners. “I hope the (Northern Ireland) Executive and Assembly

An Iranian delegation arrived in Saudi Arabia yesterday, Tehran said, to pave the way for reopening diplomatic missions as the Gulf rivals prepare to normalise relations, seven years after an acrimonious split.

New Israeli-made spyware resembling the notorious Pegasus program has been used to target journalists and opposition politicians in several countries, a Canadian watchdog said Tuesday.

A woman has died from H3N8 bird flu in China, the World Health Organization reported Tuesday -- the first known human fatality from the avian influenza strain.

South Korea said yesterday that information contained in a purportedly leaked US confidential document that appeared to be based on internal discussions among top South Korean security officials was “untrue” and “altered”.

A Kuwaiti media outlet has unveiled a virtual news presenter generated using artificial intelligence, with plans for it to read online bulletins.

Visiting UN chief Antonio Guterres yesterday appealed for “massive” international support for Somalia as it battles a desperate humanitarian crisis caused by drought and protracted armed conflict.

Nine Arab countries have been invited to discuss relations with Syria in Saudi Arabia this week, the Qatari foreign ministry said yesterday, as efforts mount to reduce Damascus’s long isolation.

At least 50 people were killed in central Myanmar yesterday in an air strike by the military on an event attended by opponents to its rule, according to media and members of a local resistance movement.

Russian forces pounded frontline cities in eastern Ukraine with air strikes and artillery attacks, while US officials stepped up efforts to locate the source of a leak of classified US documents, including those on Ukrainian counter-offensive plans.

Israeli soldiers shot dead two Palestinian gunmen who opened fire at a military post near a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank yesterday, Israel’s Defence Minister said.

Estonia, a small country in Northern Europe with a population of just 1.3 million, has emerged as a global leader in building a digital society. The country's success in creating a high-tech infrastructure has earned it the nickname "e-Estonia."

A 23-year-old bank employee armed with a rifle shot dead five colleagues and wounded nine other people at his workplace in Louisville on Monday while livestreaming the attack on social media, police said

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Vietnam later this week in the latest bid to build relations with a growing US partner as tensions flare with China over Taiwan, the State Department said yesterday.