Over 120 people were killed in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province on Saturday after separatist militants carried out coordinated attacks in the area. At least 92 militants were among those dead, and least 33 people, including 15 security personnel and 18 civilians, were also killed, according to the Pakistani military. The violence, attributed to the Baloch…
HRW and Amnesty warn that Tehran uses rape, sexual violence, and torture to suppress dissent, continuing a pattern of violence following previous protests. Content warning: This article contains references and descriptions of sexual violence and torture. Reader discretion is advised. A child is one of two Iranian protesters, formerly held in Kermanshah, who allege they…
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday responded to demonstrations at the country’s economic crisis by calling for dialogue with the protesters, while the security forces warned of possible widespread unrest. “I have instructed the interior minister to engage in dialogue with representatives of the protest movement and consider their demands,” Pezeshkian wrote on X. He…
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Explosions and heavy gunfire erupted near Somalia’ s presidential palace on Saturday in an attack by a militant group targeting a major prison just hours after the federal government lifted roadblocks in place for years in the capital. Residents in the central Mogadishu district of Bondhere reported hearing explosions and gunfire…
DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran on Saturday executed seven men convicted of killing security personnel and a cleric several years ago, the judiciary’s news agency Mizan reported. Six of the men were ethnic Arab separatists accused of carrying out armed attacks and bombings in Khorramshahr, in the southwestern province of Khuzestan, that killed four security forces. The…