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Explore the ongoing conflict between Iran and Israel, revealing internal battles ignited by recent Israeli airstrikes.

After a temporary halt between 2021 and 2022, executions surged once again. In 2024 alone, 122 people were put to death for ...

Amnesty International is raising the alarm over what it calls a "horrifying" number of foreigners being executed in Saudi ...

A new report by Amnesty International has revealed that Saudi Arabia has executed over hundred Pakistani nationals for ...

Amnesty International condemned on Monday a surge in executions in Saudi Arabia in recent years, highlighting particular concern for capital punishment used in cases of drug-related offenses and the ...

Amnesty International has condemned the continued application of the death penalty by Saudi Arabia, with many foreign nationals, including Nigerians, convicted in drug-related offences executed.

On July 4, a court in Niger’s capital, Niamey, rejected an appeal filed by prominent human rights activist and government ...

Saudi Arabia executed 345 people last year, mainly for drug offences, despite Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s pledge to ...

As Drug-Related Convicts Top List Saudi Arabia executed a record 345 people in 2024, the highest number documented by Amnesty ...

Executions in Saudi Arabia surged last year to a record high, Amnesty International said Monday, as activists increasingly ...

India and Pakistan are on the brink of a wider conflict after India launched strikes on both Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir.