30 h. ago Iran executes man accused of killing security guard in Mahsa Amini protests

Iran on Saturday executed a man accused of involvement in a deadly attack on security forces during nationwide protests in 2022, the judiciary’s official news agency reported. Mizan Online identified the man as Mehran Bahramian, who reportedly opened fire on a security vehicle during the unrest, killing one officer and wounding others in December 2022, in Semirom county, Isfahan province. It added that Iran’s Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence. The execution marked the 12th known case of...

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8 d. ago Homes of Indonesian finance minister, lawmakers looted as unrest widens

Demonstrations in Indonesia escalated on Sunday with reports of looting at the homes of the finance minister and several lawmakers, as a fire started by protesters at a council building killed at least three people. Frustration with lawmakers, accused of being oblivious to the struggles of common folk, snowballed into widespread violence after a delivery driver was fatally hit by a police tactical vehicle deployed to deal with protesters earlier decrying low wages and financial perks for...

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8 d. ago Indonesia to remove perks for MPs, suspend errant lawmakers amid protests

Indonesian political parties have agreed to revoke a number of perks and privileges for parliamentarians, President Prabowo Subianto said on Sunday, following protests and rioting across the Southeast Asian country. Protests in Indonesia escalated on Sunday with reports of looting at the homes of the finance minister and several lawmakers, as a fire started by protesters at a council building killed at least three people. Frustration with lawmakers, accused of being oblivious to the struggles of...

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9 d. ago ‘State intimidation’: Iran executions surge to over 800 this year

More than 800 people have been executed in Iran since the start of the year, the UN said on Friday, decrying “a systematic pattern of using the death penalty as a tool of state intimidation”. The United Nations rights office said there had been a “major increase in executions during the first half of 2025”. “Iranian authorities have executed at least 841 people since the beginning of the year and up until August 28, 2025,” spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani told reporters in Geneva, warning that “the...

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2 w. ago Hong Kong jobless rate ‘could persist as uncertain economy, AI reshape market’

Simon Leung, an experienced event coordinator in the social work sector, has been unemployed for nearly 18 months and said he would settle for a job as a security guard or a mooncake production assistant in Hong Kong. The jobseeker, who holds a civil engineering degree from Queen’s University in Canada, has been surviving as a gig worker after working for a non-governmental organisation. “As the government’s budget for NGOs was cut by 7 per cent, my contract was not renewed when the financial...

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2 w. ago Woman who killed daughter in Hong Kong gets indefinite hospital order

A mother diagnosed with schizophrenia has been sentenced to an indefinite term of custody at a psychiatric centre in Hong Kong, after stabbing her daughter to death while in a deluded state at a public rental flat four years ago. Part-time security guard Yang Leying broke down in tears as High Court judge Anthony Kwok Kai-on delivered the sentence on Wednesday. As the 50-year-old was led away from the courtroom afterwards, she yelled and was visibly distraught. Yang earlier pleaded guilty at the...

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3 w. ago ‘Hong Kong woman accused of killing mother and brother acted under mental stress’

A woman accused of killing her mother and younger brother before attempting suicide is believed to have acted under mental stress, Hong Kong police have said, while the government is facing mounting pressure to rapidly expand its carer services. Welfare groups on Tuesday urged authorities to widen their database and related services to cover more types of high-risk carers across all of the city’s 18 districts, a day after a 52-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of murdering her mother and...

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