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A group of Iranian Twitter users are spreading protest messages by writing slogans on banknotes. “Banknotes are our un-censorable messengers,” one user wrote, referring to a […]

Protesters in Thailand have staged one of the country’s biggest demonstrations since the 2014 military coup as they campaign against a luxury housing development on forested […]

More than 40 companies have signed up to a pact to cut plastic pollution over the next seven years. The firms, which include Coca-Cola and Asda, […]

Four mass graves have been unearthed in Rwanda, which are believed to date from the 1994 genocide. The sites were found in the Gasabo district, outside […]

A Turkish court has sentenced 13 journalists to prison on terrorism charges, in a case that has sparked global outrage over press freedom. The journalists were […]

California police have arrested a former police officer for a notorious spree of murders, rapes and burglaries in the 1970s and 80s. Sacramento police say they […]

The UN has condemned “defamation and violence” against women candidates in Iraq’s elections, after one candidate resigned over an alleged sex tape. Dr Intidhar Ahmed Jassim […]

Knife crime rose by 22% in England and Wales in 2017, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The figures – which cover crimes recorded […]