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The Iranian president, Masoud Pezeshkian, stated in an interview published on Monday that Israel, which recently engaged in a 12-day conflict with Iran, had tried to target him by attacking a location where he was holding a meeting. “They did attempt it, but they did not succeed,” Pezeshkian told US

Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron are anticipated to unveil a strategy for increased French police involvement in preventing small boats from crossing the Channel during a meeting in London this week, though discussions on returning asylum seekers remain unresolved. While specifics are still under negotiation, with French authorities assessing how

Negotiations between Israel and Hamas regarding a ceasefire and hostage agreement in Gaza continued for a second day on Monday, shortly before a scheduled meeting between Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump in Washington. Avi Dichter, an Israeli official and member of Netanyahu’s security cabinet, suggested that the discussions between

A decade after China's most extensive campaign against human rights lawyers in recent history, legal professionals and advocates report that the Chinese Communist Party's grip on the legal field has strengthened, leaving little room for rights defense work. The situation for human rights law has "

Polish authorities to verify claims that Germany had been redirecting migrants who did not originally enter through Poland. The temporary checks, involving additional police and military personnel, cover 52 crossings with Germany and 13 with Lithuania. Germany has conducted its own border checks since 2023, with stricter measures introduced this

Low-traffic zones (LTZs) reduce road injuries and fatalities by over a third within their designated areas without noticeable safety drawbacks on adjacent roads, according to new research. The study compared over a decade of traffic incident data from 113 LTZs in London with similar roads that lacked such measures. Results