A two-year-old “engaging, lively, endearing” boy died from prolonged exposure to black mould in a Rochdale flat in the United Kingdom, a coroner has concluded, calling it a “defining moment” for the country's housing sector. 

In a landmark judgment concerning state surveillance, the European Court of Human Rights has today found that the UK’s regime for the bulk surveillance of our telephone use, electronic communications and web activity violates the public’s right to privacy.

Charges against Abdul-Hadi Al-Khawaja, linked to his protests against conditions in Jau Prison, range from insulting Israel to breaking a plastic chair.

Secretary of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights Kazem Gharibabadi shed light on the destructive role of certain states and anti-Islamic Republic media in the recent unrest in the country.

Migrants hurled stones at French riot police in anger after officers slashed and deflated dinghies being prepared for English Channel crossings this morning.

Some more developments have arisen in the wake of a mass deportation of people seeking international protection in Iceland, which has prompted strong public condemnation.

Western sanctions appear to have hindered the growth of vulnerable developing economies and upended their progress in tackling climate change. One glaring example is Zimbabwe, whose economy has been crippled by severe restrictions, as Emmerson Mnangagwa, president of Zimbabwe, outlined at the COP27.

Deputy chief of the Iranian Judiciary and secretary of the High Council for Human Rights Kazem Gharibabadi has emphasized that his trip to New York is aimed at hindering the circulation of hostile and fake narratives by the West and the US on recent developments in Iran.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian in a telephone conversation with his Swedish counterpart urged immediate release of Hamid Nouri, an Iranian national who has been incarcerated in Sweden, warning of the consequences of his illegal detention on bilateral relations.

They didn’t serve out of a ‘quaint, naive sense of subservience’ to the Crown, says veteran and expert.