Germany on January 13 demanded swift medical care for jailed Kremlin critic Aleksei Navalny, who has complained of being denied access to hospital treatment by prison officials in Russia.
Bulgarian prosecutors on January 12 searched about 15 sites in Sofia as part of an investigation into suspected fraudulent activities carried out by the international cryptocurrency lending platform Nexo.
Russia has released U.S. Navy veteran Taylor Dudley, who had been held in the country's Kaliningrad exclave for nine months, negotiator Bill Richardson announced.
Budapest has slammed the European Commission's decision to withhold grants from Hungarian universities as "unacceptable and intolerable" in the latest spat between the two sides.
Australia pulled out of an upcoming one-day series against Afghanistan in the United Arab Emirates on January 12, citing Taliban moves to further restrict women's rights.
Tehran is weaponizing the death penalty to punish individuals taking part in protests in order to strike fear into the Iranian population and stamp out dissent, the UN human rights chief said on January 10.
Germany summoned Iran's ambassador to Berlin on January 9 in protest of Tehran's bloody crackdown on demonstrations and the latest executions of anti-government protesters, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said.
Three women from Ukraine, Iran, and Turkey have won Sweden's Olof Palme human rights prize in 2023 for championing women's rights and freedoms.
Iran has sentenced to death three people accused of killing three members of the security forces during the protests triggered by the death of Mahsa Amini, the judiciary said on January 9.
Iran's judiciary announced on January 8 jail terms of up to 10 years for people who called for strikes following months of anti-government protests.
The United States has announced $3 billion dollars in military assistance for Ukraine.
Iran has detained a prominent chef and Instagram influencer in its crackdown on nationwide protests, human rights groups said on January 5.
More than $16 billion is needed to help Pakistan recover from devastating floods and better resist the impact of climate change, the United Nations said on January 5.
Europe's wholesale natural gas prices fell on January 2 to their lowest level since Russia invaded Ukraine, which had driven them to a record high last year.
Gazprom said in a statement that exports outside the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) totaled 100.9 billion cubic meters compared to 185.1 billion in 2021.
Iranian authorities have arrested soccer players who attended a mixed party east of Tehran, local media reported on January 1 without identifying them or giving their exact number.
Russian cruise missiles damaged residential buildings in Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, and several other cities on December 31. At least one person in Kyiv was killed and more than a dozen injured in what one official described as "terror on New Year's Eve."
An Afghan academic who caused a storm by quitting and tearing up his degree certificates on live television to protest the ban on women in universities has vowed to fight the order "even if it costs my life."
Bulgaria's sole nuclear power plant has signed a nuclear fuel supply deal with a French firm in an effort to replace shipments from Russia in the wake of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
Iran has summoned the Italian ambassador to protest what it called "interventionist" policies, the Foreign Ministry said late on December 29, a day after Rome called in Tehran's envoy over its harsh response to nationwide protests.
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