‘Very alarming’: Iran executes 1,500 people in 2025 in record surge since 2022 protests 2 January 2026
Iran’s dual reality: As veil restrictions ease, political crackdown deepens as executions surge to highest since 1989 14 November 2025
‘Bigger, hotter, faster’: Global wildfires drive surge in climate-heating CO2 emissions 17 October 2025
Tortured and trafficked: 80 South Koreans missing in Cambodia amid deadly scam centre surge 14 October 2025
Sweden to lower age of criminal responsibility to 13 amid surge in child gang violence 10 September 2025
Saudi Arabia executes eight in single day, including seven foreign nationals, amid surge in death penalties 3 August 2025
Japan’s ruling party suffers stunning defeat as Trump-style populists surge in historic election upset 21 July 2025
HIV infections could surge worldwide as US pulls funding from global treatment programmes, says UN 10 July 2025
