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KeithBinns/Getty Images (LONDON) — Iran on Monday executed a second man, 22-year-old Majid Reza Rahnavard, who had been convicted on charges of “waging war against God” amid ongoing protests in the country. Rahnavard, who was accused of killing two guards and creating an atmosphere of fear, was hung in his hometown of Mashhad, according to […]

EVGENIA NOVOZHENINA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The U.S. has swapped WNBA star Brittney Griner for convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, according to a senior U.S. official. The basketball star was taken into custody at a Moscow area airport in February in possession of vaping cartridges containing hashish oil, an illegal substance in […]

EVGENIA NOVOZHENINA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The U.S. has swapped WNBA star Brittney Griner for convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, according to a senior U.S. official. The basketball star was taken into custody at a Moscow area airport in February in possession of vaping cartridges containing hashish oil, an illegal substance in […]

IranIntl (LONDON) — The Islamic Republic of Iran has carried out what is believed to be their first execution of an individual for taking part in the protests that have gripped the country in recent months. The man, Mohsen Shekari, was arrested on Sept. 25 and sentenced to death for closing a street in Tehran […]

Buena Vista Images/Getty Images (TIJUANA, Mexico) — Authorities in Mexico are searching for a suspect responsible for the recent deaths of three women who worked in bars and strip clubs in Tijuana, a Mexican state attorney general said Thursday. Baja California Attorney General Ricardo Iván Carpio Sánchez said the women were found dead in hotel […]

EVGENIA NOVOZHENINA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The U.S. has swapped WNBA star Brittney Griner for convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, according to a senior U.S. official. The basketball star was taken into custody at a Moscow area airport in February in possession of vaping cartridges containing hashish oil, an illegal substance in […]

EVGENIA NOVOZHENINA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. has swapped WNBA star Brittney Griner for convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, according to a senior U.S. official. The basketball star was taken into custody at a Moscow area airport earlier this year in possession of vaping cartridges containing hashish oil, an illegal substance in […]

Richard Sharrocks/Getty Images (BEIJING) — China loosened some key COVID-19 controls on Wednesday after residents began protesting against the strict measures in November. Authorities did not acknowledge the unrest in their decision but the sudden announcement by China’s State Council Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism directly addresses some of the key concerns of the demonstrators, […]

Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A sanctioned Ukrainian politician who U.S. authorities said has ties to Russian intelligence services was hit with new criminal charges Wednesday over his alleged purchase of two condominiums in Beverly Hills, California. The charges were announced by federal prosecutors in Brooklyn and the Justice Department’s KleptoCapture task […]

ALEXIS DELELISI/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Tom and Pam Trusdale were enjoying a bucket list trip to Antarctica, until their trip of a lifetime turned into a deadly disaster. “It was going real smoothly, and we were only anticipating nothing but smooth going forward,” Tom Trusdale told ABC News. The Trusdales were passengers […]