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The U.S.-based HRANA group said it had verified 3,090 deaths, including 2,885 protesters, after residents said the crackdown appeared to have largely quelled protests for now and state media reported more arrests.
The protests erupted on 28 December over economic hardship and swelled into widespread demonstrations calling for the end of clerical rule in the Islamic Republic, culminating in mass violence late last week.
The White House on Friday announced some members of a so-called 'Board of Peace' that is to supervise the temporary governance of Gaza, which has been under a fragile ceasefire since October.
The names include U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff, former British prime minister Tony Blair and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner.
The plan aims to reduce violence, support humanitarian access, and push for a longer-term resolution to the conflict.
Venezuela said that 47 soldiers died during a U.S. military operation earlier this month that captured President Nicolás Maduro.
Defence Minister Vladimir Padrino López told state television that members of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces were killed while facing advanced technology and overwhelming resources deployed against the country.
He highlighted that 32 Cuban nationals also died in the attack and said the military is activating the Ayacucho Plan to strengthen its capabilities.
Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine's party said he was taken by the army from his house and brought to an unknown location on Friday as President Yoweri Museveni closed in on a landslide reelection.
The claim could not be immediately verified, and some senior party officials said they did not have confirmation.
President Donald Trump said he is considering using tariffs to pressure countries that oppose U.S. plans related to Greenland, arguing the Arctic island is vital for national security.
Speaking during a White House roundtable on rural healthcare, Trump said economic pressure could be used against countries that do not support Washington’s position.
“I may put a tariff on countries if they don’t go along with Greenland, because we need Greenland for national security,” he said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that he thinks there is a chance of a peace being reached with Ukraine. He told the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia that he believed there was "a chance of finding a solution," to the conflict.
The U.S. has launched a fresh wave of strikes on Iran, targeting Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) sites as Tehran retaliated against U.S. positions across the region, while Iranian officials said at least five people were killed and dozens wounded at a wedding near Sirik.
The Iranian Health Ministry said at least 18 people were killed and 142 others injured in U.S. airstrikes carried out between 30 August and 2 September.
The European Union's foreign policy chief Kaia Kallas says the bloc will tighten enforcement of sanctions against Russia over its war in Ukraine. EU foreign ministers were meeting in Ireland following renewed Russian strikes on cities across Ukraine.
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Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelenskyy says envoys from the United States will be visiting Moscow and Kyiv to negotiate an end to the conflict.
The Trump administration pressured U.S. space companies not to attend a high-profile space summit in Paris organised by French President Emmanuel Macron, prompting a last-minute reshuffle and the cancellation of some planned announcements, according to sources familiar with the matter.
A Russian court on Thursday imposed restrictions on Lida Moniava, the founder of a children’s hospice, who is accused of spreading false information about the Russian military’s actions in Ukraine.
China’s state-owned shipping giant COSCO has used concealed equipment aboard some of its vessels to collect intelligence on military communications near the coastlines of countries including the U.S., according to two senior Trump administration officials.
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed legislation that would block federal funding for universities that boycott Israel, as Republicans push ahead with pro-Israel measures despite growing criticism of the Israeli government over the war in Gaza.
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