Anti-government demonstrations have erupted in several areas across Iran as the most sustained protests in years against a deeply entrenched theocracy entered their fourth week.

The death toll from a gas station explosion that shattered a small village in northwest Ireland rose to 10 on Saturday, as emergency workers combed through piles of rubble for people who are still mis...

Europe's urgent push to reduce energy consumption is prompting changes to daily life, as nations look for ways to get by with less heat and less use of electricity.

Birds are all around us, every day, and they play a crucial role in the health of our planet. But in the past 50 years nearly three billion birds have disappeared across North America and the European...

The school district in Uvalde, Texas, on Friday pulled its embattled campus police force off the job following a wave of new outrage over the hiring of a former state trooper who was part of the hesit...

The mother of a 16-year-old Iranian girl has disputed official claims that her daughter fell to her death from a high building, saying the teen was killed by blows to the head as part of the crackdown...

An Iranian coroner's report into the death of Mahsa Amini says she died of multiple organ failure caused by cerebral hypoxia, or lack of oxygen to the brain, the official news agency IRNA reported on ...

With last week's election results, Italy could have its first far-right-led government since the Second World War.

Ales Bialiatski from Belarus, the Russian human rights organization Memorial and the Ukrainian human rights organization Center for Civil Liberties were jointly honoured for the Nobel Peace Prize. ...

South Korea's military appears to want to conscript members of the K-pop group BTS for mandatory military duties, as the public remains sharply divided over whether they should be given exemptions. ...

A new report from BirdLife International warns that bird populations are in steep decline — but it also suggests a love of nature is the key to preserving it.

As protests against the Iranian government following Mahsa Amini's death in police custody have been growing, a song has been echoing, uniting people across the world who are fighting for — among se...

Prince Harry, singer Elton John and other individuals have launched legal action against the publisher of the Daily Mail newspaper, alleging phone-tapping and other breaches of privacy, a law firm for...

U.S.President Joe Biden is pardoning thousands of Americans convicted of "simple possession" of marijuana under federal law, as his administration takes a dramatic step toward decriminalizing the drug...

A North Carolina man pleaded guilty Thursday to plotting with other members of the far-right Proud Boys to violently stop the transfer of presidential power after the 2020 election, making him the fir...

Sweden's domestic security agency said Thursday that its preliminary investigation of leaks from two Russian gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea "has strengthened the suspicions of serious sabotage" as th...

Indonesian police said Thursday they are bringing criminal charges against three officers and three civilians for their roles in the deaths of 131 people when police fired tear gas inside a soccer sta...

At least 36 people were killed on Thursday in an attack that began at a child-care centre in northeastern Thailand, authorities said. It is being called the country's deadliest rampage, with most of t...

The Iranian women demanding their rights today are part of a long history of resistance — and they’re continuing a struggle that began 43 years ago. IDEAS contributor Donya Ziaee shares the story ...