Category: World

The Iran Human Rights (IHR) group says it has verified at least 1,500 executions up until the start of December.

Thousands of homes in parts of Finland, Sweden and Norway have been left without power.

The cocktail of kittenish charm and continental sensuality who swept away the cinematic cobwebs of the 1950s.

The sisters, who were the first known quintuplets to survive past infancy, became a global phenomenon after their 1934 birth.

Drummer Chuck Redd reportedly called off his Christmas Eve performance after a vote by the board to rename the site.

The Coral Adventurer is under investigation for the death of Suzanne Rees, who was found dead on a remote island after being left behind by the ship.

Volcanic activity at the mountain intensified on 27 December, according to Italian scientists.

Voters in Myanmar’s election say the poll is taking place in a “climate of fear”, the BBC’s South East Asia Correspondent Jonathan Head reports.

Observers say the vote, accompanied by a renewed crackdown on dissent, is meant to entrench the junta’s power.

Police say the suspects raised around €7m (£6m) for the militant group over more than two years.