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Nov 13, 2026 - World

Political prisoner Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani, one of seven athletes at risk of execution in Iran, given prestigious Magnitsky humanitarian award A boxer and political prisoner on death row in Iran said he will “never surrender” as he accepted a prestigious human rights prize on behalf of “the generation that is paying the price of freedom with their lives”.Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani, an Iranian boxing champion, coach and political prisoner, has been sentenced to death three times and is one of seven athletes at risk of execution in Iran. He was given the Magnitsky award for outstanding human rights activist at a ceremony in London on Thursday night. Continue reading...

Nov 13, 2026 - World

Nauru’s president, David Adeang, has announced that all opposition lawmakers in parliament have joined his government

Nov 13, 2026 - World

Iran's Revolutionary Guard says it destroyed a U.S. early warning radar in Bahrain, marking the first such claim in months

Nov 13, 2026 - World

Pro-democracy activist Nathan Law and journalist Danny Vincent on the sentencing of the iconic Hong Kong campaigner Joshua Wong to another 10 years in prison. Send your comments and questions to [email protected] has been leading protests since he was 14. Joshua Wong has been on the cover of Time magazine, the focus of a Netflix documentary and an icon for Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement.Wong has been leading the fight against a Chinese squeeze on freedoms in Hong Kong for the last 15 years. He will now spend more than 16 years in prison. Continue reading...

Nov 12, 2026 - World

Decision disappoints experts hoping for world’s biggest emitter to take global lead on climate crisis China has ruled out hosting the Cop33 UN climate summit in 2028 after months of deliberations, leaving the field open for other Asian countries to hold it, the Guardian understands.The decision will disappoint many countries and climate experts, who had hoped the world’s biggest emitter would take the lead on the global stage, as the US under Donald Trump has vacated all forms of international cooperation on the climate. Continue reading...