Britain has demanded Tehran halt what foreign minister James Cleverly has called a "politically motivated" execution.
The EU wants to prevent unchecked goods from England, Scotland and Wales entering its single market by the back door via EU member state Ireland.
Britain criticised on Thursday what it said was the systematic erosion of freedoms in Hong Kong by the Chinese government and a crackdown on free speech by authorities in the former British colony, drawing an angry response from China.
Just one week after the funeral of Benedict XVI, his closest aide released a much-trailed memoir Thursday, revealing details of tensions between the late pope emeritus and his more liberal successor Pope Francis.
Ukraine said on Thursday its troops were holding out despite heavy fighting on a battlefield littered with bodies in a salt mining town in eastern Ukraine, where Russian mercenaries have claimed Moscow's first significant gain in half a year.
An Indian court has sentenced a 63-year-old self-styled godman to 14 years in jail for raping more than 100 women.
UK property funds face further exit requests, asset fire sales and reduced demand from pension schemes after payout restrictions prompted investors to reassess the risks of such holdings, industry experts say.
The Church of England knew it was investing in the transatlantic slave trade during the 18th century, the head of its investment arm said on Wednesday, after it committed 100 million pounds ($121 million) to address the "shameful" wrongs of links to slavery.
The rear door of a Russian aircraft opened mid-air throwing the luggage of the passengers onboard into a void.
The two leaders will also discuss Japan's current presidency of the G7 and "the need to maintain our collective support for Ukraine"
Two British nationals who were helping evacuate civilians in Ukraine have been missing since January 6.
A man who allegedly tried to rob people at a Mexican restaurant in Houston using a fake gun got shot and killed after a customer opened fire at him.
The Taliban has said that it is merely "postponing" their education and not putting a permanent ban on it.
The French astrologer Nostradamus made several predictions about the future of the human race, and some of them even came true.
A 6-year-old boy shot and wounded his teacher at Richneck Elementary School in Virginia.
A 17-year-old girl was publicly attacked by 16 men in Iraq for dressing "immodestly" at a motorcycle race.
A 65-year-old Indian man commissioned a life-size silicone statue of his wife after he lost her to Covid-19.
The Eritrean woman travelled through several countries before crossing from France to the UK in a flimsy boat, hoping to find safety.
A 41-year-old Indian-origin man drove his Tesla off a cliff with his two children and wife still inside the car in California, US.
A drunk man urinated on an elderly female passenger onboard an Air India flight from New York to New Delhi on November 26 last year.
An auto garage in Kyiv is giving beat-up cars a second life as battle-ready vehicles for Ukraine's military, trying to plug a supply gap as the war with Russia grinds on.
Pope Francis enters a new phase of his papacy free from the constraints of co-existing with a predecessor.
A 20-year-old woman was dragged for almost 12 kilometres under a car by five drunk men in the early hours of New Year's Day.
Russia's defence ministry on Wednesday blamed the illegal use of mobile phones by its soldiers for a deadly Ukrainian missile strike that it said killed 89 servicemen, raising the reported death toll significantly.
Three white men have been arrested in connection with the assault of two Black teenagers at a resort pool in South Africa.
Tens of thousands pay tribute to ex-pope Benedict at lying-in-state
The authorities at a Mexican airport found four human skulls inside a package that was being shipped to the United States.
The family of famous actor Benedict Cumberbatch may face legal action for their links to the slave trade in Barbados.
Several top football players were detained by Iranian police on New Year's Eve in Tehran.
Russia continued intense attacks on Kyiv and other parts of Ukraine early on New Year's Day, following a barrage of missiles fired on Saturday, with air raid sirens wailing for hours overnight.