Authorities in Pakistan say an explosion near a passing police patrol vehicle in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province has killed five people and injured 21 others, including three police officers.
A Moscow court on November 3 sentenced Aleksandr Strukov, the former photographer of jailed opposition politician Aleksei Navalny’s team, to eight years in prison on charges of public calls for terrorism, inciting hatred, and violating citizens' rights to practice religion.
An Iranian court has sentenced a woman to death for committing adultery after a man complained to the police when he found out his wife was having an affair.
Iranian human rights activist and political detainee Narges Mohammadi has been denied medical treatment for a second time due to her refusal to wear an Islamic head scarf, or hijab.
Prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been transferred to Qarchak prison and has started a hunger and medication strike after being severely beaten while she was being arrested.