Tehran said the men were tied to attacks in Khuzestan and on security forces, while activists said the case reflected a broader surge in executions and coerced confessions.
About 195,000 people marched across France against planned spending cuts, while the government weighed budget options and tried to manage a widening political crisis.
At least eight people are dead after four days of unrest in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, where protesters have demanded an end to special benefits for the political class and authorities have cut communications and warned local media off the story.
San Marino opened a new six-month regency with a ceremonial transfer of power to Matteo Rossi and Lorenzo Bugli, who used their inaugural address to stress democracy, tolerance and the republic’s planned association agreement with the European Union.
The federal government shut down after lawmakers failed to pass a funding bill, with Democrats and Republicans still far apart on health-care subsidies.
Italy’s art police seized 21 Salvador Dalí artworks on suspicion they were forgeries after a show at Parma’s Palazzo Tarasconi drew concerns from the artist’s foundation.
More than 500 officers searched the festival grounds after a threat was found in connection with a deadly domestic incident elsewhere in Munich; police found no danger to the event.
Jian Guo received a four-year, nine-month sentence after prosecutors said he passed EU Parliament information to a Chinese intelligence service for more than four years.
More than half of Mexico’s National Autonomous University departments shifted online or canceled classes after threats and the killing of a student at a feeder school.
A military court in Kinshasa found former president Joseph Kabila guilty of treason and war crimes, escalating a political clash over his ties to the M23 rebellion.
Netblocks said connectivity collapsed to 14 percent of ordinary levels, while local media reported a nationwide fiber-optic cut and the AP could not reach its Kabul bureau.
Police in several Moroccan cities detained protesters on the third straight day of youth-led demonstrations calling for better public services and accountability.
Iran says it has hanged a man it accused of spying for Israel, even as UN experts warn that the country has already carried out more than 1,000 executions in the first nine months of 2025.