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Hanged under the cover of war: letters and videos tell stories of Iran’s death row victims
Apr 25, 2026 - World 
Testimony emerges from Babak Alipour, who spent three years on death row before being taken to gallows in March Writing from his cell in the Rajai Shahr prison in the northern Iranian city of Karaj, Babak Alipour wanted to tell his friends about those who had already gone to their execution.There was Behrouz Ehsani, 69, the elder statesman of the group, who was “never angry” about their predicament. Then there was Mehdi Hassani, a 48-year-old father of three who he saw a couple of times in the prison hospital and who would ask him to pass on to the children the message that he was “fine”. Continue reading...
Indigenous speakers booed at Anzac Day services while Ben Roberts-Smith attends separate Gold Coast event
Apr 25, 2026 - World
Roberts-Smith, who has denied five charges of war crime murder, says he was always going to attend: ‘I never thought about not coming’Marcia Langton: The AFL bans disruptive racists. Surely police can do the same for morons who boo welcome to countryGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBooing has marred Anzac Day commemorations in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth, while on the Gold Coast, the Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith attended the dawn service at Currumbin beach.One man was arrested at the Sydney dawn service at Martin Place, where there was a small but noisy interjection of booing during the Indigenous acknowledgment of country. Continue reading...
EU considers helping with Mideast energy infrastructure to bypass conflict zones
Apr 25, 2026 - World 
Top European Union officials say the bloc is looking into funding alternative energy infrastructure in the Middle East that would circumvent conflict hot spots like the Strait of Hormuz
Local elections in the West Bank and part of Gaza could test public trust
Apr 25, 2026 - World
Palestinians will vote in local elections, the first in two decades in Gaza and the first in the occupied West Bank since the start of the Israel-Hamas war
Australia and New Zealand gather in Turkey to commemorate WWI battle
Apr 25, 2026 - World
Officials and visitors from Australia, New Zealand and Turkey gather in northwest Turkey to commemorate the 111th anniversary of the Battle of Gallipoli
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