World News in Brief: Executions surge in Iran, nuclear test threat, Burkina Faso declares top official unwelcome

This article is published in association with United Nations. In Iran, the increase in executions carried out this year indicates that the death penalty is being used as a tool of State intimidation, the UN human rights office (OHCHR) said on Friday.  At least 841 people have been put to death by the Government of Iran […]

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