Iran executed three men — Mehdi Ghasemi, Saleh Mohammadi and Saeed Davoudi — in the city of Qom on Thursday, the first hangings linked to the January protests against rising living costs that turned into nationwide anti-government demonstrations

A Bengaluru family’s stunt to go viral by packing an elderly man in a sack as a “human parcel” to protest bus seat shortages during the festive season backfired, sparking panic and going viral for all the wrong reasons