More News16 Jan 2026 | 8:38 PMTehran, Jan 16 (UNI) As Iran battles a near-total communications blackout and one of the harshest waves of state crackdowns since the 1979 Islamic revolution, three people living in different cities have given accounts of the sheer brutality of the repression by security personnel that has left cities shocked, bloody, grieving, and engulfed in fear.
see more.. 16 Jan 2026 | 7:54 PMTehran, Jan 16 (UNI) Tightening its chokehold on internet connectivity, Iran has moved into enacting what digital rights activists describe as the final phase of its sweeping, nationwide curbs on internet access, and place the country's entire communications infrastructure under total state control, according to the advocacy group Filterban.
see more.. 16 Jan 2026 | 6:12 PMDhaka, Jan 16 (UNI) Bangladesh's youth-based activist platform Inqilab Moncho has announced plans to hold a large-scale "Hadi Rally" within the next week, demanding justice for the killing of its former spokesperson Sharif Osman Hadi.
see more.. 16 Jan 2026 | 5:51 PMIslamabad, Jan 16 (UNI) Popular Pakistan Pashtun leader and chief of the multi-party opposition coalition Tehreek Tahafuz Ayeen-i-Pakistan (TTAP), Mehmood Khan Achakzai has been appointed leader of the opposition in the National Assembly on Friday, following a months-long delay.
see more.. 16 Jan 2026 | 4:08 PMMoscow, Jan 16 (UNI) Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday, during which they discussed the situation in the Middle East and developments surrounding Iran, the Kremlin said.
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