Mahsa Amini: Protests over woman’s death claim more lives in Iran
Nine people are now reported to have been killed at protests in Iran sparked by the death of a woman detained for allegedly breaking strict hijab rules, BBC reported.
Among those reported killed is a 16-year-old boy, shot dead when security forces opened fire on protesters.
The unrest has spread to more than 20 major cities, including the capital Tehran.
Videos posted online from Wednesday's unrest showed women waving their headscarves in the air or burning them.
"No to the headscarf, no to the turban, yes to freedom and equality!" protesters were heard chanting at a demonstration in Tehran.
In an address to the UN General Assembly, US President Joe Biden said Americans stood with "the brave women of Iran who right now are demonstrating to secure their basic rights".
He spoke after Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi rejected calls from Western powers to respect women's rights.
The hard-line Shia Muslim cleric accused them of "double standards", citing the discovery of unmarked graves of indigenous children in Canada and the treatment of the Palestinian people.
Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman from the north-western city of Saqez, died in hospital on Friday, after spending three days in a coma.
She was visiting the capital Tehran with her family when she was arrested by morality police, who accused her of violating the law requiring women to cover their hair with a hijab and their arms and legs with loose clothing. She collapsed after being taken to a detention centre to be "educated".
There are reports that officers beat Ms Amini's head with a baton and banged her head against one of their vehicles, according to BBC.
The police have denied that she was mistreated and said she suffered "sudden heart failure". But her family has said she was fit and healthy.
Acting UN human rights chief Nada al-Nashif called on Tuesday for prompt, independent and impartial investigation into Ms Amini's death.
She noted that her office had received "numerous, and verified, videos of violent treatment of women" by morality police, who have stepped up their enforcement of hijab rules in recent months.
Ms Nashif also expressed alarm at "the reported unnecessary or disproportionate use of force" against the thousands of people who have taken in part in protests since Mahsa Amini died.
The death toll comes from Kurdish rights groups, who blamed security forces.
There has been no confirmation of the deaths from the authorities, but a prosecutor told the Tasnim news agency that two people were killed by "anti-revolutionary elements" on Tuesday.
The state-run Irna news agency said a police assistant died of injuries he sustained in violent clashes with protesters in Shiraz on Tuesday.
Internet-monitoring group NetBlocks meanwhile reported that access to Instagram, one of the last available social media platforms in Iran and one used by people to circulate pictures and footage of the protests, had been restricted. The internet service has already been disrupted in Kurdistan province, Tehran and other parts of the country for several days, BBC reported.
Trumps inflated net worth by billions, says NY state lawsuit
Donald Trump and three of his children have been hit with a fraud lawsuit after a New York investigation into their family company - the Trump Organization, BBC reported.
It alleges that they lied "by billions" about the value of real estate in order to get loans and pay less tax.
Prosecutors say the Trump Organization committed numerous acts of fraud between 2011-21.
Mr Trump has dismissed the lawsuit as "another witch hunt".
The former president's eldest children, Donald Jr, Ivanka and Eric Trump, were also named as defendants alongside two executives at the Trump Organization, Allen Weisselberg and Jeffrey McConney.
The lawsuit has been brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James, who is the state's most senior lawyer, after a three-year civil investigation.
"With the help of his children and senior executives at the Trump Organization, Donald Trump falsely inflated his net worth by billions of dollars to unjustly enrich himself and cheat the system," Ms James said in a statement.
She said Mr Trump's own apartment in Trump Tower, which was valued at $327m (£288m), was among the properties whose values were allegedly misrepresented, according to BBC.
"No apartment in New York City has ever sold for close to that amount," Ms James added.
Ukraine conflict: Russia arrests hundreds at anti-war protests
Russian police are reported to have arrested hundreds of protesters rallying against the Kremlin's decision to call up thousands of extra troops to fight in Ukraine, BBC reported.
Russian human rights group OVD-Info put the total at more than 1,300. The largest numbers arrested were in St Petersburg and Moscow.
Dozens were held in Irkutsk and other Siberian cities, and Yekaterinburg.
Flights out of Russia sold out fast after Vladimir Putin's announcement.
Pictures on social media showed long queues at border posts, and on Google, the search for "how to leave Russia" skyrocketed.
Russia's president ordered a partial mobilisation, meaning some 300,000 military reservists - but not conscripts - will be drafted to bolster Russia's forces who have suffered recent battlefield reverses in Ukraine.
And in remarks condemned by Ukraine and its allies, Mr Putin stressed that he would use "all available means" to protect Russian territory - implying this could involve nuclear weapons.
PM Deuba summons legal experts to hold consultations on President’s move
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has summoned legal experts in Baluwatar to hold consultations after President Bidya Devi Bhandari did not authenticate the Citizenship Bill. It has been learnt that the Prime Minister called the legal experts to make further strategy. Prime Minister Deuba’s press advisor Govinda Pariyar said that they were summoned at 4 pm today. Earlier this afternoon, the ruling coalition concluded that the President’s move was unconstitutional and an attack on Constitution. Meanwhile, Janata Samajbadi Party cadres burnt the effigy of President Bhandari in Birgunj this afternoon.
