Users of ChatNetZero can ask the AI bot to crunch through thousands of long-winded climate plans. Getty
Can new AI bot answer your climate questions? We tested it out

ChatNetZero aims to fact-check green plans - and outperform ChatGPT

September 22, 2023, 4:00 AM
Iranian women, some without the mandatory headscarf, in Tehran. EPA
Iranian parliament passes ‘hijab and chastity’ bill

Women now face imprisonment and social media and travel bans for 'mocking' or failing to wear hijab

September 20, 2023, 7:54 AM
Pupils could be allowed to use AI to help them answer questions in 'open-book' exams. Getty Images
Testing times: UK schools embracing AI-assisted assessments

Exam boards open to robots setting 'low-stakes' assessments as new academic year begins

September 04, 2023, 3:00 AM
The Iranian embassy in London. AFP
London council urged to rename Iranian embassy road after Amini

Glasgow's South African consulate road was changed to Nelson Mandela Place during the Apartheid era

July 06, 2023, 8:46 PM
Alireza Enayati, Iranian ambassador to Saudi Arabia. Photo: @najahmalii / Twitter
Iran names Alireza Enayati as ambassador to Saudi Arabia

New ambassador previously served as envoy to Kuwait and as head of the Gulf Bureau

May 22, 2023, 6:15 PM
Kurdish people carry fire torches as they celebrate Nowruz in the Iraqi town of Akra on Monday. Reuters
In Iran, people 'fight regime with fire of Nowruz'

Persian New Year festivities marred by months of bloodshed and the country's economic woes

March 21, 2023, 4:38 AM
Cyrus Neshvad, director of The Red Suitcase, attends the Oscars lunch at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles, California. Reuters
Iranian director uses Oscars nod to talk women's rights with Hollywood stars

Director of The Red Suitcase has raised gender equality in Iran with Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise

March 06, 2023, 12:01 AM
British-Iranian artist Soheila Sokhanvari views a part of her exhibition Rebel Rebel at the Barbican art gallery in London. Getty
Rebel Rebel: artist captures bravery of Iranian women in 20th century

New exhibition at the Barbican examines pre-revolutionary voices of women in a patriarchal society

February 15, 2023, 5:23 PM
The absolute power once enjoyed by sophisticated social media platforms like Twitter could be beginning to crack. Reuters
Will people power return as social media loses its grip?

Tech companies once held all the cards but corporate setbacks and Musk's anarchic Twitter takeover could change all that

January 31, 2023, 5:00 AM
Six stories that shaped 2022. The National
Six stories that shaped 2022

From surging inflation and record-breaking heatwaves to the death of Queen Elizabeth and the war on Ukraine, 2022 was a tumultuous year

December 25, 2022, 4:20 AM
An unveiled woman stands on a car as thousands make their way to Aichi cemetery in Saqez, Mahsa Amini's home town in the western Iranian province of Kurdistan, to mark 40 days since her death. AFP
Not just for the young: Iran’s parents and grandparents on three months of protests

From trying to make up for 1979 to continuing years of protest, it's not just the young driving for change

December 24, 2022, 3:31 AM
Mahan Sedarat during a hearing in Tehran. Photo: Isna
Iran suspends protester's death sentence pending Supreme Court ruling

Mahan Sedarat's lawyer confirmed the suspension and said he has requested a retrial

December 14, 2022, 2:50 PM
The entrance to Evin prison in Tehran. Reuters
'Don't tell mum I'm being executed' Iranian protester tells father

Rights groups concerned as dozens of people face capital punishment following arrests of 14,000 protesters

December 13, 2022, 6:02 PM
An Iranian woman stands by the Women Life Freedom mural in Edinburgh, Scotland, which is aimed at creating awareness about the anti-government protests in Iran. Press Association
Iran holding protesters at secret prisons, says lawyer who fled

Detention areas also known as 'black sites' lack toilets, places to eat and medical care, Marzieh Mohebi says

November 25, 2022, 9:51 AM
Baktash Abtin in prison. Photo @RSF_inter via Twitter
Jailed Iranian writer and director Baktash Abtin dies aged 48

Abtin had been in a coma in a hospital in Tehran after contracting Covid-19 inside Evin prison

January 08, 2022, 2:22 PM