TEHRAN: Iran, rocked by months of protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, has released several dozen well-known prisoners in an apparent attempt to appease critics of the government.

The limited amnesty comes as the frequency and size of rallies have eased off in the winter months since their peak after the mid-September death in custody of Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman.

AL-MUKALLA: A Houthi-run military court in Yemen’s capital Sanaa has sentenced in absentia Defense Minister Lt. Gen. Mohsen Al-Daeri and 29 military officers to death on charges of cooperating with the militia’s opponents, including the coalition to establish legitimacy in Yemen.

The Central Military Court in Sanaa ordered the execution of 30 military officers, their expulsion from the army, and the confiscation of their property inside and outside the country.

LONDON: An appeal in the UK to raise funds for victims of the earthquakes that struck Turkiye and Syria received £60 million ($72.8 million) in three days, The Daily Mail reported on Monday.

The appeal, launched by the Disasters Emergency Committee, supports 15 charities, and has the support of King Charles III and Camilla, queen consort, as well as the Prince and Princess of Wales, who said they were “horrified” by the “harrowing images” of the areas affected.

LONDON: Britain says it has for the first time presented evidence that Iran is supplying advanced weapons to the Houthi rebels in Yemen, after finding images of tests conducted at the headquarters of the Revolutionary Guards in Tehran on the hard drive of an unmanned aircraft seized by the Royal Navy.

ANKARA: Neval Akgol was woken early on Monday by a violent earthquake. Her mother and father rushed into her room, and they immediately left their apartment.

But while evacuating the building via the stairs, a heavy water tank fell over Neval and her father.

Her father’s arm was broken, and Neval sustained a serious head injury.

Her mother was trapped under the wreckage of the building, which had completely collapsed. They were rescued hours later.