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The U.S. is imposing more sanctions on Iran, hitting people and firms accused of violating women’s rights during nationwide anti-government protests over the treatment of young women and girls. Included in the sanctions are two prison officials, several firms that manufacture equipment for Iranian law enforcement, the commander in chief …

French authorities have asked Lebanese prosecutors to detain two people suspected of involvement in a 1983 bombing in Beirut that killed dozens of French troops, Lebanese judicial officials said Wednesday. It is highly unlikely that Lebanese authorities will detain the suspects nearly 40 years after the attacks. Neither has ever …

The World Health Organization has fired its top official in the Western Pacific after the Associated Press reported last year that dozens of staff members accused him of racist, abusive and unethical behavior that may have compromised the U.N. health agency’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. In an email sent to …

The families of four Americans kidnaped in Mexico have spoken out following the rescue of the two survivors, detailing the harrowing ordeal that left two of the travelers and one bystander dead. Barbara Burgess, mother of survivor Latavia “Tay” McGee, said that her daughter was alive and in a Texas …

A Thai man was sentenced to two years in prison Tuesday for selling calendars featuring satirical cartoons of yellow ducks that a court said mocked the country’s monarch, a legal aid group said. Bangkok’s Criminal Court ruled that the calendar for 2021 containing pictures of yellow ducks in poses resembled …

The U.N. cultural agency on Wednesday expressed concern about the suspected poisoning of thousands of schoolgirls across Iran and called for investigations. Thousands of students across hundreds of mostly girls’ schools have reported being sickened by toxic fumes in incidents going back to November. There have been no fatalities. It …

Pakistani police used water cannons and fired tear gas to disperse supporters of the country’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan Wednesday in the eastern city of Lahore. Two dozen Khan supporters were arrested for defying a government ban on holding rallies, police said. The developments followed Khan’s launching of provincial …

Since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the country has become the most repressive in the world for women and girls, deprived of many of their basic rights, the United Nations said Wednesday. In a statement released on the International Women’s Day, the U.N. mission said that Afghanistan’s new rulers have …

International Women’s Day is a holiday meant to acknowledge the advancements women around the world have made for equality and freedom while also advocating for more progress and equity.  For centuries, women in various areas of the world struggled to gain financial and political independence in many patriarchal societies. When …

A deadly Mexico kidnapping revealed the dangers Americans face in their pursuit of health care abroad as medical tourism continues to grow in response to high medical costs at home. Four Americans made headlines this week after they were violently attacked and kidnapped after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border into the …