Taliban deputy tells leader there is no excuse for education bans on Afghan women and girls
A senior Taliban figure has urged the group’s leader to scrap education bans on Afghan women and girls, saying there is no ...
Middle East latest: Gaza ceasefire is delayed over dispute between Hamas and Israel
The Israeli military says it “continues to attack” inside the Gaza Strip as a dispute with Hamas delayed the start of a ...
How Baltimore is saving lives by offering young men resources when they put down the guns
With his dad in prison and his mom suffering from alcoholism, Malik Grant faced abandonment and instability early on. He got ...
Families of wildfire victims mired in grief, questioning what more could have been done
The house was burning with her brother-in-law and nephew inside when Jackie McDaniels flagged down a firetruck and begged for ...
Civil rights leaders and King family mark MLK Day as a special call to action as Trump takes office
When President-elect Donald Trump is sworn in as president of the United States inside the Capitol’s rotunda, he will do so facing a bust of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on ...
South Korea’s impeached president is arrested over martial law declaration and his supporters riot
Hours after South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was formally arrested, triggering rioting by his supporters, his ...
US rejects Venezuelan President Maduro’s reelection, but keeps financial lifeline for his government
Things seemed to be looking up for Venezuela in 2022. Following years of authoritarian rule and withering economic sanctions, ...
Netanyahu warns again that Gaza ceasefire will not begin until Hamas provides a hostage list
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said early Sunday that the ceasefire in Gaza will not begin until Israel has received a list of the hostages set to be ...
An imprisoned Nobel laureate underscores human rights abuses in Belarus
The yellow name tag that Ales Bialiatski wears on his prison garb sets him apart from other inmates in Penal Colony No. 9 in ...
Missouri lawmakers are going after voter-approved abortion rights. Voters will likely reelect them
Voters in Missouri last election approved a constitutional amendment that promised to undo the state’s near-total abortion ban. The same day, they reelected a ...
Coco Gauff writes ‘RIP TikTok USA’ on a TV camera at the Australian Open
Tennis star Coco Gauff mourned the loss of TikTok’s app back home, writing on a TV camera lens “RIP TikTok USA” and drawing a ...
Biden’s departing UN envoy says US rivals will fill the vacuum if Trump abandons global leadership
The outgoing U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says she watched America’s leadership diminish in the world during Donald ...