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Women and girls are leading Iran protests but others are joining from across society
“These are not pockets of protests,” one expert said. “This time, around 80 towns and cities have been involved. And it’s so broad-based, and a lot of it is spontaneous.”
At least 4 killed as explosion rocks Kabul mosque in vicinity of Afghan Interior Ministry
“The mosque was used by visitors and sometimes by Interior Ministry employees,” ministry spokesman Abdul Nafi Takor said.
OPEC will cut production by 2 million barrels a day, likely sending gas and oil prices back up
The decision comes after gas prices spiked in the U.S. in the summer and have trended downward in recent weeks.
Mom in Mexico who led efforts over her missing daughter was killed, 4th since 2021
Activists said Tuesday the victim was Esmeralda Gallardo, who led efforts to find her missing 22-year-old daughter.
U.K.'s Truss stands by ‘disruption’ agenda in speech marred by protest and doubts within her party
“I am ready to make the hard choices,” Truss said as she closed a tumultuous Conservative conference in the central English city of Birmingham.
Nobel chemistry prize awarded to trio for attaching molecules
Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless shared the award for developing way of “snapping molecules together.”
Seoul’s reprisal blows up as U.S., South Korea respond to North Korean missile test
North Korea’s successful launch of a nuclear-capable ballistic missile over Japan on Tuesday was the country’s most provocative weapons demonstration since 2017.
American citizen Baquer Namazi flies out of Iran after six years of detention
Namazi will undergo urgent surgery to clear a “severe blockage” of an artery, his family and lawyer said in a statement.
U.S. citizen killed in gunfire in Turks and Caicos Islands
The American was killed Sunday when people whom police described as “armed criminals” opened fire into a vehicle returning from an excursion.
U.S., allies respond to North Korea’s missile test over Japan
The U.S., South Korea and Japan responded to North Korea’s most provocative missile test in years with a show of strength. North Korea launched a missile over Japan, at a range long enough to reach U.S. territory in Guam.
Ancient gold coins found hidden in a wall shed light on the Byzantine Empire
Israeli archaeologists have hailed the discovery as a rare glimpse into a time of violent conquest.
