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2.4 million Afghan girls shut out of secondary school 5 years after Taliban takeover, U.N. says
An estimated 2.4 million Afghan girls remain excluded from secondary education five years after the Taliban took over the country, a U.N. agency said Tuesday, renewing a call for an immediate restoration of their right to education.
Robert Gilman, a Marine veteran in bad health, released from Russian prison after 4 years
A Marine veteran who has been in Russian prison since 2022 has been released and is on his way to the U.S. to remedy his "dire" condition.
Turkey’s Kurdish region greets a conditional PKK pardon with relief, joy and doubt
Residents in Turkey's mainly Kurdish-populated southeastern region reacted with a mix of relief, joy and uncertainty on Tuesday after parliament approved a conditional pardon for thousands of Kurdish militants, offering them a potential path toward integration into normal life in Turkey.
Former U.S. Marine held in Russia for more than 4 years has been released, his advocates say
Russia has released an American military veteran who spent more than four years in prison on disputed charges under abusive conditions and was said to be gravely ill and at risk of dying, a group advocating for him said Tuesday.
Groups sue the Trump administration over its targeting of the International Criminal Court
Human Rights Watch and three other advocacy groups sued the Trump administration on Tuesday to challenge its campaign against the International Criminal Court, arguing that sanctions against ICC judges and prosecutors are undermining the ability to prosecute people responsible for humanity's worst crimes.
Colombia searches for over 3,000 missing after a powerful earthquake kills more than 100
Search and rescue efforts resumed Tuesday in dozens of cities and towns in western Colombia after a powerful earthquake left over 3,000 missing, with many trapped under the debris.
Wildfire at Indonesia’s Mount Bromo mostly contained as smoke forces school closures
Indonesian firefighters have mostly contained a wildfire that has scorched a large area of a national park on the main island of Java, though crews are battling several remaining hot spots in the popular tourist destination, authorities said.
Hungary’s Parliament taps Andras Baka as president as part of Orban-era purge
Hungary's Parliament elected former Supreme Court chief justice Andras Baka as president on Tuesday as the country's new government dismantles power structures left behind by former Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
This Ebola outbreak has claimed over 2,000 lives. Here’s why it is so hard to contain
More than 2,000 people have now died in the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history, and challenges keep coming in containing a rare type of the virus with no approved treatment or vaccine.
At least 14 artisanal miners killed in collapse at an illicit mine in South Africa
At least 14 artisanal miners died and eight were injured when the walls of a mine in South Africa caved in on them, police said Tuesday.
Mexican reinforcements arrive for wildfire fight in western Canada after 20,000 flee
About 100 firefighters from Mexico were expected to arrive Tuesday to help battle a deadly wildfire that has forced 20,000 people to flee and destroyed homes and other properties near Okanagan Lake in Western Canada, officials said.
For Nigel Farage, success brings new pressures and a showdown with Count Binface
Nigel Farage depicts himself as an outsider taking on the establishment, but now the tables have turned.
Hanwha Defense USA seeks to buy shipbuilder Austal USA in $1.2 billion deal
Hanwha Defense USA, a subsidiary of South Korea's Hanwha Group, has made an offer to buy Austal USA.
