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Biden to sign executive order aimed at advancing study of women’s health
It wasn't until the 1990s that the federal government mandated women be included in federally funded medical research; for most of medical history, though, scientific study was based almost entirely on men.
‘Wahiba’s World’: Banned TV drama that broke Iraq’s taboos returns after 27…
The first series, released in 1997, told the story of Wahiba, a nurse who makes every effort to help her neighbours amid the crippling international sanctions.
After US criticism of losing his course on Gaza, Netanyahu responds
President Joe Biden expressed support for Schumer’s “good speech," and earlier accused Netanyahu of hurting Israel because of the huge civilian death toll in Gaza.
Russian seizure of Crimea 10 years ago caused war with Ukraine and escalating Western concerns
The largest conflict in Europe since World War II has sent tensions between Moscow and the West soaring to levels rarely seen during even the chilliest moments of the Cold War.
Israel says 20 terrorists killed at Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza
Israel said the Al-Shifa "operation is based on intelligence information indicating the use of the hospital by senior Hamas terrorists".
US suspect in custody after fatal shootings of 3 family members
Authorities said Gordon, who is believed to be homeless, began the day by carjacking a vehicle in Trenton before driving some 40 miles (65 kilometers) to the northern Philadelphia suburb of Levittown.
Trump hails election as ‘most important date’ in US history
Trump said, "Now if I don't get elected it's going to be a bloodbath for the whole, that's going to be the least of it, it's going to be a bloodbath for the country."
UK PM Rishi Sunak’s leadership in turmoil amid infighting
Some of Sunak's very vocal critics and Boris Johnson allies, such as Jacob Rees-Mogg, have dismissed the idea of replacing the British Indian leader at this juncture in the electoral cycle as 'madness'.
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says army will enter Rafah despite ‘world pressure’
His comments came as talks were expected to resume in Doha towards a truce in Gaza, where Israel has pursued a campaign against Hamas militants for more than five months.
Putin basks in electoral victory that was never in doubt even as Russians quietly protest
With little margin for protest, Russians crowded outside polling stations at noon Sunday, on the last day of the election, apparently heeding an opposition call to express their displeasure with Putin.
With Navalny dead, his allies keep fighting to undermine Putin’s grip on power
After the initial shock wore off, Navalny's closest allies returned to the work that cost his freedom and his life: undermining Putin’s iron-fisted grip on power.
Two Army officers among 7 personnel killed in terror attack in Pakistan
All the six terrorists who attacked the check post in Mir Ali area were shot dead.
Maldives’ jurisdiction not a concern of ‘external parties’: President Muizzu
The pro-China Maldivian leader's comments came days after the first batch of Indian military personnel left the island nation after Muizzu stepped up his anti-India rhetoric.
Russia votes: Why does Putin bother holding elections?
Russians have begun voting in a three-day election that President Vladimir Putin is certain to win. Analysts say he's using the 2024 poll to give the illusion that democracy exists in Russia.
Authorities order suburban Philadelphia residents to hide in place after 3 slain in gunfire.
Middletown Township police said there were “confirmed shootings” in neighbouring Falls Township in Eastern Pennsylvania that resulted in “several gunshot victims.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is building spy satellite network for US intelligence agency
The satellites can track targets on the ground and share that data with US intelligence and military officials, the sources said. In principle, that would enable the US government to quickly capture continuous imagery of activities on the…
Russia’s presidential vote starts final day with accusations of Kyiv sabotage
The final day will test the strength of the country's opposition, which called for all its supporters to vote at the same time at noon, in an action dubbed "Noon Against Putin."
Bernie Sanders supports a 32-hour workweek in the US. Could employers and workers benefit?
Critics say a mandated shorter week would force many companies to hire additional workers or lose productivity.
A volcano in Iceland is erupting for the fourth time in three months, spewing lava.
Iceland's Meteorological Office said the eruption opened a fissure in the earth about 3 kilometers (almost 2 miles) long between Stora-Skogfell and Hagafell mountains on the Reykjanes Peninsula.
Houthi militants in Yemen may have attacked a ship in the Gulf of Aden
The British military's United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations centre offered few details in an announcement about the attack, saying only it happened off the coast of Aden, the port city in southern Yemen home to the country's exiled…