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Vida Movahed stands on a telecommunications box, holding a headscarf on a stick in protest against Iran's mandatory hijab rules, in Tehran in December. Since then, Iranians have staged various protests for women's rights. (Abaca Press/Sipa USA via AP)

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In Iran protests, women stand up, lift their hijab, for their rights

Tension is rising between Iran and the United States these days. But Iran's leaders are facing pressure from various sides at home, too.

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Senate intelligence committee chairman Richard Burr warned about complacency over ongoing Russian attacks on the U.S. political system, at a hearing on Wednesday. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)

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Community

This is ‘Not Fine’: New evidence of Russian interference meets inaction, frustration

"The extremes are screaming while the majority whispers."

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is pictured at F8, Facebook's developer conference last month. On Thursday, the company announced a new test feature had changed users' privacy settings without their consent. (Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP)

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Facebook finds 'sophisticated' efforts to disrupt elections

The company says it removed 32 accounts from Facebook and Instagram.

8 years ago

A man watches a TV screen showing what the North Korean government calls the Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, in November.

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Politics & Policy

North Korea reportedly building more ICBMs

Satellite imagery gathered by U.S. intelligence agencies indicates that North Korea is building new ballistic missiles at a factory just outside its capital,

8 years ago

President Donald Trump meets with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, July 30, 2018, in Washington.

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Watch: President Trump holds press conference with Italian prime minister

Updated 2:57 p.m. — President Donald Trump said Monday he would have “no problem” shutting d ...

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In Germany, very few police departments have tried to diverse their officers by recruiting more people with a

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Courts & Law

For local cops in Germany, no talk of ‘sanctuary cities’

Unlike in the U.S., asylum claims in Germany are handled by state-level authorities — and when someone is ordered deported, enforcement usually falls to local police.

8 years ago

Students in India have begun to engage in creative activities as a part of newly launched program by the Delhi government to shift emphasis onto mental health well-being.
(Courtesy of Bhaskar Sharma)

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Education

To focus on students’ emotional well-being, India tries ‘happiness classes’

The Delhi government introduced "happiness classes" in an effort to shift the country's academic focus from student achievement to emotional well-being.

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Community

How to find out if ‘women’s empowerment’ programs really empower women

So many aid programs in low-income countries have set 'empowering women' as their goal.

8 years ago

Cyberattackers, traced back to the Vladimir Putin-backed GRU Russian intelligence agency, attempted to hack into the emails of Sen. Claire McCaskill last year. (Alexei Nikolsky/Alexei Nikolsky/TASS)

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Politics & Policy

Russian hackers targeted the most vulnerable part of U.S. elections. Again.

Russian hackers took aim at maybe the most vulnerable sector of U.S. elections: campaigns.

8 years ago

In this Nov. 7, 2012 photo, U.S. and Chinese national flags are hung outside a hotel during the U.S. Presidential election event, organized by the U.S. embassy in Beijing. As public evidence mounts that the Chinese military is responsible for stealing massive amounts of U.S. government data and corporate trade secrets, the Obama administration is eyeing fines and other trade actions it may take against Beijing or any other country guilty of cyberespionage. The Chinese government, meanwhile, has denied involvement in the cyber-attacks tracked by Mandiant. Instead, the Foreign Ministry said that China, too, is a victim of hacking, some of it traced to the U.S. Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei cited a report by an agency under the Ministry of Information Technology and Industry that said in 2012 alone that foreign hackers used viruses and other malicious software to seize control of 1,400 computers in China and 38,000 websites. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

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Report: China, Russia and Iran ramp up economic spying on US

"China, Russia and Iran stand out as three of the most capable and active cyber actors tied to economic espionage and the potential theft of U.S. trade secrets."

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A U.N. honor guard carries a box containing remains believed to be from American servicemen killed during the 1950-53 Korean War after arriving from North Korea, at Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea on Friday. (Ahn Young-joon/AP)

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North Korea hands over possible remains of U.S. servicemen killed in Korean War

The transfer took place Friday local time, which marks the anniversary of the armistice that halted the Korean War in 1953.

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President Donald Trump and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker deliver a joint statement on trade in the Rose Garden of the White House Wednesday in Washington, D.C. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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Politics & Policy

Trump and EU agree to work toward zero tariffs

Trump said the EU had also agreed to buy U.S. soybeans, a day after he announced a $12 billion bailout package for farmers hit by retaliatory tariffs.

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo looks on during a press conference at the Australia-U.S. Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN) on the campus of Stanford University on Tuesday in California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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Politics & Policy

Pompeo faces skeptical lawmakers after Trump summits raise concerns

Pompeo is set to testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He is expected to provide updates on President Trump's approach to Russia, North Korea and Iran.

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