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“Today in my country, Myanmar, while I am going to be on this stage, there are so many people dying; more than 100 people died today,” Han Lay told the Miss Grand International pageant audience last year.

The United States and nearly two dozen partner nations said they would accelerate weapons production, in anticipation of a sustained conflict with Russia.

The death of Mahsa Aminia in the custody of Iran’s so-called morality police has sparked days of anti-government demonstrations — and a violent crackdown.

European leaders are increasingly calling the leaks the result of sabotage, with many pointing the finger at Russia.

Prime Minister Liz Truss, who is just three weeks into the job, is trying to change the British economy with bold — some would say risky — actions that have spooked investors.

The European Union vowed to investigate explosions of Nord Stream gas pipelines. The United States condemned staged referendums in Russian-controlled parts of Ukraine.

The missile and drone strikes killed at least nine people and wounded more than 30, including civilians and children, according to Iraqi authorities.

Comments by Magnus Carlsen about Hans Niemann, and his "mentor" Maxim Dlugy, have renewed attention on cheating in chess, a tradition as old as the game.

The Ukrainian government on Wednesday denounced Russia’s staged referendums in four partially occupied regions, while Putin reportedly prepares for a State of the Union address, where annexation could be announced.

Moscow is moving ahead with plans to annex occupied regions of Ukraine, possibly as soon as next week. Here’s what to know.

Work brigades began restoring power early Wednesday after Hurricane Ian knocked the entire country of 11 million offline.

The adventurer, who set records and climbed Mount Everest, fell near the summit of Manaslu, a peak in the Nepalese Himalayas.

The island nation indicated it would not sign up to a declaration proposed by Washington, which aims to counter Beijing’s influence in the region.

President Jair Bolsonaro has sowed doubts about election security and urged his base to “go to war” if the vote is “stolen.”

Putin’s announcement of a military mobilization of Russian reservists for his war in Ukraine has set off a frenzied dash for the country’s borders.

In a week since President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial mobilization of Russian forces, hundreds of thousands of men have fled the country to avoid the war in Ukraine.

A "secular in my head and Muslim in my heart," she founded a group that helped thousands of unwed mothers and their babies overcome stigma and build new lives.

Veteran human rights lawyer Omar Gómez Trejo won judicial approval for 83 arrest warrants, but the attorney general’s office got a judge to vacate 21 of them.