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‘Abortion is fundamental right’ reads this banner at a demonstration in Paris in September. (Photo by Christophe Archambault / AFP via Getty Images)
French Senate Lobbied Ahead of Vote on Measure to Enshrine Abortion Right in Constitution
Fayçal Benhassain | December 6, 2022
Ukrainian soldiers amid the rubble of a destroyed building in Bakhmut last week. Russian troops have been trying to take the town in the eastern Donbass for several months. (Photo by Yan Dobronosov / Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
Russian and Ukrainian Troops Locked in ‘Meat Grinder’ Battle For Strategic Donbass Town
Dimitri Simes | December 6, 2022
In this picture taken on August 1, 2022, television journalist and university student Farkhunda Muhibi, 21, poses for a portrait in Kaubl. - Muhibi is one of a few women journalists who have been able to continue work in the sector. Since their takeover a year ago, the Taliban have squeezed Afghan women out of public life, imposing suffocating restrictions on where they can work, how they can travel, and what they can wear. (Getty Images)
Gallup: One Year Since U.S. Departed, Only 12% of Afghan Women Say They Are Treated With Respect
Michael W. Chapman | December 6, 2022
A Russian supertanker waits to unload crude oil last July. (Photo by Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
Price Cap on Russian Oil Exports Takes Effect; Kremlin Says It Won’t Impact Its War in Ukraine
Patrick Goodenough | December 6, 2022
A nuclear-capable Tu-160 Blackjack bomber lands at Russia’s Engels-2 air base near Saratov, one of two Russian air bases targeted by drones on Monday. (Photo by Wojtek Laski/Getty Images)
Russia Rains Missiles on Ukraine, Accusing It of Striking Airbases Deep in Russian Territory
Patrick Goodenough | December 6, 2022
Protesters demonstrate outside the High Court in Auckland on Tuesday in support of parents who don't want their ill baby to receive blood from donors who have been vaccinated against COVID-19. (Screengrab: YouTube)
Court Weighs Parents’ Refusal to Allow Sick Baby to Receive Blood From COVID-Vaccinated Donors
Patrick Goodenough | December 6, 2022
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State Dept. Explains Omission of India and Nigeria as Countries of Concern for Religious Freedom Violations
Micky Wootten | December 5, 2022
Members of the regime’s Guidance Patrol (‘morality police’) on patrol. (Photo: Fars Media Corporation, CC BY 4.0)
Iran Activists Skeptical That Regime Has Disbanded Notorious ‘Morality Police’
Patrick Goodenough | December 5, 2022
Indian Christians at prayer in a Catholic Church in Bangalore. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar / AFP via Getty Images)
Watchdog Rips State Dept. Decision to Give Nigeria, India a Pass on Religious Freedom, Again
Patrick Goodenough | December 5, 2022
Then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testifies before the House Foreign Affairs Committee in 2010. (Photo by Tim Sloan / AFP via Getty Images)
Clinton Says Iran Should Never Have Been on UN’s Women’s Body (But She Did Nothing to Stop It)
Patrick Goodenough | December 2, 2022
The U.S. government has not recognized Nicolas Maduro as Venezuelan’s president since 2019, a position shared by more than 50 other governments. (Photo by Federico Parra/AFP via Getty Images)
Cruz: Biden Administration is Moving ‘Systematically Towards Formally Recognizing the Maduro Regime’
Patrick Goodenough | December 2, 2022
A Russian Tupolev Tu-95 strategic bomber. (Photo by Alexander Nemenov/AFP via Getty Images)
Russian, Chinese Bombers Jointly Patrol Near US Asian Allies, For Third Time in a Year
Patrick Goodenough | December 1, 2022
A screengrab from eyewitness video footage shows protestors in Shanghai confronting police at the weekend. (Photo by AFPTV / AFP via Getty Images)
Blinken on China: ‘Massive Repressive Action’ Against Protests Anywhere Is ‘Sign of Weakness’
Patrick Goodenough | December 1, 2022
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