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The continent has the highest rate of gender-related killings of women in the world, according to the United Nations. Activists accuse officials of ignoring the issue and blaming the victims.

Officials have found the toxic mineral at 34 sites, including schools and parks. The grounds outside a Taylor Swift concert venue tested negative.

The president of the West African country had postponed a coming election, but the country’s constitutional court said the vote must take place as soon as possible.

The International Court of Justice in The Hague, which last month ordered Israel to ensure its actions in Gaza would not lead to genocide, is required to regard the new request as a matter of priority.

A South Korean court found that the former officers had deleted an internal report that warned of safety risks ahead of Halloween celebrations.

Sheffield says it was home to the planet’s first real soccer culture. Staking a claim to that honor may hold the key to its future.

Democrats and a group of Republicans teamed up to approve the $95 billion bill, which also includes aid to Israel and civilians in conflict zones, but the House speaker threatened to ignore it.

Eleven-year-old Dareen al-Bayaa lost dozens of her family members in a single airstrike in Gaza. She is one of at least 17,000 children across the territory who have been orphaned or separated from their parents.

A potential expansion of the nation’s military draft to replenish the exhausted, battered army has become an emotional, politically charged issue.

The party of Imran Khan, the jailed former prime minister, took the most seats, humiliating the country’s military rulers and creating a political crisis.