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Abigail Roberts/ABC News(NEW YORK) — Twenty years ago the word “cancer” was taboo in Middle East culture. But in 1998, King Hussein of Jordan challenged that stigma by appearing on a live CNN interview without […]

Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images(LONDON) — In one of her final engagements as a working member of Britain’s royal family, Duchess Meghan is focusing on women at an event Sunday to mark International Women’s Day. It is […]

omersukrugoksu/iStock(MOSCOW) — Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have agreed to establish a ceasefire in the Syrian province of Idlib, following talks in Moscow. Putin and Erdogan announced the ceasefire at […]

Hatem Maher/ABC News(CAIRO) — Egypt’s oldest pyramid, rescued from collapse, reopened to visitors Thursday after a 14-year restoration project. The 4,700-year-old step pyramid, built in the 27th century B.C. for third dynasty pharaoh Djoser, is […]

Chris Jackson/Getty Images(LONDON) — The ruler of Dubai orchestrated the abduction of two of his daughters, according to a U.K. High Court judgment published on Thursday, after a failed attempt by the Sheikh to suppress […]

Mohannad Alghamdi/iStock(LONDON) — Restrictions have been put in place at religious sites in the United States and across the world amid fears over the spread of the novel coronavirus. New measures to combat the spread […]

Chris Jackson/Getty Images(LONDON) — Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan will reunite in the U.K. Thursday night for an event close to Harry’s heart, recognizing the achievements of wounded veterans and soldiers. The Sussexes are scheduled […]

mrtom-uk/iStock(HONG KONG) — Hong Kong authorities have warned residents against kissing their pets after a dog belonging to a coronavirus patient in the city tested “weak positive” for COVID-19, the official name for novel coronavirus. […]

KeithBinns/iStock(LONDON) — The International Criminal Court has authorized an independent investigation into allegations of war crimes committed by all sides in the Afghanistan conflict after an appeal overturned a previous decision to block the probe […]

jarun011/iStock(NEW YORK) — Countries around the world are scrambling to stymie the spread of a deadly viral outbreak that began in China about two months ago and has now infected more than 90,000 people globally. […]

oversnap/iStock(NEW YORK) — The emergence of the coronavirus as a world health epidemic and fears of it spreading have halted air and ground travel in some regions of the world and stalled it elsewhere, significantly […]

MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — At 26 years old, Zarifa Ghafari is one of Afghanistan’s youngest mayors. That would be an accomplishment alone, but Ghafari is also one of Afghanistan’s first and only female […]

jarun011/iStock(NEW YORK) — Countries around the world are scrambling to stymie the spread of a deadly viral outbreak that began in China about two months ago and has now infected more than 90,000 people globally. […]

jarun011/iStock(NEW YORK) — Countries around the world are scrambling to stymie the spread of a deadly viral outbreak that began in China about two months ago and has now infected more than 90,000 people globally. […]

oonal/iStock(SEOUL, South Korea) — The South Korean government is offering “emergency child care” to parents dealing with the double challenge of school closures and work-at-home policies as the country battles to fight the fast-spreading novel […]

jarun011/iStock(NEW YORK) — Countries around the world are scrambling to stymie the spread of a deadly viral outbreak that began in China about two months ago and has now infected more than 90,000 people globally. […]

KeithBinns/iStock(HELMAND, Afghanistan) — U.S. forces conducted an airstrike against Taliban fighters in Helmand, Afghanistan, Wednesday, the first such strike since the two sides signed a historic peace deal. The airstrike was conducted as a “defensive” […]

jarun011/iStock(NEW YORK) — Countries around the world are scrambling to stymie the spread of a deadly viral outbreak that began in China about two months ago and has now infected more than 90,000 people globally.Today’s […]

iStock(NEW YORK) — For the first time in 240 days, amid a particularly devastating season, Australia’s New South Wales is free of bushfires. The news from the state’s fire service comes months after the fires […]

iStock/ErinWilkins(LONDON) — Queen Elizabeth wore gloves for an investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday in what royal watchers are calling a sign of the times amid the threat of COVID-19. “This is the first […]