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Liechtenstein Changes Its Law to Allow Women to Ascend the Throne

The move puts the principality in the majority among nearby nations with royal families.

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Hereditary Prince Alois of Liechtenstein, arriving at the country’s National Day celebrations in Vaduz, the capital, on Saturday.
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No Way Out

The U.S. is building an archipelago of overseas detention sites where deportees are often held indefinitely without charge.

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Roberto Mosquera is being held in a maximum-security prison in Eswatini.
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Kushner Meets With Hamas to Advance Trump’s Gaza Plan

The president’s son-in-law met the Palestinian militant group’s leaders in Egypt, officials said. He will soon see Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli leader.

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Jared Kushner earlier this year.
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As Iran War Turns Into Economic Battle, a New U.S. Strategy Recalls Old Ones

The United States and Iran are poised to blow past a deadline they had set themselves to broker terms on peace and Iran’s nuclear program.

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Ships anchored this month in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Bandar Abbas, Iran.
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How a Ukrainian Bank Worker Came to Face Life in a Russian Prison

Artem Murdid, his mother and his girlfriend are accused of terrorism. They say they did nothing wrong.

Artem Murdid during a trip with friends to a beach on the Sea of Azov in the Zaporizhzhia region in 2019. He says he was tortured into confessing to Russian terrorism charges.
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A Shooting at the U.S. Consulate in Toronto Exposes a Neighborhood’s Guns-for-Hire Network

A shooting at a U.S. Consulate has thrust a neighborhood with a troubled past into the center of an emerging criminal phenomenon: young guns for hire as gig workers in the underworld economy.

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Outside 15 Martha Eaton Way in Toronto.
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Trump’s Other Hold on the Americas: The Visa

As part of its expansionist approach to the Western Hemisphere, the Trump administration is trying to reassert its dominance, one U.S. visa at a time.

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The State Department overseen by Marco Rubio has restored the visas of political figures in Central America once penalized by the U.S. government and has revoked visas for others.
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Cholera Outbreak Sickens Over 90 in Myanmar’s Biggest City

Civil war and military rule have weakened Myanmar’s health care system, while heavy monsoon rains have increased the risk of waterborne disease.

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The emergency department of Yangon General Hospital on Friday.
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After Women in India Joined Protests, Online Harassment Followed

Widespread online abuse and visits from the police show the added risks women take standing up for their beliefs in a patriarchal society.

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Rhiya Ahir has suffered constant online abuse from trolls after an image of her at a protest in Mumbai last month went viral.
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With Priests Scarce in Rural Italy, an African Pastor Is Filling the Void

Immigrants have long eased labor shortages on farms and factories in Italy. But churches also need foreign-born priests, like the Rev. Vincent Souly of the Ivory Coast.

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