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Around 60 demonstrators gathered in the southern city of Karachi

Protest After Pakistan Christian Given Blasphemy Death Sentence

Pakistan minority rights campaigners protested Tuesday after a Christian man was sentenced to death for sharing an allegedly blasphemous TikTok post.

Judi Dench Among First Woman Members Of UK's Garrick Club: Report

Britain's King Charles III speaks to actress Judi Dench, who has become one of the first female members of the Garrick Club

Veteran actors Judi Dench and Sian Phillips have become the first woman members of London's esteemed Garrick Club after it voted in May to allow women to join, the Guardian reported Tuesday.

Israel Pounds Gaza After Evacuation Order

Flares fired by the Israeli military, seen from Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip

Witnesses reported intense bombing and shelling around Khan Yunis, southern Gaza's main city from which Israeli forces withdrew in early April after a devastating months-long battle.

Hurricane Beryl Pummels Caribbean, Strengthens To Category 5

Hurricane Beryl has strengthened into a top-level category 5 storm after it swept across several islands in the southeastern Caribbean, dumping heavy rain and unleashing devastating winds. Beryl is now the earliest category 5 storm in the Atlantic on record and has developed into a "potentially catastrophic" hurricane.

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The artform dates back to the Sassanid era in pre-Islamic Iran but flourished after the seventh century advent of Islam, which banned human depictions

Slow Art: The Master Illuminator Of Tehran

Iranian artist Mohammad Hossein Aghamiri sometimes labours for six months on a single design, very carefully -- he knows a single crooked line could ruin his entire artwork.

Panama's new President Jose Raul Mulino has vowed his country will no longer serve as a 'transit' point for US-bound undocumented migrants

Panama's New President Vows To End Migrant 'Transit'

Jose Raul Mulino was sworn in Monday as Panama's new president, with the right-leaning leader pledging to make his Central American country no longer a "transit" point for US-bound undocumented migrants.

Graphic with description and modes of action of the various doping products

Chinese Olympic Swimmers In Murky Waters After Doping Scandal

China's swimmers head to the Paris Olympics under fierce scrutiny with 11 of the squad among a group who tested positive for a banned substance in the lead-up to the Tokyo Games.

Children skateboarding in Sapporo, in northern Japan

Japan's Skateboarding Youth Turn Street Culture Into Olympic Gold

Japan used to think skateboarding was a pastime for delinquents but the country has grown into a global powerhouse in the sport and is expected to dominate at this month's Paris Olympics.

Jill Biden could well encourage an outpouring of sympathy with her passionate public support of the president since his calamitous showdown with Donald Trump -- but risks alienating a segment of public opinion

Jill Biden: A First Lady In The Trenches

Ever present by the US president's side after his calamitous debate -- and foursquare behind him as he vowed to fight on in his reelection bid -- First Lady Jill Biden has been fighting her husband's battles from the front lines.

Dozens of supporters massed outside Ghazouani's campaign headquarters in the capital Nouakchott

Mauritania, Stable Outlier In Turbulent Region, Re-elects President

Mauritania's incumbent President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani has comfortably won re-election at the helm of the vast desert nation, seen as a rock of relative stability in Africa's volatile Sahel region, officials said Monday.

Aerial view of a burnt area in the Amazon rainforest

Brazil's Amazon Sees Worst 6 Months Of Wildfires In 20 Years

The Brazilian Amazon recorded 13,489 wildfires in the first half of the year, the worst figure in 20 years, satellite data revealed Monday.

Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon reports to a federal prison July 1, 2024 in Danbury, Connecticut to start serving a four month sentence for contempt of congress

Trump Advisor Bannon Reports To Jail To Serve Sentence

Steve Bannon, a prominent right-wing figure in American politics and former senior advisor to Donald Trump, reported to prison Monday to begin a four-month sentence for contempt of Congress.

Rosemary DiCarlo Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs of United Nations attends a plenary session during the Summit on peace in Ukraine on June 16, 2024

Taliban Told To 'Include Women' In Public Life At UN Talks

Taliban authorities were told women must be included in public life, UN Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo said on Monday as she defended a decision to sideline civil society groups at official talks in Doha.

Nigerian Vice President Kashim Shettima visited survivors of the attack

Nigeria Weekend Suicide Bomb Attack Toll Climbs To 32

The death toll from multiple suicide bombings in the northeastern Nigerian town of Gwoza over the weekend has risen to 32, the country's vice president Kashim Shettima said Monday.

Russia has been making some advances in Ukraine against weakened and outgunned Ukrainian forces struggling to hold onto territory in the war-battered Donetsk region

Moscow Takes Two More East Ukrainian Villages

Moscow on Monday claimed to have captured two more villages in eastern Ukraine, but acknowledged that tens of thousands of people in Russia's border areas were affected by power outages caused by Kyiv's drone attacks.

Justices of the US Supreme Court posing for their official photo

Supreme Court Rules On Trump Immunity, Delaying Trial

The US Supreme Court ruled Monday that Donald Trump enjoys some immunity from prosecution as a former president, a ruling that will likely delay his trial for conspiring to overturn the 2020 election.

Judith Godreche has become a leading voice in France's #MeToo movement since accusing both directors

France Detains Two Filmmakers Over Sexual Abuse Allegations

French authorities Monday detained leading arthouse film directors Benoit Jacquot and Jacques Doillon for questioning over accusations of sexual abuse, as a renewed #MeToo reckoning rocks France's film industry.

Hungary's Viktor Orban is the only EU leader who has maintained ties with Russia despite its invasion of Ukraine

Hungary Takes On EU Presidency Amid Concerns

Hungary takes over the EU's rotating presidency on Monday, promising to be an "honest broker" despite widespread concerns over what critics see as an authoritarian, Russia-friendly government.

Simone Biles competes in floor exercise at the US Olympic gymnastics trials

Simone Biles Books Paris Olympics Berth With US Gymnastics Trials All-around Win

Four-time Olympic gold medallist Simone Biles is headed to the Paris Games with a resounding all-around victory at the US gymnastics trials on Sunday.

Virgil van Dijk shouts during Netherlands' 3-2 defeat to Austria in their Euro 2024 Group D match

Dutch Seek To Reignite 'Will To Win' Against Euros Underdogs Romania

Netherlands captain Virgil van Dijk has called upon his side to rediscover their "will to win" ahead of Tuesday's Euro 2024 last 16 meeting with Romania.

Cars line up at a gas station as Hurricane Beryl heads towards Bridgetown, Barbados on June 29, 2024

Caribbean Braces For 'Extremely Dangerous' Hurricane Beryl

The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) warned residents that Beryl -- currently churning in the Atlantic Ocean about 250 miles (400 kilometers) southeast of Barbados -- would remain an "extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane" when it reaches populated islands in the southeast Caribbean early Monday.

Reunions can trigger complex emotions for adoptees, who experts say often struggle with mental health issues around identity and racial discrimination

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