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The State Department has denied its funding for the next two years, jeopardizing the education of hundreds of female Afghan students.

The conflict is raising fears of a regional war in the Horn of Africa, drawing in foreign powers including Eritrea, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.

Hamid Rasaei, a vocal opponent of a diplomatic deal with the United States to end the war, was convicted of publishing false information with the intent to harm the Parliament speaker.

A badly wounded Indian pilot managed to unlock the cockpit door. Four Israeli men teamed up to overwhelm an attacker and avert disaster.

The “horseplay” was misguided, said the Canadian judge, but not malicious.

The British police said the two Iranian nationals were charged Friday with terrorism offenses.

Joshua Kerry, a 28-year-old British man accused of killing the former lawmaker Ann Widdecombe, was charged on Friday.

Hundreds were detained in New Delhi as demonstrators expressed anger over the removal of 130 million people from the rolls. The government denies accusations of “vote theft.”

The government had proposed more protections for tenants after outrage at the eviction of an 87-year-old woman in Madrid.

Days of unrest have affected more than 1,000 schools across France as high school students push for better standards.

The Israeli military published an investigation it said rebuts accusations that it intentionally targeted journalists. But it and a journalists group disagree over 78 people who are on the list.

The Coast Guard has intercepted two small boats it says was carrying illegal fuel to Cuba as the United States enforces an fuel blockade aimed at Cuba’s Communist government.

The program would grant citizenship to people who make major investments in Argentina. Similar efforts have yielded significant income for small economies, but have also led to risks.

Health screenings and criminal background checks may go only so far in identifying pilots who have become radicalized or try to hide their mental health issues, experts said.

The country was shaken after nearly 30 people were killed in two separate mass shootings. South Africans are demanding greater government intervention.

The Group of 7, which includes Britain, France and Japan, announced the release of 100 million barrels over four months, effective immediately.

Sales of big pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles have dipped as more Americans buy hybrids and smaller cars.

Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, was bombarded overnight, after government forces reported some of the most intense clashes in years around Taiz, the country’s third largest city.

London is making a stretch of the street, long central to the city’s identity and sense of style, car free.

After the co-pilot stabbed the captain, two pilots who were seated in the cabin intervened alongside passengers and safely landed the Boeing 737 in Saudi Arabia.