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Foreign Minister Yair Lapid lands in Ankara to meet with officials amid repeated travel warnings to country; report claims 8 assassins detained in Istanbul for terrorist plot

Russian flags flap in the stiff polar breeze, a bust of Lenin looms out of the snow and a vast slogan declares, “Communism is our goal!” No, this is not some time warp Soviet settlement lost in the Arctic wastes,

Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from house arrest to solitary confinement in a prison compound in the military-built capital Naypyidaw, a junta spokesman said on Thursday. “In accordance with criminal laws… (Aung San Suu Kyi)

Strikes crippled Britain’s rail network on Thursday as union bosses, train operating firms and the government faced off over demands that workers’ pay increases keep pace with surging inflation. A spike in the cost of food and fuel is pushing

The global food crisis sparked by the war in Ukraine will kill millions by leaving the hungriest more vulnerable to infectious diseases, potentially triggering the world’s next health catastrophe, the head of a major aid organization has warned. A Russian

Republicans lash out against Senate gun bill and each other  The Hill What’s in the Senate’s new gun control bill  Yahoo News Senate poised to pass first major gun safety legislation in decades following bipartisan agreement  KITV Opinion | Buried in the gun

Afghanistan reels from deadly earthquake as crisis-hit country struggles for aid  CNN Earthquake Leaves Thousands Dead or Injured in Afghanistan | The Weather Channel – Articles from The Weather Channel | weather.com  The Weather Channel Afghanistan magnitude 5.9 earthquake kills at least

Tense Trump meeting with DOJ leaders to take center stage at Jan. 6 hearing  NBC News What to watch for in Thursday’s January 6 committee hearing  CNN Jan. 6 committee: Thursday hearing will focus on Trump pressuring DOJ over 2020 election  Fox News

Fifty years ago, Title IX banned discrimination based on sex in educational institutions. College sports had to change. This is the story of how four women fought to make that happen. (Image credit: Celeste Noche for NPR)

PFLAG was started almost 50 years ago when gay people and their families were isolated and stigmatized. Now, the organization is finding new families to support and new legal battles to fight. (Image credit: PFLAG)