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Women marched on International Women's Day to demand equal rights in Pakistan. But their slogans, like "my body, my choice," are red meat for conservatives who see the protesters as un-Islamic.

Days after it was revealed that Iran has been building a secret nuclear enrichment plant, Iran staged a show of force, testing missiles that could reach Israel or U.S. bases in the Middle East. Will Iran's tactics provoke tighter international sanctions?

The World Food Programme says it has just five days left of flour and two weeks left of other food supplies in Gaza.

Protests and violence along the Gaza border have subsided slightly since Monday, when at least 60 people were killed by Israeli forces. Now residents are beginning to bury the dead.

The designation from U.S. allies follows U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer's meeting with President Trump last week.

Israel has announced a daily pause in combat along an aid corridor in Gaza, to increase the amount of aid getting to civilians at a critical point in the Israel-Hamas war.

The ceasefire on Wednesday was largely holding, although Hamas described Israeli attacks in Gaza as violations of the agreement.

The announcement was made by both countries Friday a day after North Korea unveiled a new facility to produce nuclear fuel.

Sanctions and the threat of military action have proven ineffective at stopping North Korea's nuclear program. Some say that a deal with North Korea, with China's involvement, may be the way to go.

Once a thriving river port, the southern Iraqi city of Basra fell on hard times during the eight-year Iran-Iraq war and years of U.N. sanctions. Three years after the U.S. invasion, the city is still mired in poverty, and daily life in this once cosmopolitian city is being transformed by the growing power of conservative Islamist parties.