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Large crowds packed the streets to celebrate the tradition of Chaharshanbeh Suri. Iran has banned dancing in public, which has also been a way to protest.

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The legislation received wide bipartisan support, with both Republicans and Democrats showing an eagerness to appear tough on China.

Leonid Volkov, a top aide to Aleksei Navalny, was beaten and sprayed with tear gas as he was pulling up to his house in Vilnius.

Mr. Wilders, a hard-right icon, won the last elections decisively. His announcement may help facilitate the creation of a right-wing government in the Netherlands.

Also, aid to northern Gaza and whimsical wooden automatons

Mainstream parties are changing laws to protect government institutions. Critics say the changes risk undermining democracy.

The $300 million package will help hold off the Russians for a few weeks, analysts say, but without far more Ukraine may go on losing ground.

The World Food Program delivery, containing food for 25,000 people, was the first since Oct. 7 to go directly from Israel into the northern Gaza Strip, where many people are at risk of starvation.

Her foundation rescued thousands of girls and young women from bonded slavery and secured meals and schooling for impoverished children.