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NEW DELHI (AP) — A recent court ruling upholding a ban on Muslim students wearing head coverings in schools has sparked criticism from constitutional scholars and rights activists who say that judicial overreach threatens religious freedoms in officially...

WASHINGTON (VOA) — Iran carried out 142 executions in May, marking the highest number of people put to death in one month in the country since 2015, a rights group said Thursday. More than half of the executions were for drug-related crimes and the rest were given for...

José Ramos-Horta, former President of Timor-Leste and 1996 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and five highly respected international leaders in conflict resolution have issued a call to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed for...

Originally published in Wall Street International Magazine.