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Australia Grants Humanitarian Visas to 5 Members of Iranian Women’s Soccer Team
ByVictoria Kim March 9, 2026March 10, 2026

Concern for the safety of the players had grown after Iranian state media criticized them for not singing the national anthem at a game in Australia.

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From 1978: Golda Meir, 80, Dies in Jerusalem; Israelis Acclaim ‘Stalwart Lioness’
ByPaul Hoffman and Special to The New York Times March 6, 2026March 6, 2026

Once a teacher in Milwaukee, she climbed the ranks of the Labor Party to become Israel’s first female prime minister.

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Whose Airstrike Hit a Girls’ School in Iran? The U.S. Says It’s Still Investigating.
ByShawn McCreesh March 4, 2026

The strike was one of the deadliest attacks of the American-Israeli campaign against Iran so far.

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Strike on Girls’ School Kills at Least 175, Iranian State Media Says
ByMalachy Browne, Ephrat Livni and Sanam Mahoozi March 1, 2026March 2, 2026

Videos and images verified by The New York Times showed that at least half of the school was destroyed. It was not immediately clear why the school was hit, or which country’s forces had fired at it.

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A Makeup Ban in Syria for Women in Government and Public Sector Stirs Outrage
ByRaja Abdulrahim February 20, 2026February 20, 2026

A provincial governor wants to prohibit women in government and public sector jobs from wearing makeup, stirring outrage and many, many memes.

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Unwed Mothers and Their Children Are Trapped in Saudi Arabia
ByVivian Nereim and Abdi Latif Dahir November 10, 2025

A Times investigation found that children are routinely deprived of birth certificates, medical care and education. Diplomats and police officers turned the mothers away.

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Why Children of Unmarried Mothers Are Stranded in Saudi Arabia
ByVivian Nereim and Abdi Latif Dahir November 10, 2025

We pieced together the details, from Riyadh to Nairobi.

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Unwed Mothers and Their Children Are Trapped in Saudi Arabia
ByVivian Nereim and Abdi Latif Dahir November 10, 2025November 10, 2025

A Times investigation found that children are routinely deprived of birth certificates, medical care and education. Diplomats and police officers turned the mothers away.

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Two Nights with Malala: The Nobel Laureate on Love, Activism and Having Fun
ByReggie Ugwu October 24, 2025

Basketball and Dua Lipa are on the schedule during a New York jaunt with the Nobel laureate, whose intimate memoir finds her juggling activism and married life.

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Two Nights with Malala: The Nobel Laureate on Love, Activism and Having Fun
ByReggie Ugwu October 24, 2025October 24, 2025

Basketball and Dua Lipa are on the schedule during a New York jaunt with the Nobel laureate, whose intimate memoir finds her juggling activism and married life.

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