The Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in Aug 2021 after Joe Biden ordered a hurried and chaotic evacuation from the country that killed 13 U.S. service members and left hundreds or more U.S. citizens behind to fend for themselves. The terrorist organization has been cracking down on human rights, including women's rights, since reclaiming control.
Arizona Governor Doug Ducey has had hundreds of double-stacked shipping containers topped with razor wire placed on the state’s border with Mexico in a final effort to secure the boundary before he leaves office.
Two Democratic senators proposed a program Thursday that would spend $350 million per year over five fiscal years to help women travel out of state to receive an abortion.
Multinational automaker Stellantis is indefinitely closing an assembly plant in Illinois in February and laying off hundreds of workers, in large part due to the high cost of making electric vehicles.
Indonesia's Parliament on Tuesday voted to revise the country's penal code to criminalize all sex outside of marriage and to prohibit insulting the president, vice president and state institutions or ideology.
Anti-government protesters in communist China flipped over and destroyed a COVID testing tent in the city of Guangzhou on Monday, prompting police in hazmat suits to flood the streets and disperse the crowds.
