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Iraq’s top court suspends new legislation that activists say undermines women’s rights

Iraq’s top court has suspended implementation of three controversial bills passed last month by the country’s parliament, including a measure that activists say undermines women’s rights.

Boys sit next to a mural of Shiite clerics Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr, left, and Mohammad Sadiq al-Sadr, right, in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, April 6, 2013, painted over a portrait of former dictator Saddam Hussein. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim, File)

Iraq arrests former security official over execution of Shiite cleric who opposed Saddam Hussein

FILE.- A cover showing ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad, seen on a desk at the Baath party headquarter, as former army soldiers, background, wait to register their names with Syrian rebels as part of an "identification and reconciliation" process in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Dec. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla,File)

Now Syria’s long-ruling Baath party is collapsing, too

An opposition fighter steps on a broken bust of the late Syrian President Hafez Assad in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

A long road ahead to decide Syria’s future after rapid end to Assad’s rule

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