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2026-10-21 14:30
By Afshin Majlesi
Samarkand summit calls for greater investment in children’s well-being
SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan - Hundreds of policymakers, international officials and child welfare advocates gathered in the historic Uzbek city of Samarkand on Wednesday for a global summit aimed at making children’s health, education and protection a greater priority for governments.
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2026-10-03 20:23
By staff writer
Brutal Repression of Teenagers Exposes Deepening Crisis in France
Nearly 5,000 detained as French government threatens legal action against families, labels protests ‘urban violence’
TEHRAN — The French state has chosen its response to crumbling schools and missing teachers. It has deployed violent riot police. Over the past three weeks, a localized dispute in the working-class suburbs of Paris has escalated into a nationwide confrontation over austerity, structural inequality, and the heavy-handed tactics of the Emmanuel Macron government.
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2026-05-30 08:24
Mashhad mayor urges global urban forum to condemn attacks on civilian infrastructure
TEHRAN - The mayor of the Iranian city of Mashhad has issued an open letter to participants at the 13th session of the World Urban Forum in Baku, calling for international action against attacks on civilian infrastructure in West Asia and warning against what he described as the normalization of violence against noncombatants.