LONDON, June 14 (UPI) -- This month, two major events in the Iranian political calendar will take place only a matter of days apart: Iran's presidential elections began Friday and the largest gathering of Iran's opposition movement is to take place in Paris just eight days later.
COLLEGE PARK, Md., June 14 (UPI) -- Are National Security Agency actions regarding tracking all phone calls in the United States really needed for U.S. security against terrorists?
NEW YORK (WOMENSENEWS)-- New York City lawmakers have agreed to propose legislation to protect child models. They hope the new law will take effect before fashion week in September. Media advocates have pressed this issue over the past year.
By IVAN SASCHA SHEEHAN and RAYMOND TANTER, UPI Outside View Commentators
BALTIMORE, June 13 (UPI) -- This week's presidential election in Iran marks an opportunity for U.S. officials to assess the Tehran regime and its most worrisome opposition.
WASHINGTON, June 13 (UPI) -- U.S. policy seems to protect authoritarian regimes as long as they are "friendly." This can come at the expense of the interests of U.S. citizens.
ISTANBUL, Turkey (WOMENSENEWS)-- Turkey's anti-government protests are troubling for some of Erdogan's female supporters, who dominate his voting base. For other women, the protests are an outlet for anger at current policies and a break from the political repression that followed the 1970s mass unrest.
WASHINGTON, June 12 (UPI) -- Russia may be on a verge of a third revolution as political dissent and the suppression of those who disagree with Vladimir Putin, increase.
{WOMENSENEWS}-- Social networking sites offer flirting and friendship opportunities to disabled teens who have difficulty leaving the house. "I wish they'd been around for me," says Danielle Sheypuk, a clinical psychologist who is also Ms. Wheelchair New York 2012.
(WOMENSENEWS)-- As the Senate prepares to take up the immigration reform bill on June 10, new research turns the headlight on gender bias in existing laws, including the Violence Against Women Act.
LONDON, June 10 (UPI) -- Casting blame for the Great Recession used to be easy when everyone agreed it was all the fault of the bankers. But now the regulators and officials are blaming each other and the real issues are coming to the surface.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (WOMENSENEWS)-- At the sidelines of last week's major global forum on women's health, the interim leader of the 2-year-old U.N. superagency expressed pride in its startup phase of rapid institution-building and is focused on everything from field work to raising a target annual budget of $300 million.
COLLEGE PARK, Md., June 7 (UPI) -- The U.S. Labor Department announced Friday the economy added 175,000 jobs in May but that isn't enough to bring unemployment down to 6 percent in three years.
ARLINGTON, Va., June 7 (UPI) -- The establishment of the new semi-autonomous Somali Jubaland state is a step in the right direction for a stable Somalia but the region isn't in the clear yet.
TEL AVIV, Israel (WOMENSENEWS)-- After decades of Ethiopian immigration to Israel, several black women now hold significant government posts and Israel recently crowned an Ethiopian as its national beauty queen. But hardship persists for women in these communities.
BRUSSELS, June 6 (UPI) -- A curious spectacle unfolded May 29 in the European Parliament, as the U.N. Envoy in Iraq Ambassador Martin Kobler testified before the Foreign Affairs Committee.
NEW YORK (WOMENSENEWS)-- Three European activists face up to six months of prison for staging a topless protest in Tunis to demonstrate support for a Tunisian ally, Amina Sboui, who is facing legal problems of her own.
WASHINGTON, June 5 (UPI) -- “The Road to War -- Presidential Commitments Honored and Betrayed” is must reading to understand how the U.S. blew $2 trillion on two wars in the 21st century.
WASHINGTON, June 5 (UPI) -- Series of complex issues around the world leave the United States with few good options to help bring any of the problem to a positive outcome.
{WOMENSENEWS}-- Corrupt, tribal, medieval, misogynist. These are the refrain of reporters, media marketers and officials on Afghanistan. When reporters and officials pander to stereotypes, we lose the chance to understand what's really going on.
HERNDON, Va., June 4 (UPI) -- Western countries must decide whether to aid Syrian rebels or give a huge advantage to Syria President Bashar Assad heading into multinational talks.
{WOMENSENEWS}-- What if you decide to follow the Hollywood star's example and get genetic testing for your chances of developing breast cancer? Then you face the questions of whether you're covered and meet reimbursement criteria. First of two stories.
Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) speaks to the press after Congress failed to agree to a continuing resolution to fund the government, causing the first government shutdown in 17 years, in Washington, D.C. on October 1, 2013. Boehner was joined by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) (L), House Majority Whip Kevin MCCarthy (R-CA) and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA). UPI/Kevin Dietsch
