Thousands of women have gone on strike across Spain, joining millions more across the globe demanding a gender-balanced world amid persistent salary gap, violence and widespread inequality.

The U.N. refugee agency says it is opening its first reception center in Colombia to support people leaving neighboring Venezuela.

Petra Vlhova led a women’s World Cup giant slalom by nearly a half-second after the opening run while overall champion Mikaela Shiffrin posted the fourth-fastest time on Friday.

A Swedish court has found a 46-year-old man guilty of preparing an attack in Stockholm on behalf of the Islamic State group and sentenced him to seven years in jail.

Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews have attempted to prevent a liberal Jewish women’s group from praying at a key Jerusalem holy site, leading to a tense confrontation between protesters and police.

The ballot for Ukraine’s presidential election will include 39 candidates, a marginally slimmer field after five contenders dropped out in recent days.

China opened the annual session of its legislature this week in Beijing. The nearly 6,000 delegates to the National People’s Congress and its advisory body include hundreds of military officers, representatives of ethnic groups and Chinese celebrities like former NBA player Yao Ming. The Chinese legislature has a rubber-stamp function but the agenda includes speeches from policy makers like Premier Li Keqiang.

British Prime Minister Theresa May is battling to stave off defeat for her Brexit divorce deal, imploring the European Union to help her win approval from Parliament.

The U.K. government has decided to provide diplomatic protection to a British-Iranian woman detained in Iran for nearly three years.

A top Iranian diplomat asserted on Friday that the U.K.’s decision to give diplomatic protection to a British-Iranian woman detained in Iran for nearly three years contravenes international law.