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Syria has lost millions of citizens since the civil war started, but the last known American citizen in Damascus will not leave.

Misty Nicole Knight, 20, from Illinois surprised the man who raised her with a special gift: adoption papers.

Danish sportswear company Hummel has designed a soccer jersey with a hijab for the Afghan women’s team so they can play the game while observing their faith.

The Iranian government has released 152 people arrested in connection with a mob attack on the Saudi Arabian Embassy in January.

In observance of International Women’s Day, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei tweeted an image condemning the freedom women enjoy in the West as commodification.

Pentagon officials believe airstrikes in Syria might have killed the Islamic State’s “minister of war” Abu Omar al-Shishani.

Florida Panther forward Jaromir Jagr, 44, passed legendary Gordie Howe for third on the all time points list with his 1,851 point.

Sudan arrested Czech missionary and filmmaker Petr Jasek in early December on numerous charges stemming from his work exposing Christian persecution in the nation.

Brothers in India burned their sister alive after she married a man in a different caste (social class) in the nation’s most recent honor killing.

Maria Sharapova has announced she failed a drug test at the Australian Open in January.

A report claims that Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) terrorists have impregnated 31,000 women and girls inside their Caliphate.

A naked woman on Highway 290 in Houston, TX, caused a major traffic jam as she danced on a big rig truck.

Indian and Yemeni officials believe the Islamic State kidnapped an Indian priest in an attack that left 16 dead at a nursing home in Yemen.

Police in Istanbul, Turkey, arrested a woman and fired rubber bullets into a crowd attempting to celebrate International Women’s Day.

Police in Pakistan rescued a nine-year-old girl from an arranged marriage to a 14-year-old boy in her village in Punjab province. They arrested four village elders responsible for the wedding.

A Brazilian professor of law has died from Zika complications.

Doctors told an Arizona woman’s family to take her off life support; she woke from her coma, to the surprise of everyone around her.

A Russian court may prosecute a man for blasphemy after he offended Orthodox Christians when he wrote, “There is no God” in a 2014 webchat.

The White House and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) plan to meet with officials in individual states to combat against the mosquito that carries the Zika virus.

Oliver Jack Carter Lomas-Davis, who made waves as ‘Bernie Baby,’ died of SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) on February 25.

A man in Pakistan shot and killed his two sisters to protect his family’s “honor,” he claims, after his family forgave him for killing his mother, leaving him free from charges. This incident was one of a string of such “honor killings” committed recently in the country.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has created a refugee team for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The members have no home country to play for in the games.

A CCTV camera caught a former Chinese official deliberately driving his car into a group of schoolchildren, killing one and injuring eleven.

Authorities in Alabama arrested an 18-year-old mother high on spice for reckless endangerment and domestic violence.

For the first time, the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) has allowed women to participate in combat roles in Libya. The London Times reports that the government there has arrested seven women while attacks killed three last week in Sabratha, located 50 miles from Tripoli.

An Islamic State fighter accidentally filmed his own death on a GoPro in Syria.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the opposition have accused each other of breaking a three-day ceasefire imposed to help end the five-year civil war.

The Florida government has confirmed five new Zika cases, including another pregnant woman. This brings the total number of cases of pregnant women carrying the Zika virus in Florida to four.

Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) has won Oklahoma after billionaire Donald Trump led for the majority of the day. Oklahoma has a closed primary, unlike the previous states, which means only registered Republicans can vote in the primary.

Witness Meu Peou told a court during an ongoing genocide hearing in Cambodia about a woman the Khmer Rouge executed and ate in front of him.

German doctor Jan Ilhan Kizilhan, treating Yazidi victims of the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS), tells the Agence France-Presse he has treated an 8-year-old girl who set herself on fire to stop jihadists from raping her.

Barrington High School has apologized after students took part in a mock slave auction over the weekend.

The North Korean government is claiming a U.S. student imprisoned in the hermit kingdom admitted to “severe crimes,” including stealing a propaganda sign.

Chicago Blackhawks General Manager Stan Bowman proved to the hockey world he thirsts for more Stanley Cup championships when he traded for Andrew Ladd, Tomas Fleischmann, and Dale Wiese as the deadline approached.

Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdad assigned Nada al-Qahtani, a female jihadi, to lead a battalion in Hasakah, located in northeast Syria.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has condemned the top court, which released two journalists arrested in November on terror and espionage charges.