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  1. After deadly protests, more Iranian women choosing to defy hijab law despite the dangers

    Women sit outside a shop in a street.

    Many women in Iran are defying the country's strict dress code by refusing to wear headscarves while out and about. Though several women told CBC News they still fear the authoritarian regime, others say deadly protests in January taught them they have nothing left to lose.

  2. Iran says it closed Strait of Hormuz, citing U.S., Israel ceasefire violations

    A man embraces two women who appear to be weeping.

    U.S. Vice-President JD Vance said on Saturday he expected to go to Switzerland soon for talks with Iran, even as Tehran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps declared the Strait of Hormuz shut, alleging U.S. and Israeli truce violations.

  3. 9 people remain in critical condition after fatal train collision in U.K.

    A person in a police uniform stands next to a train.

    Nine people remain in a critical condition following a train crash on Friday near Bedford, about 100 kilometres north of London, in which the driver of one of the services was killed.

  4. Ukraine keeps striking Russian refineries and supply routes. How close is the country to an energy crisis?

    A woman walking dogs takes a picture of thick black smoke rising from the area of a Moscow oil refinery.

    Experts say Russia's energy industry is under increasing pressure as Ukraine tilts the war closer to the country that has been waging it, through a combination of long- and middle-range strikes.

  5. Driver dead, nearly 90 other people injured after passenger trains collide north of London

    Emergency personnel work on a train on the tracks.

    Two trains collided north of London on Friday, killing a driver and seriously injuring dozens of people on board.