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Thousands of women across Iceland -- including the prime minister -- went on strike Tuesday as part of a campaign pushing for greater gender equality in the country.

Hezbollah is an Iran-backed Islamist movement with one of the most powerful paramilitary forces in the Middle East. The group, which has its main base on the Israel-Lebanon border, could become a wildcard player in the Hamas-Israel war, and spark a wider regional conflict.

The myriad tunnels under Gaza are best known as passageways used to smuggle goods from Egypt and launch attacks into Israel.

Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have descended on the south of the Gaza Strip as a potential Israeli ground operation looms.

As Israel gears up a ground offensive into Gaza, here's what you need to know about the 140 square-mile enclave -- one of the most densely-populated territories on Earth.

Israel and Hamas are at war, after the Palestinian militant group launched surprise cross-border raids from Gaza on October 7, killing more than 1,400 people and taking hostages.

Google is temporarily disabling live traffic conditions on its mapping service apps, Google Maps and Waze, in Israel, the tech company confirmed Monday, as the country prepares for a potential ground invasion into Gaza.

Dozens of states sued Instagram-parent Meta on Tuesday, accusing the social media giant of harming young users' mental health through allegedly addictive features such as infinite news feeds and frequent notifications that demand users' constant attention.

A Nashville teacher made headlines this month for removing a White elementary student's shirt because it was emblazoned with the letters of her historically Black sorority.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis falsely claimed last week that "no pro-lifer has ever argued" that a woman should be jailed for getting an abortion.

A California man who sent hundreds of harrowing messages to an activist against gun violence whose daughter was killed in the 2018 Parkland, Florida, school shooting has been sentenced to 1 year in federal prison, according to prosecutors and court documents.

The eight Ohio police officers involved in the shooting death of Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old Black man, following a traffic stop last summer are back on active duty after a grand jury declined to indict any of them.

The Georgia State Supreme Court upheld the state's six-week abortion ban in a ruling Tuesday morning.

Taco Bell has won its fight over the "Taco Tuesday" trademark in all 50 states now that lone holdout — a restaurant in New Jersey — has "parted ways" with the term.

Lukoil, Russia's second-largest oil company, said Tuesday its chairman had died suddenly, at the age of 66.

The ruins of an "incredibly rare" 5,000-year-old tomb have been uncovered on one of the Scottish Orkney Islands, National Museums Scotland said in a statement on Tuesday.

The UK has abandoned a cap on bankers' bonuses, in its latest push to boost the competitiveness of London's financial industry following Brexit.

The United Auto Workers union took its most serious shot yet at General Motors in its five-week old strike as 5,000 members walked off the job at a plant in Texas. Arlington Assembly builds GM's very profitable full-size SUVs, the Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban, GMC Yukon and Cadillac Escalade.

Tom Bergeron revealed that there was a certain moment he knew his "Dancing with the Stars" job had come to an end.

Talks to secure the release of a large number of hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza are ongoing, two sources familiar with the matter and one western diplomat familiar with the discussions told CNN, but the negotiations are being complicated by a number of factors.