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* ![FILES-IRAN-POLITICS-ZARIF](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt265707d68e268b15/698945e9096a943d376a4a76/gettyimages-1127421023.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 27, 2019  
### [Iran's President Rejects Resignation of Foreign Minister](https://time.com/5539614/iran-rejects-resignation-foreign-minister-zarif/)  
Zarif's resignation would have deprived Rouhani of a key supporter in pushing Iran toward further ne...  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Women Attend Marine Boot Camp At Parris Island, South Carolina](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6ae11cda8e5b2a7f/698945bf656a3f5d77bd6b05/gettyimages-162657791.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 25, 2019  
### [Federal Judge Rules All-Male Military Draft Unconstitutional](https://time.com/5536407/all-male-draft-unconstitutional/)  
The judge wrote that combat no longer needs "sheer size or muscle."  
[U.S.](/section/us/)
* ![Hong Kong Skyscrapers](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt23f2154ebe381c25/698945b686f68e7d466eb686/gettyimages-1009970054.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 22, 2019  
### [Saudi Sisters Who Fled Kingdom Stranded Months in Hong Kong](https://time.com/5535359/hong-kong-saudi-arabia-sisters/)  
They were trying to seek asylum in Australia but were stopped in Hong Kong  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![SpaceX To Lay Off 10% Of Its Workers](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt72e84ff4c65d70ff/698945b2ab6d774fbc6b4e01/gettyimages-1081740262.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 22, 2019  
### [SpaceX Launched the First Private Lunar Lander Mission](https://time.com/5535317/spacex-launch-first-private-lunar-landing-mission/)  
It could be the first privately built spacecraft to reach the moon  
[BUSINESS](/section/business/)
* ![Gus Bullen drags hay that will feed sheep on Dunmore Property near Pilliga in December 2018. He inherited the 4,000 acres, which have been in his family for 111 years, from his father. He and his wife Krystal havenÕt been able to plant wheat and barley i](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdf648209a4fb9ed5/6989458db21a9c284750024f/adam-ferguson-australia-drought-farmers-26-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 21, 2019  
### [‘A Harbinger of Things to Come’: Farmers in Australia Struggle With Its Hottest Drought Ever](https://time.com/5534007/australia-drought-photos/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
* ![flying a huge rainbow flag, participants at the annual](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt624b4f901af39e38/69894584096a9415ef6a49c6/gettyimages-1054320854.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 21, 2019  
### [Taiwan Proposes Asia's First Same-Sex Marriage Law](https://time.com/5534318/taiwan-lgbt-same-sex-marriage-draft-law/)  
Both activists and conservatives have criticized the new draft law  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Popularity Of Glacier National Park Draws Record Crowd Numbers In 2018](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt683bbc5a46754624/69894582b21a9c88eb500241/gettyimages-1017163094.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 21, 2019  
### [Online Petition Suggests Selling Montana to Canada to Pay Debt](https://time.com/5534176/petition-sell-montana-canada-debt/)  
Sell the state for $1 trillion to help pay off $22 trillion U.S. debt, it says
* ![American Flag](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6076c3ef65f9e695/6989455316d884add5c34a5d/gettyimages-94098784.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 19, 2019  
### [Florida Student Arrested After Refusing to Stand for Pledge](https://time.com/5532153/florida-pledge-allegiance-student-arrested/)  
The 11-year-old was charged with disruption and resisting arrest  
[U.S.](/section/us/)
* ![Question Time House of Representatives](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf99a882dce002fc1/69894552e76ad2b8b363430a/gettyimages-1129537890.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 18, 2019  
### [Australia Blames Foreign Actor for Cyberattack on Political Parties](https://time.com/5531655/australia-cyber-attack-foreign-government-scott-morrison/)  
A culprit was not named, but analysts suspect China, Russia or Iran  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Andrew McCabe](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc0a7b76824f62a0b/698931eecf40a8630cc4c5de/ap18151069833134.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 18, 2019  
### [Read the Transcript of Andrew McCabe's _60 Minutes_ Interview](https://time.com/5531604/andrew-mccabe-60-minutes-interview-transcript/)  
In a "60 Minutes" interview, McCabe recalled discussions about using the 25th Amendment  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
* ![Narcissus fresco uncovered at Pompeii](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3926f15894842084/69894534b21a9c56dd5001a3/h_54984149.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 15, 2019  
### [Fresco of Narcissus Discovered Among the Ruins of Pompeii](https://time.com/5530301/pompeii-fresco-narcissus-unesco/)  
The exquisite artwork was relatively well-preserved  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)
* ![SRI-LANKA-CRIME-DRUGS](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1db4b7308deedcb2/6989451b656a3f75a5bd6a06/gettyimages-905076866.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 14, 2019  
### [Sri Lanka to Hire Executioners as It Cracks Down on Drugs](https://time.com/5529302/sri-lanka-executioners-crackdown-drugs/)  
The country's president has praised the Philippines for its "war on drugs"  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![BRITAIN-LAW-ABUSE-WOMEN](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf9c655b1c6f0ffe4/6989450c096a94c8b26a48db/gettyimages-1052775296.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 13, 2019  
### [Upskirting Is Now Criminalized in the United Kingdom](https://time.com/5528313/upskirting-united-kingdom-criminalized/)  
Perpetrators face two years in prison and could be forced to register on a sex offenders' list  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey And Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg Testify To Senate Committee On Foreign Influence Operations](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6a51a13b5d2a4ea8/69894509b21a9c129c500162/gettyimages-1027070994.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 13, 2019  
### [Twitter's CEO Gives the Site a 'C' for Combatting Abuse Online](https://time.com/5528229/twitter-jack-dorsey-combatting-abuse/)  
Jack Dorsey said the platform's efforts amounted to a "huge fail"  
[BUSINESS](/section/business/)
* ![AUSTRALIA-POLITICS-REFUGEE-FOOTBALL](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4fa9995811d7aebd/698944fe09208f5a0441351f/gettyimages-1098028680.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 12, 2019  
### [Bahraini Refugee Soccer Player Returns Home to Australia](https://time.com/5527360/hakeem-al-araibi-returns-australia/)  
Hakeem al-Araibi was detained in Thailand while he faced extradition to Bahrain  
[WORLD](/section/world/)

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