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Five years into Taliban rule, Afghan women continue pushing back against severe restrictions placed on them, including bans on education. NBC News' Daniele Hamadjian speaks with a few who are finding new ways to bypass those laws.

The robbers, who didn't disguise their faces and were caught on camera, remain at large with the 673-diamond necklace once owned by an Egyptian queen, police said.

While screening the movie "violates both Russian and international law," everyone, including Russian authorities, "turns a blind eye to it," one film critic told NBC News.

U.S. Central Command said it took "limited, precise action" against Iranian "minelaying forces posing an imminent threat in the Strait of Hormuz" over the weekend.

A shooting at a rave in the northern Swiss canton of Aargau left one person dead and five wounded, local police and media reported. Police said they are still looking for potentially more than one suspect.

The Texas senator also said the U.S. should arm Iranian protesters in Iran.

At least seven people have died after a ferry carrying nearly 270 passengers and crew capsized off the coast of northern Cyprus on Sunday, Turkish media reported.

Nepal's Flood Alert system said Sunday that heavy rainfall in some areas meant that water levels were expected to rise, prompting fresh warnings for people living along waterways.

Khamenei has not been seen in public since being injured in U.S.-Israeli airstrikes six months ago, but a series of written statements have been attributed to him.

The woman and crew were treated for injuries. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he condemned the violence committed "by a handful of rioters."