Shakoofa Khalili was waiting for her husband to return home with bread from the market when she heard their eight-year-old daughter scream from the balcony. The girl had seen police approach her father in the street outside their safe house in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad and ran to confront them. The…
Panama denied a claim made by the State Department on Wednesday that the Central American nation had agreed to…
Nearly 3,000 people have been killed in the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according…
Australia has introduced strict laws to combat hate crimes, introducing mandatory minimum sentences for a range of terrorism offenses…
In the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), just 18% of women are formally employed, according to the World…
More than 150 female prisoners were raped and burned to death during a jailbreak last week when fleeing male…
The Taliban suspended the operation of Afghanistan’s only women’s radio station after raiding its premises on Tuesday, deepening the…
Food distribution is being stopped. Health services are being shut down. Lifesaving aid is being tied up, with no…
US President Donald Trump has said he wants access to Ukraine’s mineral deposits in exchange for future military aid…