Women not covered from head to toe are being prevented from entering public health facilities in western Afghanistan. The ...

An Afghan teenager who pleaded guilty to taking part in an Oklahoma plot to carry out an Election Day attack has been ...

As journalists face threats and censorship, the Taliban have learned to use social media to shape stories, attract supporters ...

Cooped up at home, Pari Sediqi spends her days worrying how she will feed her sick husband and six children now that women are banned from carrying out aid work in Afghanistan.

The United Nations says the return of millions of Afghan nationals is putting extreme pressure on struggling communities ...

Thousands of Iranian protesters were arrested in the months after the death of Mahsa Amini in 2022, following her arrest for ...

Under the Syrian dictator’s rule, the wives and children of rebels were seized as leverage. Some are now speaking about their ...

The Taliban in Afghanistan’s western province of Herat have recently banned women doctors, patients, and healthcare workers ...

Fifty-four women and their families sued county jails alleging dangerous conditions behind bars. These are their stories.

There is a "clear commitment to improvement and innovation" at Europe's largest women's prison despite ongoing challenges, an inspection has found. An unannounced visit to HMP Bronzefield in Surrey in ...

A Nigerian court has convicted separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu of seven terrorism-related charges, and sentenced him to life in ...

Dozens of pregnant women locked up in county jails described excruciating pain, saying their cries for help were ignored as ...