On the day high schools are opening, the Taliban abruptly reverse a promise to allow girls above the sixth grade to attend ...

Many in the capital worry that the secular freedoms they enjoyed under the Assad regime are under threat from the new ...

Amnesty: Syria's rulers must look into abductions of Alawite women and girls The report comes after the coastal area witnessed deadly clashes last March between pro-Assad militias and security forces ...

The United Nations mission in Afghanistan has expressed concern about the Taliban's arrest of women and girls for alleged failure to comply with the authorities’ dress code ...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United Nations on Monday expressed concern about the Taliban’s arrest of Afghan women and girls for their alleged failure to comply with the authorities’ dress code. In ...