Women's Rights

As the United States Supreme Court voted to roll back abortion rights, reversing the landmark 1973 decision Roe v Wade which enshrined the legal right to an abortion in the US, it…

The United States Supreme Court has overturned Roe v Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling that legalised abortion across the country. The decision in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health…

Nayera Ashraf was stabbed in front of Al Mansura University in broad daylight by a fellow student, local media reports.Egypt’s public prosecutor has ordered the detention of the…

EXPLAINERThe Trump-backed waiver allows sanctioned Taliban leaders to travel abroad for negotiations.A waiver that exempts top Taliban officials from a long-standing United Nations…

The Iowa Supreme Court, the state’s highest judicial authority, ruled that the state’s constitution does not guarantee the right to an abortion, paving the way for legislators to…

A man armed with a handgun who planned to kill conservative US Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was arrested near the justice’s home and has been charged with attempted murder…

Curbing abortion rights and expanding the right to be armed in public are long-sought goals of the conservative legal movement that the Supreme Court seems poised to deliver within…

Mahira* has become a familiar face on Afghan television, as viewers tune in every night to watch her present the news. Even during the most turbulent recent events, the 27-year-old…

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have started to enforce a new order requiring all female TV news anchors in the country to cover their faces while on air. After the order was…

US special envoy on Afghanistan stresses international opposition to Taliban’s treatment of women and girls.The US special envoy on Afghanistan has met the Taliban’s acting foreign…