Guterres urges global finance shake-up to help Pakistan after floods
As the conference drew to a close, delegates pledged more than $9 billion to help with Pakistan's key post-disaster needs and humanitarian response...
Pakistan releases 303 Afghan nationals from its prisons
The Taliban-run embassy in Islamabad said that 303 people, including 63 women and 71 children, have been released from Pakistani prisons....
Authorities retake Brazil presidential palace from Bolsonaro supporters
Questions have been raised as to why police were so unprepared for the demonstrations which had been widely publicized on social media...
Women asked to close shops at women-only markets in Balkh
Many of the women are the breadwinners in their families and say without work they will starve and that it would be better to migrate...
Taliban decrees against women paralyzing NGO work: Aid chief
Norwegian Refugee Council chief will hold talks with the Taliban in Kabul and in Kandahar on reversing the ban he says ‘was not thought through’...
Taliban frees women’s activist Farhat Popalzai
Popalzai was ordered not to talk about her release to the media nor to disclose details of what happened to her while in Taliban custody....
Afghanistan: Jawzjan education centers on verge of bankruptcy
Taliban orders private primary schools for girls to close and makes education centers suspend classes for girls and women...
Ban on female aid workers could push children in Afghanistan back into work: NGO
Save the Children organization is one of many NGOs that has been forced to pause activities in the country as 50% of its staff are women...