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A pivotal moment from her own past forms the engine for Kamila Shamsie’s first novel since winning the Women’s Prize in 2017. She talks to Claire Allfree about ‘Best of Friends’, the dangers faced by young women, and her fears about applying for British citizenship

Shamsie’s latest novel deftly follows a friendship forged in a Pakistan school over 30 years, but where is the tension?

From civil servants, teachers and doctors to journalists and business owners, loss of female workers under the Taliban has already cost the economy $1bn

Save the Children says almost 50 percent of the population needs urgent support to survive despite continuing food aid.

It has been a long wait for the family of Khalid Saifi who, like several other Muslims, was charged under a terror law.

Mother is unlikely to survive without medical intervention, leaving her young son orphaned, say doctors

Restore is Egypt’s first health centre that offers treatment for survivors of female genital mutilation.

The Bake Off winner and her daughter Maryam recreate their victory dinner – and talk about what the future holds

Multiple channels of Iran's state television broadcast images on Thursday showing the leaders of an exiled dissident group and a graphic calling for the death of the country's supreme leader, an incident that authorities described as a hack. For several seconds, graphics flashed on screen, interrupting the broadcast to depict…