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The Taliban say it's mandatory for Afghan women to conceal their voices and bare faces in public

Bangladesh's interim government revoked the diplomatic passport of ousted premier Sheikh Hasina on Thursday, after she fled a student-led uprising by helicopter to India earlier this month.

A court in Bangladesh’s capital has allowed police to interrogate two journalists in their custody for four days in connection with the murder of a garment worker, who joined recent student protests against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina that forced her to step down and flee to India earlier this…

Experts agree that tackling disadvantage requires an understanding of how many people are affected and by how much

‘There is no place the tanks didn’t enter, or bomb, and there is nowhere safe anymore,’ warns resident fleeing Khan Younis

Just cutting carbon emissions will not prevent climate breakdown, says Susana Muhamad before Cop16 in Colombia

The military rulers of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have written to the United Nations Security Council to denounce what they said was Ukraine's support for rebel groups in West Africa's Sahel region, according to Mali's foreign ministry.

In the two years since saboteurs planted explosives on Nord Stream 1 and 2 – gas pipelines that spanned the Baltic Sea to connect Russia to Germany – the finger of suspicion has fallen on a succession of possible culprits.

Hopes were dwindling Thursday for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, where fighting raged despite pressure from the United States on Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas to reach an agreement.

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Youthful, growing cities expected to create wealth and opportunities but stretch public and utility services