In the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), just 18% of women are formally employed, according to the World Bank, far below the global average of 49%. Women in the region face varied barriers to entering the workforce, including legal restrictions, cultural pressures and violent conflicts. But one of the…
Food distribution is being stopped. Health services are being shut down. Lifesaving aid is being tied up, with no…
US President Donald Trump has said he wants access to Ukraine’s mineral deposits in exchange for future military aid…
Thailand cut electricity supplies on Wednesday to several areas in neighboring Myanmar that are home to sites at the…
The Taliban suspended the operation of Afghanistan’s only women’s radio station after raiding its premises on Tuesday, deepening the…
A gunman opened fire at an adult education center in the Swedish city of Örebro on Tuesday, killing at…
President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed reporters at the White House Tuesday, during which the…
Ecuador will apply a 27% tariff on Mexican goods to “ensure fair treatment” of Ecuadorian producers, President Daniel Noboa…
The founder of a pro-Russian militia group in eastern Ukraine, described by authorities in Kyiv as a “criminal mastermind”,…