Floggings to forced marriages - women's freedoms under threat from TalibanPolitician Fawzia Koofi, one of the few women involved in peace negotiations and a vocal critic of the Taliban, said women are being forced to marry fighters and banned from leaving home without a male companion |
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Five killed at chaotic Afghan airport as Taliban proclaim peaceMany Afghans fear the Taliban will return to past harsh practices, where women could not work and punishments such as stoning, whipping and hanging were administered |
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Afghan women forced from banking jobs as Taliban take controlFears over Afghan women's rights continue after the Taliban take control of around third of the country’s 34 provincial capitals in a week |
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Mega-blazes put spotlight on Europe's firefighting tacticsDisaster experts call for a pivot to prevention techniques to staunch wildfires scorching in Greece, Italy and Algeria, but former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis said a unit which used them was scrapped in austerity measures |
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Thousands march in Bucharest LGBTQ pride paradeSocially conservative Romania still bars marriage and civil partnerships for same-sex couples |
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Wildfire in Jerusalem hills sends smoke clouds over cityFire brigade and police officials said it was too early to determine the cause of the fire |
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U.N. chief urges Taliban restraint, is concerned about women, girlsUnder Taliban rule between 1996 and 2001, women could not work, girls were not allowed to attend school and women had to cover their faces |
OPINION: IPCC report shows we must invest in the countries most in needInvestors may soon shy away from sectors such as agriculture in developing countries because of the risk of cataclysmic climate change |
OPINION: Young people must have a say on climate adaptationWe need to give young people the means to build a climate-resilient future, write Ban Ki-moon and Patrick Verkooijen |
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