Afghan women face 'pandemic of suicidal thoughts'
Afghanistan faces a worsening mental health crisis amid a clampdown on women's freedoms and rights.
2023-06-05 12:58
Argentina allows morning-after pill to be bought over counter
The health ministry says making the pill more easily available "removes an important barrier".
2023-06-01 14:17
Uganda's President Museveni approves tough new anti-gay law
UNAids and the US warn that Uganda's progress in tackling HIV is now in "grave jeopardy".
2023-05-29 20:56
Older people account for a third of Ukraine's war victims - UN
By Emma Farge GENEVA Older people have suffered and died at a disproportionately high rate since Russia's invasion
2023-05-24 17:28
Greenpeace to shut down in Russia after being declared 'undesirable organisation'
MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Russian branch of environmental group Greenpeace on Friday said it would shut down after authorities declared the
2023-05-20 00:16
Tunisia police to investigate two top journalists, radio station says
By Tarek Amara TUNIS Tunisia's most popular independent radio station on Thursday said two of its top broadcasters,
2023-05-19 07:47
Out of vetoes, Portugal president enacts law allowing euthanasia
LISBON Portugal's conservative President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has signed a bill decriminialising euthanasia into law in the
2023-05-17 16:29
Republican front-runner for North Carolina governor attacked Civil Rights Movement: 'So many freedoms were lost'
North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, the state's first Black lieutenant governor and the GOP front-runner for the 2024 gubernatorial race, repeatedly lambasted the "so-called" 1960s Civil Rights Movement, lamenting that "so many freedoms were lost during the civil rights movement."
2023-05-12 05:48
Ohio Republicans approve August election that could thwart abortion-rights push in state
Ohio voters will decide this summer whether to make it more difficult to change the state's constitution -- only months before a potential ballot measure in November over whether to guarantee abortion rights in the state. Ohio's Republican-controlled legislature this week approved a resolution that will ask voters in August to increase the threshold needed to change the constitution from a simple majority to 60%.
2023-05-12 03:47
UN rights body votes to step up monitoring of Sudan abuses
By Emma Farge and Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. Human Rights Council on Thursday narrowly passed a motion to
2023-05-11 22:49