August 18, 2021

Afghan women await Taliban’s definition of women’s rights: Gailani Fatana Gailani, chairperson for the Afghanistan Women Council, told Al Jazeera the Taliban should unveil “the programme for the future of the Afghan women”. “I have…

20,000 Afghans fleeing Taliban rule will be resettled in the UK. As a result of the Taliban's return to power, Britain announced a resettlement scheme for Afghans fleeing the Taliban's rule. A special session of parliament is scheduled to…

The animals at the Bangladesh National Zoo (Dhaka Zoo) in Dhaka have had a happy year thanks to the pandemic, spared the customary pandemonium, vuvuzelas, and poking from interested visitors. A surge of activity of a different kind,…

A Polish Olympian Maria sold her Tokyo silver medal to raise money for a child who need a $250,000 heart operation. After missing out on a medal by 2cm in the 2016 Rio Olympics, Maria Andrejczyk, 25, battled bone cancer to restart her…