There’s a reason essentially every warrior society throughout history has had a code like this — and it’s not that every ...

Facing a repressive environment in the physical world as well as the digital one, activists in Iran have developed ways to counteract repression. The anonymous Iranian women activists who spoke to The ...

A gold rush has broken out in the Sahara in recent years. Thousands of young Africans are digging in the sea of sand with ...

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Idit Bar's voice of truth stands out in a sea of hostility.The post The Israeli woman who speaks to the Arab world appeared ...

The lives of women and girls continue to be systemically devalued in Iran today. A new report is out from a UN fact-finding ...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan has addressed the situation of several Kazakh women serving life sentences in ...

For International Women’s Day, Hiba Adulwahhab highlights the women leaders from Iraq advocating for women’s rights and underscores the need to invest in the education of young girls to be the leaders ...

The Bush Theatre has revealed its programme until early 2026 which includes some of the country’s most exciting new writing. See the full lineup and learn how to purchase tickets.

Archaeologists from the British Museum and Iraq have uncovered over 200 4,000-year-old cuneiform tablets at Girsu, shedding light on the earliest known empire's complex bureaucracy.

As we continue to celebrate the position of women in modern society, it is important to acknowledge the costly burden society has placed upon women in bearing the emotional labour as traditional ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — The head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has been killed in Iraq in an operation by members of the Iraqi national intelligence service along with U.S.-led coalition forces ...