In stop-start efforts since November, Taliban officials have cracked down on women and girls in the western city of Herat who have been ignoring the hardline group's rules by showing their faces.

MEBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian senator who is campaigning for a national burqa ban was barred Tuesday from Parliament for the rest of the year for wearing the Muslim garment in the chamber.

To mark International Women's Day, a human rights defender has anonymously shared her story. Last week I had to attend the funeral of one of our relatives. On the way, near a crossroad, I saw cars ...