Responding to the killing of prominent Iraqi women’s rights activist Yanar Mohammed, who was shot by unidentified gunmen on a motorcycle outside her home in northern Baghdad, Razaw Salihy, Amnesty International’s Iraq Researcher, said “The brutal killing of Yanar Mohammed, who dedicated her life to defending women’s rights, is a calculated assault to stifle human rights defenders, […]
Across the world, governments and anti-rights movements are rolling back on decades of progress on gender equality, including access to abortion. But people are fighting back, determined to protect the rights so many have fought so hard to achieve. Ahead of International Women’s Day, we spoke with five courageous activists from Tunisia, Mexico, Burkina Faso, […]
The beleaguered Iranian regime, with very few international allies, has been counting on Moscow’s support amid the ongoing US-Israeli strikes, but so far it has been left deeply disappointed.
Click to expand Image Women walk past a fountain in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, July 6, 2023. © 2023 Ilya Pitalev/Sputnik via AP Photo Three years after Uzbekistan criminalized domestic violence, data shows that for women progress is too slow. Ahead of International Women’s Day on March 8, the government should recommit to enforcing laws that protect […]
Click to expand Image US President Donald Trump (right) meets with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington DC, March 3, 2026. © 2026 Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo In times of conflict, such as in the escalating hostilities in the Middle East, governments committed to international law need to […]
The country is aiming to become a global hub for artificial intelligence and cloud computing infrastructure. But AI data centers’ enormous energy and water demands present a challenge.
As tensions rise across the Middle East, Kenyans fear economic shocks, disrupted exports and risks to the more than 400,000 Kenyans working in Gulf states.
The leaders of the far-right Golden Dawn party were convicted in Greece of having led a criminal organization in a landmark ruling in 2020. An appeals court upheld that decision.
British police arrested three men, including the husband of a sitting MP, on suspicion of spying for China. The news comes weeks after Keir Starmer traveled to Beijing in a bid to repair ties with the country.
Clashes along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border have continued for a seventh straight day, with humanitarian access to affected areas still restricted, the UN said on Wednesday.
