Afghanistan

Afghanistan, South Korea and Venezuela lost their bids on Tuesday to serve three-year terms on the UN Human Rights Council.

With nearly all the 193-member states voting in the General Assembly, Algeria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Chile, Costa Rica, Georgia, Germany, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Morocco, Romania, South Africa, Sudan, and Vietnam were voted onto...

Rahela Yusufzai from northern Mazar-e-Sharif recently opened her own restaurant and said she hopes to be a role-model for women in Balkh province.

Using her own money to set up the business, Yusufzai said her aim is to encourage women to become self-sufficient.

&Women can work, it is difficult for someone who is in the community and stays at...

The Biden administration has imposed new visa restrictions on current and former members of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) over its &repression of women and girls&.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday that the visa restriction policy will apply to current and former IEA members, members of non-state security groups...

World Cup organizers in Qatar have hired a third cruise ship to function as a floating hotel for fans visiting the Gulf state during the upcoming World Cup, Geneva-based MSC Cruises announced on Monday.

The agreement adds much-needed rooms for more than 1 million visitors expected to flock to Qatar for the biggest sporting event in the world, Doha...