Tiernan’s guests on Saturday included comedian Suzzie Eddie Izzard, Afghan dentist Dr Manizha Khan and Cork artist Michael ...

On a wintry night in Damascus, hundreds of people packed into a courtyard in the Old City, dancing and singing during a ...

The Trump administration has enacted new immigration policies at a dizzying pace, some of which obliterate programs built ...

Unlike in apartheid South Africa, sanctions will very likely do little for the cause of Afghan women Exiled Afghanistan ...

Paris-based Begum TV provides school classes, health programmes and light-hearted entertainment to Afghan women stripped of ...

The author is an Afghanistan-based female journalist, trained with Finnish support before the Taliban take-over. Her identity ...

North Korea on Tuesday criticized the United States and Asian neighbors for pursuing the “absurd” goal of denuclearizing the ...

As the world’s focus has shifted to other regions and conflicts — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the Israel-Hamas war — the ...

“The Taliban don’t seem to understand what music truly represents or its role in society,” he said. “They claim that music is haram (“forbidden”) in Islam, without considering its broader meaning and ...

Since the Taliban took power in 2021 and imposed their strict version of Islamic law ... a palatial white-and-gold hall that ...

He went on to outline the typical problems, “we don’t have electricity, the internet is down, and if the Taliban find out that she is studying online, her life might be in danger ... Mainstream media ...

The vigils aim to highlight the denial of basic rights to women under Afghanistan's Taliban regime ... the pain of not being able to share her new life with them. She said it would be "too ...