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Five years after Taliban takeover, Afghan women ‘erased from public life’
Five years after the Taliban seized power, women and girls in Afghanistan have been systematically stripped of their rights, UN agencie...
Deadly attack on Red Sea ship adds to global supply chain uncertainty
A strike on a merchant ship off the southern coast of Yemen that reportedly killed several seafarers on Tuesday threatens to reignite d...
Burnham ‘confident’ early release of PC Harper’s killers can be halted
The PM says the justice secretary will present a plan in September to prevent more early releases.
Burnham faces unpopularity test over prisons dilemma
The early release conundrum has given the new PM his first taste of tricky political decision-making.
Councils to get more powers to stop vape and betting shops, PM announces
Prime Minister Andy Burnham says town centres have been "hollowed out" by decades of decline.
World marks second warmest July on record
As multiple regions contend with unbearable heat, drought, wildfires and other extreme weather, the World Meteorological Organization (...
Colombia earthquake: UN joins national response
As earthquake rescue efforts across western Colombia continued on Tuesday, UN agencies said that they stood ready to help “with everyth...
Myanmar: UN investigators document deliberate military attacks on civilians
Myanmar's military has carried out a sustained campaign of deliberate attacks on civilians – including airstrikes on homes, schools and...
After post-pandemic improvement, youth unemployment is rising again
Frustrated by skyrocketing youth unemployment, among other issues, tens of thousands of Gen Z activists took to the streets of Nepal la...
South Sudan: UN mission decries deadly attacks, works to calm tensions after ‘nothing but devastation’
The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has condemned recent armed group attacks in Warrap state which reportedly left more than 60 civi...