HUMAN RIGHTS

A court in Japan in its latest order has upheld the ban imposed on same-sex marriage in the country stating that the ban does not violate the constitution.

In a heart-wrenching video from the Indian state of Bihar, an elderly couple could be seen begging for money.

India's Supreme Court directed that police should neither interfere nor take criminal action against adult and consenting sex workers.

Days after protesters stormed the Cannes Film Festival's red carpet against rapes in Ukraine, another set of protesters took center-stage to hold a demonstration against femicide in France.

It seems that the Taliban will only rest after ensuring that all Afghan women have been stripped off their rights and dignity. In their latest diktat, they have asked female TV presenters to cover their faces while on air.

Life in Qatar was not easy for 35-year-old Nas Mohamed who had to constantly hide who he really was. He did not have the luxury to openly declare if he loved someone.

The first Russian soldier on trial for war crimes committed after the Russian invasion of Ukraine has pleaded guilty and now faces a possible a life imprisonment in Kyiv.

A 101-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard may have to spend at least five years in jail for his complicity in war crimes during the Holocaust.

Afghanistan's Taliban government has now dissolved the country's human rights commission along with four other key departments deeming them "unnecessary," as the country is facing a financial crisis.

The regressive Taliban government has now barred men and women from eating out at restaurants together in the western Afghan city of Herat. The rule even needs to be followed by married couple.

An Indian court failed to reach a decision on the question of criminalising rape within marriage, leaving the laws unchanged. The issue can now go to the Supreme Court of the country.

A woman in El Salvador has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for aggravated homicide after she suffered an obstetric emergency and lost her unborn baby.

An Indian airline has come under fire after it did not allow a child with special needs on board one of its flights at Ranchi airport over the weekend.

The Afghan Taliban in its latest decree has yet again attacked women and their freedom to choose what they wish to wear in public places.

The Taliban in its latest diktat have reportedly stopped issuing driving licenses to women in Kabul and other provinces of Afghanistan.

Amazon Inc. will now be reimbursing its US staff if they have to travel for non-life-threatening medical treatments, including abortions. The company in a message to its employees said that it will be pay up to $4,000 (£3,201) for such travel expenses annually.

The Afghanistan Taliban have now banned TikTok and PUBG saying that the apps are "misleads the younger generation."

Germany's foreign intelligence service has intercepted radio communications between Russian soldiers wherein they could allegedly be heard talking about killing civilians in Ukraine.

A documentary by Channel 4 Dispatches has accused food giant Mondelez International, which owns the Cadbury brand, of forcing children as young as ten years old to work long hours on cocoa farms in Ghana.

The Ukrainian Security Service (SSU) intercepted radio communications between Russian soldiers and heard them talking about "eating dogs and raping Ukrainian women."

The Afghanistan Taliban in its latest diktat has asked all male government employees to wear a beard to office or risk being fired from the job.

Days after backtracking on its promise to allow re-opening of girls' school beyond sixth grade, the Taliban have now allegedly ordered that women in Afghanistan cannot board flights without a male chaperone.

Authorities in Bahrain shut down an Indian restaurant after its manager allegedly denied entry to a woman wearing hijab. The incident occurred at Bahrain Lanterns, a restaurant in the Adliya area of the country's capital Manama last week on Thursday.

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai has lashed out at the Taliban for backtracking on its promise to allow girls to get an education.

The Taliban backtracked on its decision to open schools for girls beyond 6th grade, just hours before the schools were to open for the first time since August last year.

A 96-year-old man who managed to survive Nazi concentration camps during World War II, lost his life in Russian airstrikes on the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv.

After the takeover of Afghanistan in August last year, the Taliban had promised they would respect the rights of women "within the limits of Islam," but things on the ground say otherwise.

The woman was also robbed of her gold jewellery, and the substantial cash she had on her during the incident at Minar-e-Pakistan in Lahore.

The incident happened in June weeks before America's planned withdrawal from Afghanistan.