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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.

Fans have mixed reactions about the footballer's links with the controversial state.

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

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

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.

An Iranian man who was jailed for murder around 18 years ago and was put on death row, suffered a cardiac arrest after he got to know that he will not be executed.

New Zealand Prostitutes Collective Dame Catherine Healy calls the case a milestone as she warned brothel operators to uphold labour rights.

The Thai government's existing anti-defamation laws have long been criticised for being abused by big players to stifle freedom of expression.

The British born lad was a former A student who is also wanted by Scotland Yard for forged driver's licences he sold to students

Egyptian Parliament seeks to suspend TikTok for promoting nudity and immorality.

A barista wrote "ISIS" on a Muslim girl's beverage order at a Starbucks in Minnesota

Iranian government forces homosexual people to choose between unwanted gender reassignment surgeries or public execution

President Rodrigo Duterte came to power in May 2016, riding on the wave of a harsh anti-drug rhetoric.

A visiting Myanmar minister said his country is "ready" to accept the ethnic Rohingya Muslims who had fled Rakhine state.

Philippines president recently stirred up a controversy after asking his troops to shoot female communist rebels in their vaginas.

A senior police chief has warned new law backed by Theresa May is completely unnecessary at this time.

Over 19,000 children are thought to have been recruited, often by force, by armed groups on all sides of South Sudan's brutal civil war.

The Philippines president hits back at the European Union bloc and explains how he does not want to visit Brussels.

Initially, up to 20,000 refugees, mostly from Sudan and Eritrea, will receive notices.

Myanmar's state counsellor and the de facto leader was not present in the Yangon house when the attack took place.

State-run news agency responds to State of the Union onslaught on regime with claims of US corruption, racism and divisive policies.

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte's sexist joke has angered women's rights groups, with some of them saying the remarks are "extremely worrying".

Mao-era detention camps used to re-educate non-ethnic Chinese Uighurs, says Human Rights Watch and Radio Free Asia.

The so-called "widow's camp" at Balukhali Rohingya refugee settlement consists of 50 red tents where no men or boys over the age of 10 years old are allowed.

Philippines president Duterte has repeatedly made it clear that he does want to stay in power beyond his term when it ends in 2022.

While North Korea's nuclear ambitions made global headlines, its humanitarian situation received almost no coverage.

It comes as no surprise President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announces he seeks another four-year term.

A coalition of Indian churches has challenged the country's law currently used to penalise homosexuality.

"We eat and drink the food that is thrown away," 11-year-old Ayoub said. "We collect fish, meat, potatoes, onions and flour."

Emir was one of six children killed by Syrian and Russian air strikes on Eastern Ghouta on Monday. Since 29 December, 126 people, including 29 children, have lost their lives.