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Male journalists in Afghanistan came out in support of their female colleagues who have been asked by the Taliban to cover their faces on-air.

A three-year-old military dog abandoned by Russian soldiers in Ukraine is now assisting Ukrainian soldiers in sniffing out unexploded mines.

A 7-year-old boy was dragged into a river and eaten alive by a giant crocodile in front of his sisters in Telega Air in Brunei. The boy was playing by the riverbank near his house when the incident occurred.

The latest company that has decided to pull out of Russia due to its war in Ukraine is the famous coffee chain Starbucks. It has now joined the list of firms that have stopped offering their services in the country.

A Muslim school teacher in the Indian state of Assam was arrested for allegedly carrying beef to school in her lunch box.

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.

Pakistan-born British billionaire Mohammad Zahoor, who is married to a famous Ukrainian singer, has reportedly brought two warplanes to help Ukraine in its fight against Russia.

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 crew member of a Frontier Airlines plane Diana Giraldo went beyond the call of her duty after a passenger went into labor mid-flight.

India's Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the release of AG Perarivalan, who spent 31 years in jail in connection with the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.

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.

McDonald's has decided to shut shop in Russia more than 30 years after it first opened its operations in the country. It has now joined the list of firms that have stopped offering their services in the country.

At least 14 people lost their lives and 19 were left injured after the tourist bus they were travelling in crashed into a billboard in Indonesia's main island of Java on Monday morning.

A Russian oligarch was secretly recorded saying Russian President Vladimir Putin has blood cancer, according to media reports.

A man in Kazakhstan risked his own life to save a toddler from falling off the window of an eighth-floor home. The man is being hailed as a "hero" after a video of the daring act went viral on social media.

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.

Tory MP Lee Anderson has come under fire for insensitive comments made in the House of Commons wherein he said that poor people use food banks because they "cannot cook properly" and "cannot budget."

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.

Patron, a two-and-a-half-year-old mine-sniffing dog, has been awarded by Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky for his services to the country since the beginning of Russia-Ukraine war.

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.

A man from Germany who had served a jail sentence for having an incestuous relationship with his sister continues to call for the abolishment of laws that ban such relationships in the country. Both of them want incest relationships to be made legal.

A female suicide bomber has been accused of carrying out the attack in Pakistan that killed four people, including three Chinese nationals, on Tuesday.