Four NGOs suspend work in Afghanistan after Taliban bar women
ABOVE PHOTO: Afghan women chant slogans during a protest against the ban on university education for women, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022. The U.S. has condemned the Taliban for...
View ArticleEXPLAINER: Roots of the Brazilian capital’s chaotic uprising
ABOVE PHOTO: Soldiers help clear out an encampment set up by supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro outside army headquarters in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, Jan. 9, 2023, the day after...
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20 years after US invasion, young Iraqis see signs of hope
ABOVE PHOTO: People take part in the Baghdad Kite Festival in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban) By John Daniszewski ASSOCIATED PRESS BAGHDAD — On the banks of the Tigris...
View ArticleHarris, in Africa, confronts painful past, envisions future
ABOVE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at Cape Coast Castle in Ghana, Tuesday March 28, 2023. This castle was one of around 40 “slave castles” that served as prisons and embarkation...
View ArticleTheir stories were lost to slavery. Now DNA is writing them
ABOVE PHOTO: Crystal Kornickey holds up casts of her hands in a studio at the Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston, S.C., on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023. She is one of 36 people whose hands will be cast in...
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Zimbabwe’s aspiring female artists still ‘frowned upon’
ABOVE PHOTO: FADZAI MUCHEMWA, NATIONAL ART GALLERY CURATOR, looks at Nothando Chiwanga’s art piece, “Immortal”, in Harare, Friday, April, 14, 2023. Chiwanga’s “Immortal” is one of 21 works by female...
View ArticleWhy Sudan’s conflict matters to the rest of the world
ABOVE PHOTO: People walk past shuttered shops in Khartoum, Sudan, Tuesday, April 18, 2023. Sudan’s embattled capital has awoken to a fourth day of heavy fighting between the army and a powerful rival...
View ArticleShooting in France shows US is not alone in struggles with racism, police...
ABOVE PHOTO: A woman holds a placard reading “Our blood runs on their uniform” during a protest in Paris, France, Friday, June 30, 2023. French President Emmanuel Macron urged parents Friday to keep...
View ArticleAfter Quran burnings, UN rights body calls for more action to combat...
ABOVE PHOTO: Muslim protestors shout slogans against the burning of the Quran in Sweden, outside the Baitul Muqarram Mosque in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, July 7, 2023. Anger has grown in Muslim...
View ArticleNorth Korea asserts US soldier Travis King crossed border after becoming...
ABOVE PHOTO: Carl Gates, right, grandfather of American soldier Travis King, and Myron Gates, uncle of King, pose, Wednesday, July 19, 2023, in Kenosha, Wis. Pvt. King bolted into North Korea while on...
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