In Kabul and other cities, the closure of girls’ secondary schools and women’s university access reshapes daily life—from ...

There is something profoundly defiant, almost incendiary, about Afghan women writers. When the Taliban regained control of Kabul in August 2021, images of women protesting in the streets and girls ...

Our correspondents discuss the challenges of Mexico’s war on drug cartels. By Katrin Bennhold I’m the host of The World. The ...

As a Greek woman in Afghanistan, I decided to live among ordinary Afghans to get a feel of their lives, concerns, and dreams ...

I sympathize with those Iranians, because I’ve seen the oppression firsthand in my own reporting in Iran over the years: police officers swooping in on my interviews; security thugs shouting at women ...

The State Department has drawn down personnel at more U.S. diplomatic missions in and around the Middle East as it comes ...

Afghans have deep self-respect and are the last people to put up with humiliation. Is it any surprise that relations between ...

Journalists and activists who fled Taliban rule are living in fear as Pakistani police hunt and deport refugees after escalating cross-border strikes ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has offered to mediate for a new ceasefire between Pakistan and Afghanistan. That's according to an statement from the Turkish presidential office. The ...

Social protest and music go hand-in-hand, and Trump's mass deportation push and the violent tactics deployed by ICE has sparked a fresh flurry of musical resistance.