In 2014, Nepal pledged to end child marriage by 2020 as one of its sustainable development goals. Two years later, it reset ...

Iraq’s top court has suspended implementation of three controversial bills passed last month by the country’s parliament, including a measure that activists say undermines women’s rights.

The Houthis, the de facto government authorities, should immediately release the at least eight UN staff who were arbitrarily ...

While Yemen continues to face a dire humanitarian crisis, a new UN report showed that more than half of Yemen’s births are run in unsafe spaces. Over half of Yemen’s population requires aid due to ...

Islamic extremists like Hamas believe the Quran calls them to subjugate or kill non-Muslims, and to bring the entire world to heel under the boot of Sharia law. In pursuit of this goal, Islamic ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels unilaterally released 153 war detainees Saturday, the International Committee of the Red Cross said. The Houthis had signaled Friday ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Nations on Friday suspended all travel into areas held by Yemen’s Houthi rebels ... the Houthis have employed child soldiers and indiscriminately ...

UN Suspends All Trips Into Houthi-Held Areas of Yemen Over Staffers Being Detained ... Meanwhile, the Houthis have employed child soldiers and indiscriminately laid mines in the conflict.

“It is with utmost joy that, after more than a year of captivity in Yemen, I announce the safe release of all seventeen Filipino seafarers, together with the rest of the crewmembers of M/V ...

Pehthai Thanomkhet and Nathnicha Klinthaworn finally did on Thursday when Thailand’s law on same-sex marriage came into ... no legal connection to their own child,” he said.

noting that changes to legal language around marriage did not extend to family law. “This means that with some same-sex ...