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’Without women working, we can’t deliver for the people who are in fact the primary objects of humanitarian assistance’

A Russian hacking team known as Cold River targeted three nuclear research laboratories in the United States this past summer, according to internet records reviewed by Reuters and five cyber security experts.

Standoff between UN and Taliban may lead loss of billions in humanitarian aid for Afghanistan

The Taliban’s latest edict banning women from working for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) has sparked international condemnation and domestic opposition in a country facing economic collapse. It has also revealed splits within the Taliban, with potentially high-stakes risks for Afghanistan’s rulers and its people.

G7 foreign ministers on Thursday called on the Taliban to "urgently reverse" a ban on women working in Afghanistan's aid sector. The ban is the latest blow against women's rights in Afghanistan since the Taliban reclaimed power last year. The hardliners also barred women from attending universities earlier this month,…

Italy's rightist government has approved measures to fine charities who rescue migrants at sea and impound their ships if they break a new, tougher set of rules - a move that one campaign group said could threaten lives. A cabinet decree approved late on Wednesday, seen by Reuters, said these…

Italy's rightist government has approved measures to fine charities who rescue migrants at sea and impound their ships if they break a new, tougher set of rules - a move that one campaign group said could threaten lives.

Alia, an Afghan mental health professional, said the Taliban’s ban on women working with NGOs hurts the vulnerable.

The Taliban must immediately revoke their policies targeting women and girls in Afghanistan, the UN rights chief insisted Tuesday, condemning their "terrible" consequences. "No country can develop -- indeed survive -- socially and economically with half its population excluded," Volker Turk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, said…

The United Nations’ human rights chief has decried increasing restrictions on women’s rights in Afghanistan, urging the country’s Taliban rulers to reverse them immediately

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said the ban on women working for aid charities would stop millions of people from getting support.