Secretary of State Marco Rubio formally designated Afghanistan as a state sponsor of wrongful detention, paving the way for the Trump administration to impose penalties such as sanctions and export ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday censured Afghanistan over its detention of American citizens, a move that could lead to ...

US President Donald Trump has urged Australia to provide a safe haven to the entire Iranian soccer team after five female players escaped their minders overnight.

Plans to convert a former airbase into temporary housing for up to 200 Afghan refugees have been withdrawn.

Crises in the region on both Afghanistan’s longest borders are undermining the country’s stability, a senior UN official warned the Security Council on Monday as concerns over Middle East crisis grow ...

Right now, their situation is even more fragile and they are scared,' says Afghan-Canadian Nasar Nader, who's getting help ...

Iran's women's soccer team was branded "traitors" after declining to sing their national anthem at the Asian Cup in Australia ...

Concern has grown for team after one critic called them 'wartime traitors' for failing to salute during the Iranian anthem.

Tabo Ahmadi enrolled in a program at the Literacy Center of West Michigan that is helping her learn health care and break language barriers.

March 9, 2026 • The Taliban has released a video of an interrogation of a girl who passed as a boy. It's an age-old practice in this patriarchal society but now appears to be happening with some ...

International Women's Day was celebrated at the United Nations on Monday morning. This year's theme was "Rights. Justice.