Asia
NGOs call for international community to end Afghans’ ‘new wave of hardships’
A group of 32 Afghan and international non-governmental organisations (NGOs) urge the international community not…
Philippines: New migrant workers agency to give ‘utmost protection’ to domestic helpers
The Philippines’ newly-created Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) assured domestic helpers, being the “most vulnerable”…
UN human rights chief goes to Bangladesh for first ever official visit
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet conducts an official visit to Bangladesh on…
Taliban fire guns to disperse protesting Afghan women in Kabul
Taliban fighters violently dispersed a rally of about 40 women in Kabul by firing their…