British Ambassador to Iran Hugo Shorter met with two British nationals on Wednesday at the office of the Public Prosecutor in ...

Vice President JD Vance meets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the high-level Munich Security Conference in Germany. Follow for live updates ...

Last year was the deadliest for journalists in more than three decades, with the majority killed in the Middle East, ...

Alarms were raised in Kyiv and across Europe after US President Donald Trump, pushing to end the war in Ukraine, struck a conciliatory tone toward Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin following a phone ...

In the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), just 18% of women are formally employed, according to the World Bank, far below the global average of 49%. Women in the region face varied barriers to ...

In the US, just 19% of all venture capital (VC) investment partners — the people who write the cheques investing in entrepreneurs — are women; in Europe, a 2023 report found that number to be 16%.

Amanda Pullinger is working to give more visibility to women who manage funds, and bring more young women into finance.

• Hamas has freed three more hostages in the latest round of releases under the ceasefire deal with Israel. Among the group are US-Israeli Keith Siegel and Yarden Bibas, the father of the ...

Israel and Hamas released another round of Gaza hostages and Palestinian prisoners as part of their ceasefire deal. Follow ...