In a recent report, (UNICEF) said that nearly half of children aged between 7 and 17 years old – 3.7 million – in Afghanistan are missing out on school due to ongoing conflict. According to a latest UNICEF report, the ongoing conflict and worsening security situation across the country, combined with deeply engrained poverty and discrimination against girls, have pushed the rate of out-of-school children up for the first time…

The recent appointment of a minister for culture comes hot on the heels of MBS’s determination to modernize the Saudi state. This raises the awkward question

On May 26, 2018 there was the next meeting of the Public Movement "Crimean solidarity". This was the first meeting that took place without Server Mustafayev, a founder and coordinator of the movement who was arrested on 21st May and charged with the involvement in Hizb ut Tahrir.The arrest of the activist of the "Crimean solidarity" Server Mustafayev "will not affect the work of the association".

On 25th of May, Ireland voted in a referendum to overturn a constitutional ban on aborting the unborn fetus. The Irish prime minister, Leo Varadkar, celebrated the result saying that the Irish public "trust and respect women to make their own decision and choices."