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Have Iran's authorities given up on the mandatory hijab?
AFP, Published on 18/12/2025
» PARIS — Women swaying to dance music at a disc jockey (DJ) set, strolling without headscarves through cutting-edge art exhibitions and in coffee shops showing off trendy styles that could have come from the streets of Europe.
Iran detains Nobel-prize winner in 'brutal' arrest
AFP, Published on 13/12/2025
» PARIS (FRANCE) - Iranian security forces on Friday detained the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi along with at least eight other activists in an arrest condemned as "brutal" by the Norwegian Nobel committee.
Free toll fees on three routes on Wednesday
Online Reporters, Published on 09/12/2025
» Toll fees will be free on three expressway routes on Wednesday as Thailand celebrates the Constitution Day holiday, marking the change to a constitutional monarchy in 1932.
Interview: Leading Thailand’s Micro-SME Banking Revolution
Published on 08/12/2025
» As Thailand works to expand financial inclusion and uplift its vast network of small business owners, Thai Credit Retail Bank Plc (CREDIT) has emerged as a fast-growing force driving change at the heart of the informal economy. In this interview, Chief Executive Officer Mr Roy Agustinus Gunara explains how the Bank has carved out a distinctive position in the national banking landscape prioritising micro-SME lending, relationship-based services and a forward-looking digital transformation designed to unlock opportunities for millions of entrepreneurs traditionally excluded from mainstream finance.
'HIV-free generations': prevention drug rollout brings hope to South Africa
AFP, Published on 03/12/2025
» GA-RANKUWA (SOUTH AFRICA) (SOUTH AFRICA) - Kegoratile Aphane did not flinch when the needle pierced the skin of her right buttock, injecting a yellow-coloured drug touted as a revolution that could end the HIV pandemic.
World leaders are destroying the rule of law
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 01/12/2025
» Russia's "big concession is they stop fighting, and they don't take any more land," US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday, when asked what Russia was conceding in the thinly disguised surrender document he was trying to shove down Ukrainian throats. He truly is a 19th-century man at heart.
Nepal's young protesters drive a political reset
Oped, Published on 27/11/2025
» Nepal announced fresh elections to be held on March 5 next year following a week of deadly violence in September as an interim government headed by the country's Sushila Karki, the first female prime minister, takes charge.
Sudan's RSF declares truce after army rejects US plan
AFP, Published on 25/11/2025
» PORT SUDAN (SUDAN) - Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces on Monday announced a unilateral three-month ceasefire a day after the army dismissed a US truce proposal from international mediators.
Frida Kahlo painting sells for $54.7 mn in record for female artist
AFP, Published on 22/11/2025
» NEW YORK - A self-portrait by celebrated Mexican artist Frida Kahlo sold for $54.66 million in New York on Thursday, setting a record for the price of a painting by a woman, the auction house Sotheby's said.
Iran: Drought, incompetence, revolution?
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 22/11/2025
» Twenty years of strict sanctions on Iran by both the United States and the United Nations did not bring down the regime of the ayatollahs. Half a dozen major waves of non-violent protest involving several thousand deaths have not brought it down either. Even last June's massive bombing campaign by Israel and the US did not bring it to heel.