Women in Iran will be allowed to watch football matches in stadiums in the future, the head of the country’s football association said on Friday.
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In another major reversal, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday struck down affirmative action policies at colleges and universities that use race as a factor in deciding who is admitted.
On board of the Titan were British explorer Hamish Harding, French submarine expert Paul-Henri Nargeolet, Pakistani-British tycoon Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman, and Stockton Rush, CEO of the sub’s operator OceanGate Expeditions.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sudan has thrown its weight behind UN’s condemnation of the rebel Rapid Support militia for violation of human rights in West Darfur.
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday signed a joint declaration, upgrading the bilateral relations to a strategic partnership, the Egyptian presidency announced.
Five Kenyans were killed and houses torched after al-Shabaab militants struck two villages in Kenya’s coastal county of Lamu on Saturday evening, the police and witnesses confirmed on Sunday.
A total of 197 cases of cholera have been confirmed in South Africa with 43 deaths, the Department of Health said in a statement on Sunday.
According to the report, while around 16,500 individuals were operated on without their consent, another 8,000 were also subjected to forced abortions due to inherited diseases between 1948 and 1996, with women as majority victims.
Sierra Leone voted on Saturday in a national election which the main opposition party hopes will see public frustration with deep economic hardship foil President Julius Maada Bio’s re-election bid.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in a phone call that Turkey stands with Russia amid unrest in the country, state news agency Anadolu reports.