The official rule: no secondary school for girls. But behind a veil of secrecy, women are opening small schools so that at least some of these teenagers are able to continue learning
Japan's longest serving prime minister is being laid to rest in Tokyo today in a private family service. The country is still struggling to recover from the shock of his assassination.
Japanese bid their final goodbye to former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday as a funeral was held at a temple days after his assassination that shocked the nation.
Canceled concerts, lawsuits, existential turmoil. As Russia has cracked down on anti-war speech, the country's music scene reaches a particularly high pitch.
Dr Atul Gawande, the surgeon and bestselling health writer talks, to NPR about the problems he has inherited as the new head of USAID's global health office.
Shinzo Abe, former Japanese prime minister who was killed July 11, championed for more robust defense and security policies. With current world events, those ideas are increasingly important in Japan.
Sri Lanka is slipping further into crisis — first with bankruptcy and now a power vacuum. Thousands descended on the president's residence in protest of the government's economic mismanagement.
By by 1920, the British Empire covered 24% of the Earth's land mass. Historian Caroline Elkins says British rulers portrayed themselves as benevolent, but used systematic violence to maintain control.
Opposition leaders have yet to agree on who should replace its current leaders, while protesters who are angry over acute shortages of fuel, food, medicine and other necessities vow to stay put.