This January, a Turkish court sentenced Sofya Alağaş, a Kurdish journalist and elected co-mayor of Siirt municipality, to six ...

Please try again later. ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Kurdish leaders on Saturday commemorated International Women’s Day, highlighting the sacrifices Kurdistan Region’s women have made and their ...

While there is recognition given to some women warriors and queens like Rani Lakshmi Bai of Jhansi and Ahilyabai Holkar of Malwa, there are several women who fought valiantly for their land ...

One of the great things about computer games is that anything is possible – except women who fight, apparently.

QAMISHLI, Syria March 9 (Reuters) - The commander of a Kurdish-led force in Syria said on Sunday the country's interim president must hold the perpetrators of communal violence in Syria's coastal ...

With everything going the digital route, children in the city are increasingly oblivious to the gifts of nature around them. I was one of them before I started volunteering at the Sanjay Gandhi ...

A podcast series celebrating the lives of six historical women has been released by one of West Yorkshire's top museums. The Leeds-based Royal Armouries has launched Warrior Women, which delves ...

A podcast series celebrating the lives of six historical women has been released by one of West Yorkshire's top museums. The Leeds-based Royal Armouries has launched Warrior Women, which delves into ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — The Syrian presidency announced on Monday an agreement with the head of the Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to integrate the institutions of the autonomous ...

Kamlesh Rani, the female sarpanch of Rawanhera village in Haryana, is combating child marriages despite Khap Panchayats' demands to lower the marriage age for girls. After 18 years as an Anganwadi ...

Commander of Syrian Kurdish-led forces Mazloum Abdi, attends an interview with Reuters in Hasakah, Syria December 19, 2024. REUTERS/Orhan Qereman/File Photo UPDATED Mar 09, 2025, 09:18 PM ...

On a warm late winter Saturday, the Kurdish minority of Aleppo celebrated International Women’s Day in a public park that looked and felt more like a fortress. Syria’s civil war had supposedly ...