Abida Sultaan defied stereotypes around women in general and Muslim women in particular.
Category: World
‘Don’t forget us’: Teenage refugee reminds Gen Z of silenced Afghan girls
Nila Ibrahimi won the International Children’s Peace Prize for her work giving Afghan girls a voice.
Watch: Dozens of nations walk out of COP29 climate talks
The Samoan chairman of the Alliance of Small Island States explains why some of developing nations left the talks in Baku.
Standing ovation as long awaited COP29 finance deal agreed
The new deal offers $300bn (about £240) a year to developing nations by 2035.
‘Are we not humans?’: Anger in Beirut as massive Israeli strike kills 20
The death toll from the strike on a multi-storey building in central Beirut’s Basta district is expected to rise.
Israel investigating disappearance of rabbi in UAE
Rabbi Zvi Kogan has been missing since Thursday, the Israeli prime minister’s office said.
In stifled sobs and fierce accusations, family falls apart at mass rape trial
Gisèle Pelicot, 71, is the woman at the centre of this trial, but no-one has emerged unscathed in her family.
Nominee for agriculture secretary completes Trump cabinet
Brooke Rollins – head of a pro-Trump right-wing think tank – is his pick for agriculture secretary.
Landmark $300bn for poorer nations in COP29 climate deal
A deal is salvaged at the UN summit as poorer nations are promised record funding for climate action.
Hamas says female hostage killed in northern Gaza
The woman’s identity has not been revealed and it is unclear how or when she is said to have died.