Women wearing a burqa wait for free bread in front of a bakery in Kabul. (Photo by Mohd Rasfan/AFP) Afghanistan’s Taliban government has ordered women to cover their faces in public in a return to a ...

The Netherlands’ ban on face-covering clothing, including the Islamic burqa and niqab, took effect on Thursday, but authorities say they are unwilling to enforce the controversial law. The new Dutch ...

Wonder Woman and Supergirl now have a Pakistani counterpart in the pantheon of female superheroes — one who shows a lot less skin. Meet Burka Avenger: a mild-mannered teacher with secret martial arts ...

KABUL -- Several dozen women's rights activists have protested a Taliban order making it mandatory for women to wear the all-covering burqa, including face veils, when they are in public. The women ...

One Nation senator Pauline Hanson has donned a burqa in the Senate after her request to table a Bill banning the religious covering was denied. It is the second time in her decades-long political ...

Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh that has become a symbol of the Taliban's oppression of women. Since their return to power in ...

17:40, Thu, Oct 9, 2025 Updated: 18:07, Thu, Oct 9, 2025 Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin has given her full backing to Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni after the hardline premier unveiled a major ...

Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh that has become a symbol of the Taliban's oppression of women. Since their return to power in ...