GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.'s top human rights body agreed Monday to set up an ongoing probe of human rights violations in Afghanistan under the Taliban, including against women and girls, in a measure ...

Scientists have created human eggs containing genes from adult skin cells, a step that someday could help women who are infertile or gay couples have babies with their own genes but would also raise ...

Last week, the Taliban ordered an internet ban across several of Afghanistan’s northern provinces. On September 30, they fully shut down the internet, both mobile and fibre optic, nationwide. The ...

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A massage parlor in Methuen was shut down and its manager was arrested after police found evidence of human trafficking in the building, officials said. Suping Zhu, 38, of Flushing, N.Y., was arrested ...

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has spoken out against forcing women to wear the hijab and recent crackdowns in his country, pitting him against hard-line rivals in the Islamic Republic. “Human ...

USA TODAY staff on the value of reading banned books like "The Bluest Eye," "Gender Queer" and "Looking for Alaska." ...

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WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - A Wilmington couple was convicted on Thursday for sex trafficking charges after a four-day trial. According to the US Department of Justice, Dartez Omar Faulk and Rosalind ...

Babies could soon be born without biological mothers – as scientists have come up with a way to create human eggs from skin cells. The technique opens the possibility for DNA from a man's skin cells ...

Afghanistan's Taliban authorities have cut telecommunications nationwide, paralysing services crucial to women's education, information access, business and entertainment. The blackout, which the ...