OPINION: Internal displacement remains an invisible crisis in plain sight
Globally, as many as 55 million people are internally displaced, more than twice the number of refugees or asylum seekers - but the issue gets little attention
With births and a beauty salon, Afghan 'guests' transform U.S. base
There's a sense that life's events continue to unfold for the over 9,300 Afghan evacuees living in a U.S. military base in New Jersey
Dark future? Climate change fuels higher heat, flood threats for children
Children will, on average, suffer seven times more heatwaves and nearly three times more droughts, floods and crop failures due to fast-accelerating climate change, finds new study
Malala pleads with world to protect Afghan girls' education
Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai said she worried the Taliban would act as they did when they were last in power despite an increase in opportunities for Afghan women since then
What next for Afghanistan's deserted beauty salons?
Beauty salons have provided jobs for women across Afghanistan, but with the Taliban back in power, their future appears bleak
In climate pledge, Xi says China will not build new coal-fired power projects abroad
Xi gives no details but the move could significantly limit the financing of coal plants in the developing world
OPINION: Don’t give up on Afghanistan’s women athletes
The Taliban have suggested they may ban women from sport. Either way the country’s sportswomen are determined to get back on pitches and courts
'Fashion is resistance': The Afghan designers championing traditional dress
As Taliban officials impose a dress code on female students, émigré Afghan designers are highlighting the rich diversity of women’s traditional attire
Afghanistan's Taliban say working on reopening girls' high schools
The Taliban said last week they would open schools for high school-aged boys, but not girls
World leaders return to U.N. with focus on pandemic, climate
Before the annual speeches begin, the U.N. chief and British prime minister will hold a summit on Monday to try and save November's COP26 climate summit from failure