Iraq’s decision to introduce the Ja’fari law in January means that girls can be married based on perceived “maturity and ...

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Though 2025 saw flagrant human rights abuses across the globe, the year also brought many positive developments.

Iranian authorities have freed a woman who was condemned to hanging over the killing of her husband who she married while a child, in a case that sparked international concern over the plight of women ...

22:12, Sun, Dec 14, 2025 Updated: 22:34, Sun, Dec 14, 2025 A child bride who was forced to marry a man 19 years older than her has been executed for killing her husband, a human rights group says.

A woman who was once a child bride in Afghanistan escaped, along with her infant son, and found her way years later to winning third place at a bodybuilding competition, representing Norway. NBC News’ ...

A child bride has been executed in Iran for killing her much older husband after suffering horrific domestic abuse, human rights groups say. Rana Faraj Oghli, a 24-year-old woman from Tabriz, was ...

Former Nepal home minister Ramesh Lekhak told a probe panel that the violent arson during Gen Z protests was a planned ...

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Gun rights activist Kyle Rittenhouse, who made national headlines for being acquitted in an August 2020 shooting that killed two men during rioting in Kenosha, Wis., made a surprise return to social ...