All the latest breaking news on United States. Browse ibtimes archives of photos, videos and articles on United States.

Isabelle Lassee of Amnesty International and The Diplomat’s Catherine Putz discuss the state of gender apartheid in ...

What will we find magnet fishing this old Plantation well and cistern dating back from the 1830s. It was owned by the Richest man in Mississippi during that time. It was later burned in 1864 by ...

George Glezmann was detained while traveling in the country after the Taliban’s victory in the war. Secretary of State Marco ...

Jamila Ahmadi, 27, said many of her fellow Afghan women had already been sent back to Afghanistan and warned that their lives, as well as hers, were in danger. "My activism, especially my efforts ...

The man was apprehended in Pakistan and flown to Virginia to face terrorism charges. Prosecutors say the man admitted to ...

And yet so many edicts issued by the Taliban's "Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice Ministry" feel like fresh calamities for the rights and well-being of resident Afghan women.

Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has launched phase 4 of the project to support education in remote areas in Afghanistan, in cooperation with the Afghan Welfare Society. The latest phase will ...

LAUREL, Md. (AP) — The rent is due, but Rahmani has no money to pay it. The Afghan father of two worked for a U.S.-backed organization in Kabul, which put him at risk of Taliban retribution.

Dating to the year 700 CE, the Afghan Liturgical Quire is on view at the Jewish Theological Seminary Library's exhibit, ...

Today, Afghan women face more than 100 restrictions -- controlling everything from their appearance and movement to their right to work and study. Those accused of violating the Taliban’s so ...