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14:56

At least 52 people have been killed and dozens more have been injured in a suicide bomb attack near a mosque in Mastung, a town of Pakistan’s Baluchistan province.

13:23

Political women prisoners in Sincan Women's Closed Prison in Ankara urge the CPT to take immediate action against torture and rights violations in Turkey’s prisons.

13:06

Azime Bozkurt, an employee of Yeni Yaşam newspaper, was detained in Dersim while distributing newspapers.

10:39

Four women members of the Baha'i religious minority were arrested in the southern city of Shiraz and transferred to an unknown location by Iranian security forces.

15:17

“Syria has lost its youth. We call on our children to return to Syria,” said women participating in the protest held at the Karama Square.

13:46

Afghan women’s rights activist Julia Parsi has been arrested by the Taliban forces. “The Taliban aim to silence the voices of millions of Afghan women by arresting women activists,” said the Powerful Afghan Women's Movement.

11:28

No news has been received from four women, Solmaz Hassanzadeh, Shida Rezaei, Simin Khayat and Shirin Khayat, since they were arrested by Iranian security forces on their way from Bukan to Saqqez on September 27.

10:51

The death toll of the 7 magnitude earthquake that struck Morocco on September 8 has risen to 2,960.

10:25

The Yazidi Hostage Rescue Office has announced that a Yazidi woman namely A.D. has been rescued after nine years in ISIS captivity.

09:31

Five women and two girls were killed in September in Afghanistan, controlled by the Taliban.

09:05

The 13th International Meeting of the World March of Women will be held in Ankara from October 6 to October 12.

14:30

Kurdish politician Selma Irmak, former member of the parliament of Turkey for the HDP, has been sentenced to four years and two months in prison.

14:28

Three people, including a woman, have been kidnapped in Afrin, occupied by the Turkish state and Turkish-backed factions.

14:24

“I know these threats will not end but those who fight for their freedom will definitely win,” said Lida, who has been threatened by Iran’s intelligence agencies for participating in the “Jin, Jiyan, Azadi” protests for a year.

12:51

“Enough is enough! The injustice and oppression must stop,” said Shahira Tarudi, who participated in the peaceful protests in Sweida that have continued for two months.

11:21

Reacting to the Turkish attacks, women of Afrin and Shahba say that they will not accept the policy of Turkification and protect the system based on democracy in North and East Syria.

10:32

Reacting to the ongoing Turkish attacks on the town of Til Temir, Kurdish, Arab and Syriac women say their solidarity will set the occupiers up to fail.

10:30

A fire that broke out at a wedding hall in Iraq’s Mosul city has killed at least 100 people.

09:17

Feminist activists say women have paid the heaviest price for the ongoing conflicts between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces and call for international support to stop conflicts immediately.

14:28

Afghan journalist and women’s rights activist Lailuma Sadid has been honored with the prestigious Henri La Fontaine International Prize for Humanism.