Japan's imperial family is running out of male heirs, and a debate over how to preserve the hereditary lineage that has continued unbroken for centuries is dividing the nation. Meanwhile, Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako wrapped up their two-week trip to Europe, and Japan took note that their ro»»»

Tashkent (TDI): President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev on Friday described 2026 as a decisive year for the country’s development, announcing wide-ranging reforms across governance, the economy, social welfare, and environmental sustainability. Delivering his annual address to the Oliy Majlis an»»»

Musicians, authors, producers and festival managers have hit out at “humiliating” and costly visa-rejection rates for African and Asian artists visiting Britain and European Union countries, saying it is having a chilling impact on cultural diversity. Analysis shows the UK last year raised £44m in »»»

European Union officials issued a statement Tuesday condemning the poisoning of dozens of girls at two schools in northern Afghanistan (such as pictured, 2021). File Photo by Jalil Rezayee/EPA-EFE June 6 (UPI) -- European Union officials issued a statement Tuesday condemning the poisoning of more t»»»

Two years after the Taliban retook power in Afghanistan, the country’s citizens still lack pathways to safety in the European Union, a leading global charity warned as it accused the bloc’s leaders of “staggering neglect”. In a report published Wednesday, the International Rescue Committee said 271»»»

With profound shock, the EU learned on 4 April that the Taliban had decided to ban Afghan women from working for the UN and its agencies, funds and programmes. This decision follows several previous bans and edicts that have targeted Afghan women and girls, reinforcing and tightening the consistent»»»

G7 foreign ministers on Thursday called on the Taliban to “urgently reverse” a ban on women working in Afghanistan’s aid sector. The ban is the latest blow against women’s rights in Afghanistan since the Taliban reclaimed power last year. The hardline group also barred women from attending universi»»»

UN aid chief Martin Griffiths, the heads of UN agencies, and several aid groups said in a joint statement on Wednesday that many other activities would also likely need to be paused in Afghanistan, “as we cannot deliver principled humanitarian assistance without female aid workers.” They stated wom»»»

G7 foreign ministers on Thursday called on the Taliban to "urgently reverse" a ban on women working in Afghanistan’s aid sector. The ban is the latest blow against women's rights in Afghanistan since the Taliban reclaimed power last year. The hardline group also barred women from attending universi»»»

G7 foreign ministers on Thursday called on the Taliban to “urgently reverse” a ban on women working in Afghanistan’s aid sector. The ban is the latest blow against women’s rights in Afghanistan since the Taliban reclaimed power last year. The Taliban also barred women from attending universities ea»»»

Foreign ministers from 12 countries, including the U.S., Britain and a number of European Union countries, have called on the Taliban-led government of Afghanistan to reverse its decision to ban women from working in humanitarian aid groups. The Taliban's reckless and dangerous order prohibiting wo»»»

MigrationEuropeEU asylum applications reach 'new high' since 2015Farah BahgatThe EU's asylum agency said a rise in monthly figures of people seeking refuge in Europe has "accelerated," putting further pressure on host countries. https://p.dw.com/p/4JG2MAdvertisementA European Union agency said on W»»»

The number of people applying for asylum in European countries saw a significant jump last year amid worldwide wars and conflicts, the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) said on Tuesday, with Syrians and Afghans the largest groups of applicants. Member states received some 648,000 applications»»»

The EU Ambassador to Afghanistan posted a message on his Twitter account announcing that members of the EU were meeting yesterday (Tuesday, June 3) to discuss the current situation in Afghanistan. Afghan Voice Agency (AVA)_EU Ambassador to Afghanistan Anders van Brent says a meeting of EU ambassado»»»

May 19 (Reuters) - The number of people found to be illegally present in the European Union increased by 22% to reach nearly 700,000 in 2021, according to European statistics office data released on Thursday. Syrians made up the largest number, followed by Algerians and Afghans. The number of Afgha»»»

Ottawa [Canada], May 13 (ANI): The G7 Foreign Ministers on Thursday (local time) deplored the Taliban's recent decree enforcing hijab on Afghan women and new punishments for family members to enforce compliance with these restrictions. "We condemn the imposition of increasingly restrictive measures»»»

Ottawa [Canada], May 13 (ANI): The G7 Foreign Ministers on Thursday (local time) deplored the Taliban's recent decree enforcing hijab on Afghan women and new punishments for family members to enforce compliance with these restrictions. "We condemn the imposition of increasingly restrictive measures»»»

The number of unaccompanied children who sought asylum in the European Union in 2021 jumped by 72% as the number of refugees arriving from Afghanistan rose sharply, the bloc’s statistics office said on Wednesday. Overall however, the number of asylum seekers who were granted protection in the Europ»»»

Statement from the Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Italy, Japan, Norway, the United Kingdom and the United States of America and the High Representative of the European Union: We are united in our condemnation of the Taliban’s decision not to reopen secondary schools to Afghan girls. "We are u»»»

The number of people making first-time applications for asylum in the European Union jumped by 28% to reach more than half a million last year, according to data released by the bloc's statistics office on Wednesday. Numbers remained well below the peaks of 2015-16 that followed the outbreak of the»»»

American vacation-rental platform Airbnb said on Monday (Feb 28) that it would offer free short-term stays to up to 100,000 people fleeing Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The San Francisco-based company said in a statement that its top leaders had "sent letters to leaders across Europe, starting with»»»