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Lleida Drafts Ban on Full-Face Veils in Public and Municipal Spaces

The proposal now heads for a June vote under close legal scrutiny.

Badshah Sets April 14 Release for Reworked 'Tateeree Phir Se'

Andrew Garfield Calls Watching ‘Harry Potter’ “Controversial,” Declines To Name J.K. Rowling

Joy Reid Defends Viral Claim the U.S. Is Only ‘Marginally Better’ Than Iran as Backlash and Fact-Checks Mount

Meghan to Headline Sydney Women’s Retreat as High-Priced Tickets Draw Scrutiny

Shabana Azmi Condemns Bollywood Item Songs for Objectifying Women at Mumbai Event

Kremlin Deletes Unedited Putin Video Showing Coughing, Posts Edited Women’s Day Address

Taliban Codifies Domestic Violence in New Penal Code Distributed to Afghan Courts

Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction Unveils 2026 Longlist of 16, Featuring Arundhati Roy and Sarah Perry

South Korea’s Ruling Party Expels Jindo County Chief Over ‘Import Women’ Remark

Iran Authorizes Motorcycle Licenses for Women After Vice President Signs Order

CDU Women’s Wing Seeks Public Ban on Full-Face Veils Ahead of Party Vote

Perth-Area Deli’s ‘No Bare Bums’ Sign Banning G-String Bikinis Draws Sexism Claims

Cyberabad Police Book 73, Including Media Channels, Over Online Abuse of Actor Anasuya Bharadwaj

UK Reasserts Ban on Sex-Selective Abortion as BPAS Draws Fire Over Website Wording

Rajasthan Village Elders Withdraw Smartphone Ban on Women in 15 Jalore Villages

Iran Arrests Two Kish Marathon Organizers Over Unveiled Runners

Iran Arrests Kish Marathon Organizers After Women Run Without Hijab

Iran Arrests Two Kish Marathon Organizers After Unveiled Women Ran

Australian Senator Pauline Hanson Suspended Over Burka Stunt After Ban Bid Fails