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It is the question trending on Iranian social media, spray-painted on the back of Tehran bus seats, and discussed in hushed ...

The recent statements have sent shockwaves across Libyan society, polarising public opinion on tradition, individual freedoms ...

In an ongoing crackdown on women's rights, Iran has established a new mental health facility in Tehran, the Clinic for ...

The father of a 10-year-old British-Pakistani girl on Thursday denied her murder and instead blamed the girl's stepmother, calling her "evil" and "psycho".

Iran's science minister, Hossein Simaei, on Wednesday described a female student's public act of stripping down to her underwear as "immoral and uncustomary".

Despite the huge popularity of this iconic toy, Barbie has sparked her share of debate since she first hit the market 60 ...

An Iranian student rebelled against the mandatory wearing of the hijab by stripping down to her underwear and walking around ...

It is not clear whether the student was protesting outside the Islamic Azad University in Tehran, but officials deny there ...

Human rights activists have called on authorities in Iran to release a woman who was detained after removing her clothes at a ...