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Medical doctor and surgeon Bibi Khadija Sadat, 35, completes a C-section at the provincial hospital's maternity unit, on August 27, 2025, in Ghazni, Afghanistan.

Medical doctor and surgeon Bibi Khadija Sadat, 35, completes a C-section at the provincial hospital's maternity unit, on August 27, 2025, in Ghazni, Afghanistan. © Elise Blanchard/Getty Images

Inside the Deadly Collapse of Maternity Care in Afghanistan

Amid USAID cuts and Taliban restrictions, we find clinics closing, midwives disappearing, and women dying.

Surgeons Said Mohammad Mubin and Bibi Khadija Sadat, during a C-section at the provincial hospital's maternity unit on August 27, 2025, in Ghazni, Afghanistan.

Surgeons Said Mohammad Mubin and Bibi Khadija Sadat, during a C-section at the provincial hospital's maternity unit on August 27, 2025, in Ghazni, Afghanistan. © Elise Blanchard/Getty Images

FRONTLINE UPDATE

Inside Afghanistan’s Maternal Mortality Crisis

Read about the devastating impact of US aid cuts on Afghan women.

Government and local security forces take cover from shelling in the town of Walgha on July 14, 2025 near Sweida, Syria.

Government and local security forces take cover from shelling in the town of Walgha on July 14, 2025 near Sweida, Syria. © Getty Images

Vanished: Enforced Disappearances in Suwayda

A year on, many families are still searching for answers about the fate of their loved ones.

Syrian soldiers ride in a truck as smoke billows on the horizon on July 15, 2025 near Suwayda, Syria.

Syrian soldiers ride in a truck as smoke billows on the horizon on July 15, 2025 near Suwayda, Syria. © Stringer/Getty Images

FRONTLINE UPDATE

Suwayda, One Year On

Read about efforts to find answers to the hundreds of civilians forcibly disappeared in the Suwayda clashes in southern Syria.

A mourner at the Potocari cemetery near Srebrenica, July 9, 2015.

A mourner at the Potocari cemetery near Srebrenica, July 9, 2015. © Matej Divizna/Getty Images

FRONTLINE UPDATE

Remembering Srebrenica

In this week’s update, hear about the work done to memorialise the Srebrenica genocide and build a peaceful future.

A makeshift shrine is dedicated to a family killed in their home after it was hit by a Russian missile attack, on October 28, 2022 in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine.

A makeshift shrine is dedicated to a family killed in their home after it was hit by a Russian missile attack, on October 28, 2022 in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. © Carl Court/Getty Images

FRONTLINE UPDATE

Ukraine: Documenting Justice

In this week’s update, read about the Ukrainian journalist reporting on the war crimes prosecutions affecting her own community.

From left: moderator Laurynas Vaičiūnas, Director at The Jan Nowak-Jezioranski College of Eastern Europe; Anthony Borden, IWPR Founder and Executive Director; Thibaut Bruttin, Director General for RSF; Yevhenia Kravchuk, Ukrainian MP; Ekaterina Zakharieva, Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation, European Commission; Tetyana Berezhna, Vice Prime Minister on Culture and Humanitarian Policy; Joanna Kluzik-Rostkowska, Head of the Polish Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.

From left: moderator Laurynas Vaičiūnas, Director at The Jan Nowak-Jezioranski College of Eastern Europe; Anthony Borden, IWPR Founder and Executive Director; Thibaut Bruttin, Director General for RSF; Yevhenia Kravchuk, Ukrainian MP; Ekaterina Zakharieva, Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation, European Commission; Tetyana Berezhna, Vice Prime Minister on Culture and Humanitarian Policy; Joanna Kluzik-Rostkowska, Head of the Polish Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.

Ukraine: The Critical Infrastructure of Trust

Media and information must form integral elements of security, recovery and reconstruction.

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A woman reacts over the body of her daughter, next to a clinic that was damaged during a Russian missile attack, on June 1, 2023 in Kyiv, Ukraine. At least three were killed, including a child, and others were injured by falling debris from intercepted missiles.

A woman reacts over the body of her daughter, next to a clinic that was damaged during a Russian missile attack, on June 1, 2023 in Kyiv, Ukraine. At least three were killed, including a child, and others were injured by falling debris from intercepted missiles. © Roman Pilipey/Getty Images

Ukraine Justice: “Reporting the Story is Just the Start”

Journalists need training and support to properly cover war crimes trials.

Students attend a lesson on housekeeping at a training facility for domestic workers on November 22, 2022 in Kampala, Uganda. Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states are a frequent destination for Ugandan domestic workers, with official estimates suggesting that around one hundred and sixty-five thousand Ugandans are in temporary employment contracts in the region.

Students attend a lesson on housekeeping at a training facility for domestic workers on November 22, 2022 in Kampala, Uganda. Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states are a frequent destination for Ugandan domestic workers, with official estimates suggesting that around one hundred and sixty-five thousand Ugandans are in temporary employment contracts in the region. © Luke Dray/Getty Images

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Activists warn that vulnerable domestic workers risk abuse, often returning with serious health conditions.

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Commitment, sacrifice and luck secured a vital early win in the south-eastern campaign, but can Ukrainian forces press on?

Sevim Kaya has been a bus driver for 16 years.

Sevim Kaya has been a bus driver for 16 years. © Umut Akar

Behind the Wheel in a Macho City

Some women face Adana's male-dominated traffic chaos for a living.

Karine (not her real name) was 15 when she realised that the male body she was born into was not hers. She moved from the rural community she grew up in to the capital Yerevan to be free to be herself. Unlinke many people in her community she was able to find a stable job as a hairdresser and manicurist.

Karine (not her real name) was 15 when she realised that the male body she was born into was not hers. She moved from the rural community she grew up in to the capital Yerevan to be free to be herself. Unlinke many people in her community she was able to find a stable job as a hairdresser and manicurist. © Anahit Zakaryan

Life in the Shadows for Armenia’s Transgender Community

Recent murder highlights widespread discrimination and violence against LGBTI people.

An AFPTV cameraman films while smoke plumes billow during Israeli air strikes in Gaza City on October 12, 2023 as raging battles between Israel and the Hamas movement continue for the sixth consecutive day. Thousands of people, both Israeli and Palestinians have died since October 7, 2023, after Palestinian Hamas militants based in the Gaza Strip, entered southern Israel in a surprise attack leading Israel to declare war on Hamas in Gaza on October 8.

An AFPTV cameraman films while smoke plumes billow during Israeli air strikes in Gaza City on October 12, 2023 as raging battles between Israel and the Hamas movement continue for the sixth consecutive day. Thousands of people, both Israeli and Palestinians have died since October 7, 2023, after Palestinian Hamas militants based in the Gaza Strip, entered southern Israel in a surprise attack leading Israel to declare war on Hamas in Gaza on October 8. © Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images

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