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As female founders face a daily bias in raising funds, women investors are stepping up to crack the problem.

As people battle freezing temperatures at a makeshift camp in France, a scooter, football or necklace bring hope.

Tunisia to play Burkina Faso in the quarterfinals after knocking out three-time AFCON champions Nigeria.

UAE defence ministry says it will take all necessary measures to protect the country from attacks.

Government senator describes blocking of account as 'foreign interference' in Australian democracy.

Once-thriving Genting Hong Kong is headed for liquidation after seeing business evaporate during the pandemic.

US Special Envoy says agreement 'hard to imagine' while four 'innocent Americans held hostage'.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken resists imposing immediate sanctions arguing it would remove their deterrent effect

Armen Sarkissian says he believes the country's constitution does not give him sufficient powers to influence events.

Despite calls to end kafala system, domestic workers still subject to employers' rules.

It lost half its value on Friday, with other cryptocurrencies dealing in the red.

China is yet to comment on the incursions, which Taiwan says included 34 fighters and four electronic warfare aircraft.

Tens of thousands take part in demonstration against COVID restrictions as Omicron variant fuels new wave of infections.

Soldiers staged mutinies in parts of the country on Sunday amid unrest and violence since 2014.

UN expresses outrage over arrest of Osman, citing a 'pattern of violence against women's rights activists' in Sudan.

First high-level visit since relations soured in the wake of a 1989 theft of $20m worth of jewels from a Saudi prince.

Protesters accuse the Chinese state of committing genocide and torture against the Muslim Uighur minority.

At least 16 killed and eight others wounded after fireworks used in the Yaounde club caused a fire, government says.

Six-year-old Mustafa El Nezzel will receive treatment after an award-winning photo spurred a fund-raising drive.

Known locally as 'Sheikh Suleiman,' he mobilised the Palestinian street in southern Hebron against Israel's occupation.

Al Jazeera has learned that the Afghan group will be pushed on women's rights in return for access to frozen funds.

More than 250 firefighters aided by water-dropping aircraft contained about 20 percent of the blaze.

ISIL attack in Hasakeh has been one of the deadliest since the armed group lost its territory in 2019.

I thought I would never see my torturer face justice. I did, and I hope all Syrian victims find justice as well.

Weapons deliveries to Kyiv would 'not be helpful at the moment', says Germany's defence minister.

Pressure on communities comes as regional elites and big companies look to develop resource-rich Indigenous lands.

Qatar Airways is seeking compensation of $618m plus $4m a day after grounding 21 A350s over safety concerns.

Tens of thousands have been charged and sentenced over the crime of insulting Erdogan since he became president.

The government denies the army seized control of the country after exchanges of gunfire at multiple army barracks.

Civilians have been joining Ukraine's army reserves in recent weeks amid fears about the Russian invasion.

Moscow, which maintains it has no plans to invade Ukraine, dismissed the accusations as 'disinformation'.

Nusrat Ghani, a former junior transport minister, says her Muslim faith was making her colleagues uncomfortable.

The first Arab summit since the pandemic began is being delayed again because of rising coronavirus cases.

Survivors of detention centre air raids denounce the attack in Saada province as yet 'another crime'.

Vice admiral came under fire after saying Putin deserves 'respect' and Kyiv will never regain Crimea.

Iran to regain vote at the UN General Assembly after Seoul pays $18m dues using $7bn funds frozen due to US sanctions.

96-year-old former leader has been receiving treatment at the National Heart Institute in Kuala Lumpur in recent days.

'Red setting' not a lockdown but indoor hospitality settings, events will be capped at 100 people with vaccine passes.

Resident of Tongatapu says deafening sound, rain of sulphur ash followed Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai's eruption.

Slew of cases involving young girls and boys at religiously-linked schools has horrified parents.

British health authorities have identified hundreds of cases of the Omicron variant dubbed BA.2.

The 85-year-old had been campaigning behind the scenes for weeks to replace outgoing President Sergio Mattarella.

Kuwaiti minister says Lebanon should not interfere in Gulf state affairs in order to improve relations.

At least seven people were killed and nine others wounded in a bomb attack on a minibus in city of Herat, officials say.

The United States and Russia have held more talks aimed at alleviating Ukraine tensions, but to no avail.

Most of Lebanon’s public schools are closed as teachers demand higher wages and stipends to earn a living wage.

At least 200 Palestinians were killed by Zionist gangs in the village of Tantura, which was razed in 1948.

Several hundred people march through downtown Ouagadougou as anger against armed attacks in the country grows.

Tens of thousands of Russian troops are amassed at the Ukraine border, escalating tensions with NATO countries.

Carrie Lam says an outbreak in hamsters has led to a rise in COVID infections, urges residents to avoid New Year events.