Saudi Arabia’s Shura Council, which advises the cabinet, has turned down a proposal to study the issue of women’s driving, a Shura member told AFP on Wednesday. The kingdom has some of the world’s tightest restrictions on women, and is the only country where they are not allowed to drive. ...
Hundreds of schools were ordered to close indefinitely in Kashmir on Wednesday after a flare-up in violence between Indian and Pakistani security forces in the disputed region left 14 civilians dead. Authorities on the Indian-occupied side said nearly 300 schools had been ordered to shut from Wednesday morning following the ...