Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban prohibited the display of symbols eferring to or promoting sexual minorities on government buildings, hours before the 30th Budapest Pride festival formally opens on Friday.

The United States on Friday abruptly paused the cancellation of student visas issued to international students, according to reports.

Eight workers from Pakistan's Punjab province were killed by Baloch militants in Iran's Sistan-Baluchestan province in an incident of target killing.

All of the women in Iranian model Azadeh's family have had nose surgeries, each feeling the pressure to conform to Western beauty standards in a country where female bodies are heavily policed.

Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Saturday announced a new transitional government dominated by close allies and including one woman, replacing caretaker authorities in place since the ouster of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad.