As part of the Connecting Classrooms Global program, the British Council organized a virtual event to discuss how policy makers can identify the issues relating to health and well-being in schools, assess the needs for policy and practice and then apply their learning so that it meets the needs of their country school systems.

The family of Saudi activist Loujain al-Hathloul said Thursday U.S. President Joe Biden's election win helped secure her release after nearly three years' imprisonment, but cautioned she was still far from free.

A multi-faith memorial service for Lebanese activist Lokman Slim, who was killed last week, triggered a row Thursday after a Shiite cleric was attacked on social media for taking part.

In the garage where he sought shelter from bombs in his native Lebanon, Ara Malikian discovered the power of music.

Saudi authorities on Wednesday released prominent women's rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul, her siblings said, after nearly three years in detention.

Four people were arrested in Jerusalem after clashes between Israeli security forces and ultra-orthodox Jews opposed to coronavirus restrictions, the police said Wednesday.

Russian security services raided the homes of several Jehovah's Witnesses in Moscow on Wednesday, in an ongoing crackdown on the US-based religious movement.

Women in Kuwait are defying conservative norms and a culture of "shame" to speak out against harassment for the first time, in a social media campaign sparked by a popular fashion blogger.

Dozens of testimonies about being stalked, harassed or assaulted have emerged online, focused on the Instagram account "Lan Asket", Arabic for "I will not be silent".

Lebanese intellectual Lokman Slim, found shot dead Thursday at age 58, was an outspoken critic of Iran-backed Hizbullah and an advocate for preserving the memory of his country's civil war.

The son of a prominent lawyer and an Egyptian mother, Slim was an activist, writer, publisher and filmmaker, and a leading secular voice in the Shiite Muslim community.

The United States on Wednesday condemned "rhetoric" against sexual minorities in Turkey after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan blasted the LGBT movement and compared student protesters to "terrorists."