KABUL: Women television presenters on Afghanistan’s leading news channels on Sunday vowed to speak up for their rights after being forced by Taliban authorities to cover their faces on air.... The Ministry for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice ordered women television presenters to follow suit.... After defying the order a day earlier, presenters on Sunday wore full hijabs and veils that left only their eyes on view across leading channels, including TOLOnews, Ariana Television, Shams

Rescue workers are still searching for survivors in the ruins of a theater that was serving as a shelter in the besieged southern city of Mariupol.... Differences between Washington and Beijing over Russian President Vladimir Putin’s prosecution of his three-week-old war against Ukraine are expected to be at the center of the call.... White House press secretary Jen Psaki says Biden will question Xi about Beijing’s “ rhetorical support ” of Putin and its failure to denounce Russia’s brutal inv