The Women Post: WORLD

Khaleda Zia, First Female Bangladesh Prime Minister, Dies Aged 80

TWP Team — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 06:55:07 GMT

Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has died. Photograph: Abir Abdullah/EPA

Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh’s first female prime minister and a towering figure whose bitter rivalry with Sheikh Hasina dominated the country’s politics for more than a generation, has died at the age of 80.

Her death was confirmed on Tuesday morning by the Bangladesh Nationa…

Fernando P., a 61-Year-Old German School Janitor, Was Convicted of Drugging, Raping, and Filming His Wife Over the Years

TWP Team — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 20:23:13 GMT

The defendant Fernando P. is escorted by a justice officer at the regional court on Friday, to hear the verdict in the case where he is accused of drugging and raping his wife in Aachen.Roberto Pfeil / AFP via Getty Images

A German court has convicted a man of repeatedly drugging, raping, and secretly filming his wife over a period of years, before distr…

Nobel Peace Prize Winner: Venezuelan Opposition Leader Makes First Public Appearance to Greet Crowds After Months in Hiding

TWP Team — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 04:41:06 GMT

Crowds cheer as Venezuelan Nobel laureate María Corina Machado appears in Norway

Venezuela’s most prominent opposition figure — and newly named Nobel Peace Prize laureate — María Corina Machado made a dramatic return to the public eye in Norway after secretly fleeing her authoritarian homeland by sea.

The longtime democracy activist appeared on the balco…

At least 127 civilians killed in Israeli strikes on Lebanon since ceasefire, UN says

Muitsson — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 15:30:22 GMT

Mourners gather for the funeral of those killed in Israeli airstrikes on a Palestinian refugee camp, Ain al-Hilweh, in southern Lebanon last week. Photograph: EPA

Nearly a year after a ceasefire was brokered between Israel and Hezbollah, UN officials say Israeli attacks on Lebanon have killed at least 127 civilians, prompting renewed demands for impartia…

Several killed after a bus crashes into a Stockholm bus stop

Muitsson — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 16:28:29 GMT

A tragic accident in central Stockholm has left several people dead and others injured after a city bus veered off the road and crashed into a crowded bus stop, according to Swedish authorities.

The collision occurred at about 15:00 local time (14:00 GMT) along Valhallavägen, a major thoroughfare in the capital. Police confirmed that the driver of the bu…

King Charles strips his brother Andrew of ‘prince’ title and evicts him from royal mansion

TWP Team — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 04:48:00 GMT

LONDON — In a decisive and unprecedented move, King Charles has formally begun the process of stripping his brother, Prince Andrew, of all royal titles and evicting him from his residence on the Windsor estate. The action marks the most forceful attempt yet by the monarchy to distance itself from the ongoing scandal surrounding Andrew’s association with…

Vice President Kamala Harris tells BBC she may run for president again: ‘I am not done’

TWP Team — Sat, 25 Oct 2025 15:46:35 GMT

Kamala Harris says she still sees herself as having a political future and may run for the White House in 2028. Photo by BBC.com

Kamala Harris isn’t bowing out quietly. In a candid new interview with the BBC, the former Vice President of the United States made her strongest suggestion yet that she’s preparing for a political comeback — one that could rew…

In Memoir, Virginia Giuffre Alleges Her Father Abused Her and May Have Taken Epstein’s Money

TWP Team — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 03:38:45 GMT

Virginia Roberts Giuffre in April 2025 with a photograph of herself as a teenager. Photograph: Emily Michot/TNS/ZUMA Press Wire/REX/Shutterstock

Virginia Roberts Giuffre — long known for her public accusations against financier Jeffrey Epstein — claims in a new posthumous memoir that her own father sexually abused her and may have accepted hush money fro…

Australia’s High Court Rejects Candace Owens’ Visa Appeal,Over Fears of Social Division

TWP Team — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 19:52:36 GMT

MELBOURNE, Australia — Australia’s High Court has upheld a government decision to deny U.S. conservative commentator Candace Owens a visa, ruling that officials acted lawfully when they determined her visit could stir social unrest.

In a unanimous decision on Wednesday, three judges rejected Owens’ challenge to Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke’s 2024 ref…

If Anyone Deserves a Nobel Prize, it’s Journalist Bisan Owda: To us at the Women Post, she’s the Very Definition of Courage. And She’s Still Alive.

TWP Team — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 09:33:20 GMT

Bisan before the war and after. Left: “Once upon a time…on a boat ride on my beautiful city”. Right: “This might be our last call…Gaza is completely collapsing!”

She’s not just brave — she’s an absolute force, leading, documenting, and telling the stories of Palestine with a resilience most people can’t even imagine. She’s a true leader for her people, a…

BREAKING NEWS: French appeal court increases sentence of Gisèle Pelicot's rapist

TWP Team — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 23:41:38 GMT

Gisèle Pelicot, arrives at the court in Nîmes on Thursday. Photograph: Arnold Jerocki/Getty Images

A French appeals court has increased the prison sentence of the only man who contested his conviction in the rape case of Gisèle Pelicot, a 72-year-old woman who was drugged and assaulted by dozens of men over more than a decade.

The Nîmes Court of Appeal ex…

Live updates: Israel and Hamas agree to the first phase of Gaza peace plan.

Muitsson — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 03:49:41 GMT

Palestinians celebrate following the news that Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of US President Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza Photograph: Video Obtained By Reuters/Reuters

WASHINGTON, D.C. Donald Trump announced Wednesday that Israel and Hamas have agreed to the “first phase” of a peace plan aimed at ending the ongoing conflict in Gaza. Acc…

The Indecency of Denial: Inside the French Mass Rape Case That Shattered a Nation

TWP Team — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 21:51:37 GMT

Gisèle Pelicot leaving court on Tuesday alongside her son, Florian Pelicot. Photograph: Alexandre Dimou/Reuters

In a courtroom in Nîmes, southern France, one of the darkest chapters in the nation’s modern criminal history resurfaced this week. The case, already notorious for its brutality and scale, has once again forced France — and the world — to confr…

Power Without Women Is Dangerous: Why More Women Must Run for Office

TWP Team — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 03:43:31 GMT

Claudia Sheinbaum waves at supporters in the Zocalo plaza in Mexico City, Mexico on June 3, 2024.Daniel Becerril/Reuters/File

When men hold nearly all the power, women and girls pay the price. That has been the reality of governments, parliaments, and presidencies since the beginning of time. The consequences are written across history: wars waged, right…

Celebrate Independence with Us: 50% Off All Memberships This Weekend Only

TWP Team — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 16:22:02 GMT

This Fourth of July, as fireworks light up the skies and we reflect on the meaning of freedom, we at The Women Post are reminded of what true independence looks like — not just for a nation, but for women everywhere.

In a time when women's rights are being challenged across the country, our freedom can no longer be taken for granted. It must be defended,…

Locked in Abuse: The Devastating Impact of the Philippines' Divorce Ban on Women

Muitsson — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 13:58:37 GMT

Warning: This story contains graphic details of domestic violence.

Michelle Bulang still bears the faint scars from the 13 stitches in her scalp where she says her husband hit her and the burn marks on her back and legs from the time he poured boiling water all over her.

The walls of her home are pockmarked with holes from the times her husband had come h…

Pope Francis created a 'seismic shift' toward acceptance, LGBTQ Catholics say

Muitsson — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 06:49:34 GMT

For LGBTQ Catholics and theologians, Pope Francis’ papacy will be remembered as a turning point — a time when acceptance was no longer whispered about but spoken aloud by the most powerful voice in the Catholic Church.

In July 2013, during an informal press conference aboard a flight, Pope Francis delivered a remark that would mark a defining moment in h…

Pope Francis, the ‘World’s Parish Priest’ Who Led in an Era of Crisis, Dies at 88

TWP Team — Mon, 21 Apr 2025 09:50:43 GMT

Pope Francis in his private library of the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City on Sept. 5, 2014.Vatican Pool/Getty Images

Death of 267th head of Catholic church triggers period of global mourning and Vatican conclave of cardinals to elect successor

Pope Francis, the pontiff revered by millions of Catholics around the world whose popular appeal reached far be…

Fatima Hassouna’s Final Frame: ‘If I die, I want a loud death’: Gaza photojournalist killed by Israeli airstrike

Muitsson — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 22:02:26 GMT

Fatima Hassouna in Gaza. Photograph: Fatima Hassouna

In the shifting dust of Gaza, under skies that hold no promise, a young woman once walked with a camera clutched close to her heart. Her name was Fatima Hassouna. She was 25. A photojournalist. A witness. A sister. A soon-to-be bride. And now, another name in a sea of names—if we let her be.

But Fatima …

They Are Not Soldiers: Women and Children Now Make Up 70% of Warzone Deaths Worldwide

TWP Team — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 06:09:33 GMT

As bombs fall and bullets fly, the most innocent are paying the ultimate price. It’s time to speak up—for the mothers, daughters, and children who never chose these wars.

In the fog of modern warfare, amidst Gaza Crumbling Hospitals and shattered classrooms, and homes, one truth pierces through the smoke: the primary victims of today’s wars are not soldi…