Beyond dealing with the physical horrors, panic attacks, insomnia, flashbacks, anxiety and depression affect majority of patients

“Women struggle with sexual assault, even in peacetime, but in war it’s impossible,” said Masha Efrosinina. “I cannot imagine their trauma.”

Kandahar’s Sarpoza prison has a long history of good intentions followed by bad outcomes, the most recent resulting in its deterioration into a crumbling, squalid facility that exposes prisoners to dangerous health risks.

Why prospective parents are turning to social media for sperm donations. “I was in such a place of desperation, thinking, ‘Just give me the baby, and I will figure everything else out later.’”

Before Russia invaded Ukraine, Canadian diplomats fled Kyiv, leaving Ukrainian staff behind and raising questions about their role in war.

Friends since the Iran-Iraq War in the ’80s, one got out, the other stayed. ‘I am sure we are not going to go back to where we were. Everything has changed.’

Once influential Afghan professional engineers, government leaders and journalists now live in poverty as refugees in border countries

Half of Canadian women feel unprepared and three quarters who sought medical advice found it lacking

Afghan women who spoke to The Globe described instances of extreme violence supported by the Taliban’s doctrines.

More than 2,000 hectares of Haida Gwaii forests are clear cut every year forcing the ‘cedar people’ to travel hours to find ancient giants for their spiritual traditions

How can educators facilitate inclusion for Ukrainian students fleeing the war?

Hwiemtun cleanses collective trauma through sweat-lodge ceremonies

Afghan women say they’ve lost their rights to study, work and dress freely. They have also lost their legal protection, leaving them defenceless against forced marriage, rape and murder.

Minister Joly said she would welcome an investigation into whether Ottawa knew that locally hired Ukrainian staff might be on Russian kill lists.

Minister Joly says she was unaware of intelligence reports that Ukrainians who worked for the Canadian embassy were likely on lists of people Moscow intended to detain or kill.

Ottawa told Canadian embassy leaders in Kyiv to withhold information from Ukrainian staff and leave them behind

Under the Taliban, women and child addicts live in grave danger

I have seen Angela Davison, known as Rainbow Eyes, transform from a quiet fugitive to a transformational leader.

Despite a strict new ban in Afghanistan on cultivating narcotics, Taliban officials are stockpiling opium and other drugs, and continuing to allow some drug production, a crucial contributor to the country’s economy.

Photogenic they may be. But the mammals’ diet may be upsetting the balance of B.C.’s marine ecosystem.