As countries around the world mark International Women’s Day, we speak to two Afghan women who fled Kabul as soon as the Taliban came to power in August 2021.

Russia launched a full-scale invasion of its neighbour, upending the lives of millions of Ukrainians. But the conflict also changed the lives of hundreds of thousands of Russians opposed to the war.

In an interview with FRANCE 24, the president of the Tibetan government-in-exile warned that Tibet is "dying a slow death". Penpa Tsering said that Chinese government policies are aimed at the "eradication" of Tibetan identity. Among them, Tsering cited the policy of forcible schooling of some 1 million Tibetan children in what he described as "colonial-style boarding schools" in which the youngsters are separated from their families, taught only in Chinese and forced to pledge allegiance to the Chinese Communist Party.

Ex-PM Nawaz Sharif is expected hold a large rally in Lahore to mark his return to Pakistan. The nation is facing a deep economic crisis under the current government led by Sharif's brother.