The Iranian director has been jailed and banned from filmmaking. Will the acclaim for "It Was Just an Accident" protect him — ...

(Note: Several of these films are part of this year’s IFFBoston Fall Focus at the Brattle in Harvard Square. I’ll tell you when you can see them below.) This year’s New York Film Festival allowed me ...

Historian Marc David Baer calls the Ottomans "very much a European empire" and "the unacknowledged part of the story the West ...

The conference was billed as a celebration of China’s achievements in supporting women. But the government has mostly wiped out independent advocacy groups. By Vivian Wang Reporting from Beijing China ...

FERNANDINA BEACH, Fla. — The city of Fernandina Beach removed the “Peg Leg Pete” statue from downtown Thursday morning. The iconic statue has called Centre Street home for nearly 50 years. The removal ...

China's President Xi Jinping speaks during a opening ceremony of the Global Women’s Summit 2025 at China National Convention Center on October 13, 2025 in Beijing, China. Ken Ishii/Pool via REUTERS ...

In 1995, the Fourth World Conference on Women of the United Nations was successfully held in Beijing. The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, adopted at the conference, has since become a ...

Thirty years ago, the Beijing World Conference on Women achieved historic success. Its clarion call to pursue "equality, development, and peace through action" continues to resonate across the globe.

BEIJING, Oct. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- China on Monday held the Global Leaders' Meeting on Women to address women's rights and all-round development. CGTN published an article highlighting China's ...

Ahead of a global summit on women next week, China’s state media is projecting the country as a role model for its years of progress in promoting women’s rights, noting that other countries could ...

China will host a global women’s summit in Beijing next week, with President Xi Jinping attending the opening ceremony and delivering the keynote speech. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the ...