![A Taliban fighter stands guard as Afghan women shout slogans during a protest in Kabul [Hoshang Hashimi/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/000_9MD24B.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
A new sign outside the Women’s Affairs Ministry announced it was now the ‘Ministry for Preaching and Guidance’.
News
![People wearing protective face masks walk in Avenue Habib Bourguiba in the Tunisian capital Tunis [File: AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/bd63b874faab434ea444701a0f7da339_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
Weeks after Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria and Libya were hit hard by COVID infections, case numbers are now declining fast.
![Houthi supporters hold up their weapons during a demonstration against the United States [Khaled Abdullah/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2021-01-20T091224Z_1480931522_RC2LBL9JJ90W_RTRMADP_3_YEMEN-SECURITY-USA.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and former US President Donald Trump were tried in absentia.
![Victoria police clash with protesters during an anti-COVID lockdown demonstration in Melbourne, Australia [James Ross/AAP via Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2021-09-18T055159Z_462807783_RC25SP9Y1HR0_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-AUSTRALIA-PROTEST.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Several police officers wounded in clashes with protesters at anti-lockdown rallies in Sydney and Melbourne.
![Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, left, who deposed President Alpha Conde earlier in September, greets Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara, right [File: Ivory Coast Presidency/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2021-09-17T172433Z_1413316039_RC2MRP9MTR83_RTRMADP_3_GUINEA-SECURITY.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Military says detained ex-President Conde will not be allowed to leave Guinea after the coup, defying regional pressure.
![Pele is the only player in history to win three World Cups [File: Robert Cianflone/Getty Images]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/gettyimages-467547042-594x594-1.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
The 80-year-old was hospitalised again due to respiratory problems days after surgery for suspected colon tumour.
![The trial came six years after Durst's apparent confession was aired in the HBO television documentary series The Jinx [File: Al Sieb/Pool via Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2021-09-14T204530Z_1626971785_RC2WPP9TK0MY_RTRMADP_3_PEOPLE-DURST.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Durst, suspected of killing three people, found guilty by a Los Angeles court of murdering Susan Berman in 2000.
![Algeria's former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika died on September 17, 2021, aged 84 [Ryad Kramdi/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/boute.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Plagued by health problems for years, the long-serving leader held onto power using repression and oil profits.
![Taiwan said 10 Chinese aircraft entered its air defence zone on Friday [File: Wang Zhao/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/000_1AL7BX.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Taiwan sent combat aircraft to warn away the Chinese aircraft, while missile systems were deployed to monitor them.
![Cuba previously said its three-shot Abdala vaccine against the coronavirus had proved 92.28 percent effective [File: Manaure Quintero/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2021-09-02T184347Z_921133192_RC2UHP9PFC6F_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-VENEZUELA-VACCINES-1.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Abdala becomes the eighth COVID vaccine approved for use in Vietnam, which has a low vaccination rate.
![The ruling party's sharp defeat in midterm primary election on Sunday has widened the political divide between President Fernandez and his powerful vice president, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner [File: Natacha Pisarenko/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2021-03-01T160435Z_527939088_RC2G2M9T99C3_RTRMADP_3_ARGENTINA-POLITICS-FERNANDEZ-1.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Tucuman Governor Juan Manzur appointed as Cabinet chief replacing Santiago Cafiero who was named foreign minister.
![Australia's Prime Minister Morrison said that the country's defence spending will rise as the new alliance with the US and UK also requires greater investment in cyber capabilities, artificial intelligence, quantum technologies and undersea capabilities [File: Loren Elliott/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2020-09-07T090210Z_983971029_RC2LTI9FHWVW_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-AUSTRALIA-1.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Beijing says Asia-Pacific region must ‘resist external forces’ but Australia points to China’s own nuclear capabilities.
![Algeria's Bouteflika was forced to resign in 2019 after weeks of protests against his decision to run for a fifth term despite his failing health [File: Ramzi Boudina/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2021-09-17T233947Z_2102429076_RC2VDZ7FDNWK_RTRMADP_3_PEOPLE-ABDELAZIZ-BOUTEFLIKA.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Veteran of Algeria’s war for independence ruled the North African country for two decades before he resigned in 2019.
![A pharmacy technician loads a syringe with Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine [File: Robert F Bukaty/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/AP21260458774116.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Recommendation comes after science advisory panel rejects Pfizer proposal to provide booster jabs to most people.