On December 10th, India’s right wing party Shiv Sena asked India’s PM Narendra Modi to bring changes in Shariah law practiced by Muslims in the country days after the Allahabad High Court termed the practice of triple talaq as ‘cruel’. The request for a reformation of Islamic Law is argued to be in the interest of Muslim women. An editorial in Sena mouthpiece Saamana said; “The Allahabad High Court had…

Afghanistan Times reported on 4th December 2016 that the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) on Sunday said that still 80 percent of Afghan women experience or has experienced at least one type of violence in Afghanistan during their lives.

The Syrian army has said that it captured two districts of the rebel-held eastern part of Aleppo city in two days, as government air raids continued to target opposition-held parts of the country. Earlier this month, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces intensified their push for control over eastern Aleppo. The city, which was once Syria's largest, has been divided between government and opposition control since 2012.

Thousands of Rohingya Muslims who have fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar where they have been attacked by security forces are being pushed back by the Bangladeshi authorities, according to Amnesty International.