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UN aid chief seeking to reverse ban on Afghan women workers

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. humanitarian chief and leaders of two major international aid organizations are in Afghanistan following last week’s visit by a delegation led by the U.N.’s highest-ranking woman with the same aim – reversing the Taliban’s crackdown…

Maryland Supreme Court to hear digital ad tax case appeal

ANNAPOLIS, Md — The Maryland Supreme Court will hear an appeal of a lower court's ruling that the state's first-in-the-nation tax on digital is unconstitutional. The court announced Friday that it will hear an appeal from Maryland's comptroller in May.…

UN chief insists on special armed forces as Haiti spirals

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — U.N. Secretary General António Guterres on Monday insisted on the deployment of an international specialized armed force to Haiti and called on governments to consider halting deportations as the country’s situation spirals. The recommendations were…