The woman standing on stage glistens in a crystal-studded bikini. Her glowing, tanned skin shows off each of her well-defined muscle lines, the result of hours of weight training in the gym. Roya ...

Forced into marriage at 14 in Afghanistan, Roya Karimi has defied all odds to become a European bodybuilding champion. Escaping to Norway, she rebuilt her life, finding strength and reclaiming her ...

Sahar Gul, 15, is recovering in hospital in Kabul, her face bruised and swollen, her skin still bearing the marks of her ordeal, and barely able to speak. Her brother ...

A 17-year-old Afghan bride, identified as Aram Bibi, was found murdered inside her home in the Afghan Basti area. The deceased was a mother to a baby girl, and her body, reportedly, bore signs of ...

“I rebuilt my life through strength. Every weight I lifted felt like taking back a piece of the freedom I had lost,” said Roya Karimi, reflecting on the moment she first realised that bodybuilding was ...