New Delhi, Oct. 11 -- A woman's bid to shatter the political glass ceiling in an ostensibly modern nation, to a liberal democracy barring its women journalists from a presser as it rolled out the red carpet for the Taliban-this week's headlines once again exposed the world's uneasy relationship with women and power.

The saving grace: the Nobel Peace Prize committee snubbed US President Donald Trump-for a woman.

Japan's iron lady

Sanae Takaichi, who considers former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher among her idols, may become Japan's first female prime minister.

The 64-year-old created history last week by getting elected the first female president of Japan's predominantly male ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).

Her ascent...