Mississippi's new law restricting abortion blocked by judge for 10 days
Abortion rights groups say anti-abortion organizations could use the legal case to test the limits of abortion all the way to the Supreme Court
U.S. gives $2.5 mln emergency aid for Venezuelans fleeing to Colombia
The number of Venezuelans living in Colombia jumped by 62 percent in the second half of last year to more than 550,000.
Sweden to tighten rape legislation, outlawing non-consensual sex
"Sex should be voluntary. Everything else is abuse"
Warned of Boko Haram, Nigerian security lapses helped schoolgirls' abduction - Amnesty
"Despite being repeatedly told that Boko Haram fighters were heading to Dapchi, it appears that the police and military did nothing to avert the abduction"
UN envoy sees Syria partition 'catastrophe', fears return of IS
"This is fragmentation, this is in fact a country which has areas under the influence of other countries. This is not sustainable"
Italy seizes ship that picked up migrants in Mediterranean
"In these situations, the priority is to save lives and that is what we did"
U.N. warns of growing humanitarian catastrophe in DR Congo
About 2.2 million people became internally displaced in the DRC last year alone
Italy seizes rescue ship that stopped migrants' return to Libya
An Italian court has seized a charity ship on charges that its crew helped illegal immigration by rescuing more than 200 migrants