Australian rules-AFL criticised after transgender player ruled ineligible
Hannah Mouncey, formerly known as Callum, applied for the draft for next year's Australian Football League Women tournament
Afghan schools closing due to violence, undermining gains in educating girls, says rights group
After more than a decade and a half of international intervention in Afghanistan, two-thirds of Afghan girls still do not go to school
Three dead as Storm Ophelia batters Ireland
"These gusts are life threatening. Do not be out there"
Wildfires kill at least 39 in Portugal and Spain
"In an era of climate change, such disasters are becoming reality all over the world"
Lebanon president: Syrian refugees should return to calmer areas
More than six years into the Syrian war, 1.5 million Syrians account for one quarter of Lebanon's population and patience is wearing thin with their presence
Death toll from Somalia bomb attacks tops 300
"We have confirmed 300 people died in the blast. The death toll will still be higher because some people are still missing," - Abdikadir Abdirahman, the director of the city's ambulance service
Thousands of new Rohingya refugees flee violence, hunger in Myanmar to Bangladesh
Wading through waste-deep water with children strapped to their sides, the Rohingya had walked through bushes and forded monsoon-swollen streams for days from Myanmar
Pope implicitly criticises U.S. for leaving Paris climate accord
"We see consequences of climate change every day"
Indonesia considers ban on 'destructive' LGBT-related TV content
Indonesia's parliament is considering national legislation that would ban lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender content from TV screens by the end of the year
400,000 children still displaced from Mosul fighting - Save the Children
"Just because the fighting in Mosul has stopped doesn't mean the humanitarian needs aren't great"