Afghan people 'should not be silenced again' says founder of women's orchestra
The Taliban banned music and prevented girls from going to school during their brutal five-year rule, which ended in 2001
Karadzic could be jailed for life in final Srebrenica appeal ruling
Karadzic was sentenced to 40 years in prison in 2016 after being convicted of genocide for the July 1995 Srebrenica massacre of more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys
World reacts with disgust at New Zealand mosque attacks
People expressed horror over a live, point-of-view video posted online showing gunman killing people in a mosque with his semi-automatic assault rifle
Cyclone Idai lashes Mozambican port, hits communications
Storm is bringing more rain and destruction to parts of Mozambique and Malawi where scores of people have already been killed and tens of thousands displaced by floods in past few weeks
FACTBOX-Nine facts about Syria as fresh violence marks ninth year of war
Syria's war grew out of popular protests against President Bashar al-Assad and has laid waste to swathes of Syria, creating the world's largest refugee crisis
Slow pace of peace in Colombia putting rights activists at risk - U.N.
UN said 113 rights activists were killed last year, putting blame in part on a failure of the 2016 peace agreement to bring development to remote, rural and war-torn areas
WHO says Ebola area contained but Congo needs long-term support
The outbreak, the second worst in history, has killed 584 people in a region beset by violence and poverty
Burkina army investigating claims its troops carried out executions
Human Rights Watch said that some of those killed were executed in front of their families. On Wednesday, a local rights group cited witnesses as saying 60 of the dead had been summarily executed
Hundreds surrender in last Islamic State enclave as SDF advance
The militants surrendered during a pause in the U.S.-backed assault to seize the final patch of populated Islamic State territory - a self-declared "caliphate" that once spanned a third of Iraq and Syria
Yemenis bury children killed in Hajjah air strikes
Last week, air strikes on Kushar district killed 10 women and 12 children and wounded 30 people, including 14 under the age of 18