Sex scandals highlight need to have more LGBTQ, women in power - campaigners
"The greatest protection for LGBTQ is acceptance but you also need legal protection and this is rolling back"
Syria plans to join Paris climate agreement, isolating U.S.
Syria's move leaves the U.S. as the only country opposed to the 2015 Paris Agreement
Red Cross Federation chief vows corruption crackdown
Francesco Rocca, who headed the Italian Red Cross and oversaw its role in the Mediterranean refugee crisis, was elected on Monday to lead the IFRC
UN, Red Cross urge Saudi-led coalition to re-open aid lifeline to Yemen
Food and medicine imports vital for 7 million facing famine
FACTBOX-Why does Australia detain asylum seekers in offshore camps?
The Australian government argues the hardline stance stops people from risking their lives at sea and breaks the people-smuggling model
Can you torture enemy targets? Online game challenges young people
"The ICRC is concerned that young people growing up today will become a generation inured to the tragic effects of conflict and the dangers of allowing the rules of war to erode"
Scotland apologises to gay men for historical convictions
Consensual homosexual acts between men aged over 21 in Scotland were decriminalised in 1981
From climate change prevention to climate protection
The question is how to effectively direct climate finance towards preservation of drinking water and sanitation services
London mother crowd-funds private rape prosecution
"I can pay someone to do the Crown Prosecution Service's job for them"
Islamic State claims attack on TV station in Afghan capital
At least two killed and 20 wounded