Australia rescues children of dead Islamic State fighters from Syria
Belgium, Germany and the United States have made similar moves to rescue small numbers of orphaned children in Syrian camps, though security concerns have deterred other governments
Police arrest 70 climate change protesters outside New York Times
The Extinction Rebellion group wants the media to report on "the climate emergency" rather than climate change so that "people can start pushing for more radical responses"
Death toll from China quakes rises to 11
The quakes hit the southwestern province of Sichuan late on Monday, with shaking felt in key regional cities,
How safe is your state? U.S. scores low on human rights
Among areas examined: freedom of expression and association, the right to participate in government, and harm inflicted by the state or its agents, from torture to political arrests
Amal Clooney advises companies to step up human rights to profit
If they don't act on rights abuses, businesses risk being judged by their employees, shareholders and the public, says high-profile lawyer
#KuToo no more! Japanese women take stand against high heels
Nearly 20,000 women have signed an online petition demanding the government ban companies from requiring female employees to wear high heels on the job
Fire at migrant centre in Bosnia injures 29 - police
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM), which manages the camp, said that eight people remained in hospital, two of them with serious but not life threatening injuries
Tornado hits Dayton area; more storms expected further south
The latest storm comes after a spate of tornadoes and floods killed at least six people in Oklahoma over the weekend
Peru and Colombia call for more aid to help with Venezuelan migratory crisis
Colombia and Peru have so far received the majority of the estimated over 3 million Venezuelan migrants who have fled their homeland since 2015
Strong quake in Peru kills one person, disrupts some oil operations
The quake - the biggest to hit Peru since 2007 - was felt across the country and in neighboring Ecuador and Colombia after striking the sparsely-populated region of Loreto