Global warming threatens to defeat effort to fix world ills, U.N says
Climate change is "the greatest challenge to sustainable development" and threatens to "render many parts of the globe uninhabitable"
Rapper Nicki Minaj pulls out of controversial Saudi Arabia concert
The rapper cited her support for women's rights and the LGBTQ community
South Sudan court rules against marriage of girl, 16, in landmark case
South Sudan has one of the highest rates of child marriage in the world with more than half of girls wed before their 18th birthday
UK aims to uncover more traffickers with new modern slavery research centre
The initiative will drive research and boost collaboration between various sectors, focusing on prevention, law enforcement, supply chains and victims' needs
European Court says Russia not facing up to domestic abuse problem
Each year, about 14,000 women die in Russia at the hands of husbands or other relatives, according to the United Nations
As Venezuela's healthcare collapses, pregnant women, girls bear brunt of crisis
Millions of Venezuelans have fled the country to escape an economic and political crisis that has left about seven million - one in four - in need of humanitarian aid
International court convicts Congo's Ntaganda of war crimes
The conviction is a rare success for prosecutors at the ICC, an international court set up in 2002 to prosecute war crimes and crimes against humanity when member states are unable or unwilling to do so
Pompeo launches panel to review human rights in U.S. foreign policy
Some lawmakers and activists worry this could be a move to minimize abortion and gay rights
International court convicts Congo's Ntaganda of war crimes
Ntaganda's conviction is a rare success for the ICC, which was set up in 2002 to prosecute war crimes and crimes against humanity when its member states are unable or unwilling to do so
U.S. states become 'ground zero' in battle over abortion rights
The 50 states passed more than 90 bills on abortion access and other reproductive health matters in the first half of 2019