Games-Qatar out of women's basketball over hijab row
The players refused to remove their headscarves saying it would violate their religious beliefs
Hillary Clinton rallies for girls in school and women in office
When girls are educated, cycle of poverty is broken, economies grow and glass ceilings are cracked
World must tackle corruption to end poverty - UK leader
The more corrupt a society, the poorer its people, says PM Cameron
Threat to leak photos of actress Emma Watson exposed as a hoax
Earlier this month personal photos of actress Jennifer Lawrence and Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Kate Upton were posted on the image-sharing forum 4Chan
ICC opens investigation into Central African Republic violence
Both sides in the conflict appear to have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity, says ICC report
TRF-"We were like guerrilla filmmakers"-US filmmaker on Syria
Inspired by a Syrian-Palestinian activist she met in Washington D.C. at the start of the Syrian uprising, U.S. filmmaker Andrea Kalin dropped her other projects and devoted herself to capturing the Syrian conflict - and people - on film
Qatar forfeit basketball game in hijab row
The players refused to remove their headscarves saying it would violate their religious beliefs
Spain's PM scraps hard-line abortion reform
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy withdraws a change of an abortion law that would have made Spain one of the most difficult countries in Europe to terminate an unwanted pregnancy
UN Women chief: Climate change impacts fall hardest on women
Women and children are 14 times more vulnerable than men in natural disasters such as floods and droughts
Hackers threaten to leak nude photos of actress Emma Watson
Threat comes in response to actress' speech at U.N. urging men to join fight for gender equality