U.N. envoy wants global ban on 'barbaric' conversion therapies
Conversion therapies, often conducted in religious settings, can involve psychoanalysis, injections and electric shocks.
Film tracks first Afghan woman to seek justice over incest
"She stood against all odds. Everybody blamed her, everybody called her names, everybody told her she was bringing shame to the family, to the country"
Webcam slavery: tech turns Filipino families into cybersex child traffickers
"I had been totally fooled. I was forced to do things you could not imagine a 16-year-old having to endure."
Congo's Bemba ordered released after war crimes acquittal
He was convicted in 2016 of war crimes and crimes against humanity and sentenced to 18 years in prison
Sessions expected to issue decision on U.S. asylum for domestic violence victims
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said he will issue a decision on asylum policies that will "restore the sound principles of asylum and longstanding principles of immigration law"
Fear drives forced labor underground along US-Mexico border
"A lot of them are very scared to go out of their home, if it's not work or to take their kids to school, because of immigration."
Merkel's conservatives eye tougher asylum rules after murder case
The Iraqi suspect, who arrived in Germany at the height of Europe's migrant crisis in 2015, was known to police because he had become violent with officials over his asylum status
Congolese ex-Vice President Bemba acquitted of war crimes on appeal
The ruling has been called "regrettable and troubling"
ICC overturns war crimes conviction of Congolese politician Bemba
The former vice-president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, had been convicted of murder, rape and pillage for actions of MLC troops he sent to Central African Republic in 2002-2003
UK's May urges web firms to protect women from "vile" online abuse
More than 40 percent of women said social media giants Facebook and Twitter were inadequate in their response to the abuse