UK trade minister came under fire for suggesting Britain and Duterte's Philippines could have "shared values".
A medical watchdog in Tunisia has called for doctors to cease the 'degrading' practice.
At least 100 gay men have been rounded up by the Chechen authorities.
It is believed charges may be linked to Hakainde Hichilema's blocking of President Lungu's motorcade.
An 'avoidable humanitarian crisis' is 'fast becoming an inevitability', UN refugee agency has warned.
Claims come as security forces raided Hakainde Hichilema's home and used 'toxic gas' to force him out.
At the last minute, the women were told they couldn't participate in a planned run.
Amnesty reports record number of death sentences.
At least 20 students demanding better studying conditions wounded following security forces response.
The Syrian conflict has been ongoing for six years, with no evidence of political will in the West to end it.
Security forces were engaged in a shootout as heavily armed militants raided a village in the Diffa region.
It follows clashes between French riot police and as many as 150 migrants.
The men could receive 100 lashes after their case was sent to Aceh's Sharia court.
Some 429 people have reportedly been put to death in Vietnam between August 2013 and June 2016.
We've prioritised trade and the economy over human life.
IBTImes UK hears from UN refugee agency about displaced women forced to give birth at border.
Arrests are being made as part of an anti-LGBT purge in the region.
She was absent from her job for 10 minutes.
Family forced into impossible situations as an an arc of hunger and violence stretches across Africa into the Middle East.
There have been concerns about a mass African exodus from the world court.
Senior Conservative MP and select committee chair Crispin Blunt spoke to IBTimes UK.
Gambian exiles told of harassment, unfair trials and filthy jails during his 22 years of power.
'We are not terrorists', claims rebel group fighting for independence of oil-rich former Portuguese Congo.
Amnesty deemed case 'most serious suspension of democratic rights in Western World since World War 2'.
Kabila "could either tame tensions or trigger an explosion" says Vava Tampa at Save The Congo.
Maggie MacDonnell won $1m for her work with indigenous communities in northern Canada.
International community has blamed Syrian President for Khan Sheikhoun air strike which killed over 70.
They were protesting against the Khan Sheikhoun air strike that killed 73 people in Syria.
Regime slams 'inappropriate language' by Imbonerakure as IBTimes UK hears calls for rapes are widespread.
India's top court is in the process of deciding whether the practice of triple talaq is unconstitutional.