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David Beckham urges world leaders to take action to protect children

The football star made an emotive speech at the United Nations in New York ahead of a UN summit.

(The real) Putin offers to meet Elton John

2. Musician Elton John arrives at the 19th Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Award Viewing Party in West Hollywood

Pop star fell victim to pranksters who impersonated the Russian president during a phone call earlier this month

Nigeria's oil war: Who are the Niger Delta militants?

IBTimes UK explains the history of militants in Niger Delta.

Architect Zaha Hadid denies World Cup Stadium deaths before storming out of BBC Radio 4 interview

Zaha Hadid hangs up on Radio 4 after being questioned about reports of migrant deaths at Qatar World Cup stadium.

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Ali Mohammed Al-Nimr: Why does Saudi Arabia behead and crucify prisoners?

Crucifixion has traditionally been reserved for criminal gangs and bandits.

Nepal becomes first Asian nation to include non-discriminatory laws for LGBT community

Nepal third country after South Africa and Ecuador to protect LGBT rights.

Syrian refugees in Egypt despair at dire conditions and see Europe as their only hope

Syrian refugees say they are charged sky-high rents and discriminated against by Egyptians.

Shout Your Abortion hashtag dominates pro-choice debate as Planned Parenthood funding is suspended

Women take to Twitter to share their abortion experiences.

Isis: Focus on Europe's refugees ignores plight of millions of Islamic State victims still in Syria and Iraq

Millions of displaced people have neither the means nor the money to become migrants.

Pakistan: Plans to hang paraplegic Abdul Basit delayed for second time

Human rights groups claim that hanging wheelchair bound man would be 'cruel and degrading'.

Migrant crisis: Why Syrian passports are so coveted

Fake passports are being smuggled to non-Syrians who want to gain entry into EU states.

Egypt: Campaign to fight Isis in Sinai may have violated international law says Human Rights Watch

Egypt demolished and evicted of some 3,200 families in Isis counterinsurgency campaign.

UK students call on universities to tackle drunken sexual harassment

Three quarters of students want universities take action against perpetrators of drunken sexual harassment.

Ali Mohammed al-Nimr: Will Saudi king grant Eid mercy pardon to stop crucifixion and beheading of Shia youth?

Campaigners plead for mercy from King Salman to honour Eid and abort crucifixion of Saudi regime protester.

Fleeing Isis: Meet the refugees in Iraq who don't want to go to Europe

EXCLUSIVE: IBTimes UK speaks to Syrian and Iraqi refugees who don't dream of crossing into Europe.

US to take in more refugees amid migrant crisis

The refugee quota has been bumped up to 85,000 for 2016, an increase of 15,000 from the current 70,000 cap.

Migrants seek new routes to Germany, Sweden as neighbouring countries shut borders

EU laws mandate that migrants register as refugees in the first country they enter.

Migrant crisis: Apple CEO Tim Cook pledges help for fleeing Syrians

Apple joins Google, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase and SAP to help refugees.

In Focus: European taxpayers' money behind thousands of executions in Iran

IBTimes UK speaks with anti-death penalty charity Reprieve on spike of executions in Iran.

Boko Haram extremists have forced 1.4 million children to flee Nigeria and surrounding region

Unicef reveals the children have been forced to flee their homes to escape the terror group.

Russia does not have the means or desire to defeat Isis in Syria and Vladimir Putin knows it

Russia is not prepared for a bigger engagement in Syria.

Who is Ali Mohammed al-Nimr and why is Saudi Arabia planning to behead and crucify him?

Ali Mohammed al-Nimr will be beheaded and then his body strapped to a cross and left to rot.

Artists Ai Weiwei and Anish Kapoor walk through London in solidarity with refugees

Ai Weiwei and Anish Kapoor headed a protest march in London.

Nigeria: Police deny pro-Biafrans killed in Onitsha

EXCLUSIVE: IBTimes UK investigates allegations of police violence against pro-Biafrans in Nigeria.

Crucifixion of teenager in Saudi Arabia highlights Britain's business deals with despots

Ali Mohammed al-Nimr is set to be beheaded and then crucified after appeal is denied.

Syrian refugees flee to Palestinian Gaza: 'World's largest open air prison' unlikely sanctuary for Syria's dispossessed

EXCLUSIVE: Syrian refugees have crossed into Gaza from Egypt because of maltreatment in other Arab states.

Poland 'abandoning' hundreds of victims of LGBT and other hate crimes

Amnesty International report on hate crimes in Poland states minority groups are not protected by state.

Migrant crisis: Google pledges to match donations made for refugees

Google joins Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, SAP, Uber and Audi to help refugees.

Nepalese women alleged rape by Saudi diplomat

Saudi diplomat accused of raping two Nepalese women leaves India

The Saudi government withdrew their diplomat before India could expel him.

Saudi Arabia: Juvenile prisoner faces 'death by crucifixion' after appeal is dismissed

Aged 17, Ali Mohammed al-Nimr was arrested during a government crackdown on pro-democracy protests.

UN calls for Sri Lanka to set up war crimes court to investigate 'horrific' abuses

A UN report confirms war crimes were committed by Sri Lankan government during country's civil war.

Refugees stranded at the Serbian- Hungary border

Hungarian university issues call for translators to 'virtually help' Syrian refugees

There is a huge demand for Arabic speakers to help translate crucial information for refugees.

Momentum is building against Bahrain's rulers as 33 states 'express concern' over human rights

The US and UK have both signed up to the motion, the fifth since 2012

Natalie Bennett interview: Green leader urges Tories to take tens of thousands more refugees [Part 1]

EXCLUSIVE: Bennett sat down with IBTimes UK for an in-depth video interview.

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